[ale] [OT] Mental health (wuz: RFC: Increase message post limit by 15KB?)

Jim Kinney jkinney at jimkinney.us
Mon Sep 14 13:51:17 EDT 2015


Got a drive shaft from a large truck at the studio. That's some
seriously hard, high carbon steel. At 1.5" diameter it's perfect
material for making hammers and other high strength tools. Mashing 1.5"
down to a wedge shape then poking a hole in it for handle is going to
take some time :-)
On Mon, 2015-09-14 at 13:44 -0400, Solomon Peachy wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 08:41:44AM -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > I do "hammer therapy" with blacksmith work. Forging steel is a
> > blast. 
> > After a week of computer issue and office politics, I get to mash 
> > around red hot steel with a big hammer. Stress relief indeed!
> 
> Yeah, there's nothing quite like taking out your frustration on 
> something that will happily take far more than you can dish out.
> 
> Too bad I don't live in the Atlanta area any more; I have a couple of
> old sway bars to donate to a worthy cause.  :)
> 
>  - Solomon
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