Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/07/26/beating-back-trauma.html
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Swords into plowshares
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Sayeth XTC:
I’m speaking to the justice league of america the u s of a
hey you yes you in particular! when it comes to the
judgement day and you’re stood at the gates with
your weaponry you dare clasp your hands in prayer
and start quoting me 'cos we say… our father
we’ve managed to contain the epidemic in one place now
let’s hope they shoot themselves instead of others help to
sterilize the race now. we’ve trapped the cause of
the plague in the land of the free and the home of
the brave if we listen quietly we can hear them
shooting from grave to grave. you ought to melt the
guns melt the guns melt the guns and never more
to fire them melt the guns melt the guns melt
the guns and never more desire them.
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An ammosexual’s worst nightmare. Good.
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I could see this being cathartic.
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No personal safety equipment whatsoever. Great for the kid, and the smith.
Eyeballs don’t grow back.
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This activist gets it. Turn the guns into something useful!
As a blacksmith I absolutely love this
However we need a lot more people doing this because in Russia alone there are a lot of people doing the exact opposite than this
We need to beat the Russians in another arms race- a race to destroy them all
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As long as they’re not military-style assault plowshares
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Cool project – but I promise you that they aren’t melting steel in that furnace.
You don’t have to melt it, just soften it.
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I have a mid-century blacksmithing book which recommends squinting your eyes so hammer scale will be caught by your lashes. But nothing beats the slightly older machine tool guides which don’t mention eye protection at all, but do point out that your tie should be tucked into your shirt when operating a lathe.
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That furnace could easily melt steel. But it would be beside the point, since they are just raising the temperature enough to get a working heat, at which the steel can be forged.
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I was replying to the headline here.
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I’m a metalworker and (occasionally) a blacksmith. A little propane forge with venturi burners like that is never going to melt steel. Aluminum or bronze, sure – their melting point is half as high. Basically no one casts iron or steel at home.
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Steel will still melt in an atmospheric forge. You wouldn’t use it to cast with. The headline is wrong, though.
Also, add some air, and now you’re talking. You can cast iron all day at home with some diesel, coke or coal and blower, in a simple oil drum furnace. Have done it many times.
Yes. If it was a completely different setup, it could do different things.
