Blacksmithing and Lisp
a year ago
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- Blacksmithing involves working with mild steel, which is strong at room temperature but becomes soft and workable when heated.
- Mistakes in blacksmithing can often be corrected by reheating the metal and trying again.
- Custom tongs can be made by heating and shaping them around a cold workpiece.
- The process of making tongs without existing tongs involves shaping half a pair at a time.
- Blacksmithing often involves creating tools to make other tools, likened to metacircular blacksmithing.
- Working with hot steel carries the risk of burns, but reflexes quickly adapt to avoid serious injury.