A letter from Ted Nugent
On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:41:51 -0500, Don Foreman
wrote: On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:18:41 -0700, Hawke wrote: On 6/2/2010 4:18 AM, wrote: On Jun 2, 3:21 am, wrote: That's because when it comes to metalworking I would not presume to give advice. I ain't that good at it. I am working at it but as someone not very adept at this point I'm not about to give advice. I'm still in the asking for advice stage at this point. But like I said, I have learned quite a few things here and that is why I came to begin with. All the political stuff just makes it even better. Hawke Oh come now. You have no reticence in giving political advice. But seriously by now you must some metalworking experience that can help some of the people that are venturing into areas that are new to them. Dan I would leave that to some of the folks around here that are real experts working with metal. I'm still like a hack. I can get things done but they aren't pretty and they take a long time. Now if I can finally get a decent band saw then I may have something worth contributing, and with pictures to boot. Seriously though, the old CJ I bought last summer has a lot of things I want to do to it that require metal work. So I expect to be doing a number of things before long. You know, holes to fill. Brackets to make. Bumpers to modify for lights. Stuff like that. I'm planning on doing those things this summer. But unless I do something that looks really good I'm not showing my work around here. You know how critical some people around here are. I can imagine their opinions on my work. Hawke You don't learn much from admiration, Hawke. There are those poor insecure poseurs that might try to sting with contempt, but you can ignore them. All of us were once beginners, and most of us are still learning. Indeed. Gunner, who was not ashamed to admit to "welding" on a spare tire carrier,,,,unsucessfuly.... -- "First Law of Leftist Debate The more you present a leftist with factual evidence that is counter to his preconceived world view and the more difficult it becomes for him to refute it without losing face the chance of him calling you a racist, bigot, homophobe approaches infinity. This is despite the thread you are in having not mentioned race or sexual preference in any way that is relevant to the subject." Grey Ghost |
A letter from Ted Nugent
On 6/3/2010 9:41 AM, Don Foreman wrote:
On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:18:41 -0700, Hawke wrote: On 6/2/2010 4:18 AM, wrote: On Jun 2, 3:21 am, wrote: That's because when it comes to metalworking I would not presume to give advice. I ain't that good at it. I am working at it but as someone not very adept at this point I'm not about to give advice. I'm still in the asking for advice stage at this point. But like I said, I have learned quite a few things here and that is why I came to begin with. All the political stuff just makes it even better. Hawke Oh come now. You have no reticence in giving political advice. But seriously by now you must some metalworking experience that can help some of the people that are venturing into areas that are new to them. Dan I would leave that to some of the folks around here that are real experts working with metal. I'm still like a hack. I can get things done but they aren't pretty and they take a long time. Now if I can finally get a decent band saw then I may have something worth contributing, and with pictures to boot. Seriously though, the old CJ I bought last summer has a lot of things I want to do to it that require metal work. So I expect to be doing a number of things before long. You know, holes to fill. Brackets to make. Bumpers to modify for lights. Stuff like that. I'm planning on doing those things this summer. But unless I do something that looks really good I'm not showing my work around here. You know how critical some people around here are. I can imagine their opinions on my work. Hawke You don't learn much from admiration, Hawke. There are those poor insecure poseurs that might try to sting with contempt, but you can ignore them. All of us were once beginners, and most of us are still learning. I have some metal work projects that I will be doing on my Jeep. When I get them done I'll post some pics. But as has always been the case with me, pretty isn't a word that is usually associated with anything having to do with me. Hawke |
A letter from Ted Nugent
On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:54:09 -0700, Hawke
wrote: On 6/3/2010 9:41 AM, Don Foreman wrote: On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:18:41 -0700, Hawke wrote: On 6/2/2010 4:18 AM, wrote: On Jun 2, 3:21 am, wrote: That's because when it comes to metalworking I would not presume to give advice. I ain't that good at it. I am working at it but as someone not very adept at this point I'm not about to give advice. I'm still in the asking for advice stage at this point. But like I said, I have learned quite a few things here and that is why I came to begin with. All the political stuff just makes it even better. Hawke Oh come now. You have no reticence in giving political advice. But seriously by now you must some metalworking experience that can help some of the people that are venturing into areas that are new to them. Dan I would leave that to some of the folks around here that are real experts working with metal. I'm still like a hack. I can get things done but they aren't pretty and they take a long time. Now if I can finally get a decent band saw then I may have something worth contributing, and with pictures to boot. Seriously though, the old CJ I bought last summer has a lot of things I want to do to it that require metal work. So I expect to be doing a number of things before long. You know, holes to fill. Brackets to make. Bumpers to modify for lights. Stuff like that. I'm planning on doing those things this summer. But unless I do something that looks really good I'm not showing my work around here. You know how critical some people around here are. I can imagine their opinions on my work. Hawke You don't learn much from admiration, Hawke. There are those poor insecure poseurs that might try to sting with contempt, but you can ignore them. All of us were once beginners, and most of us are still learning. I have some metal work projects that I will be doing on my Jeep. When I get them done I'll post some pics. Do as you like, but don't think it will stop the flamers from claiming that you never do any metal work. I've posted plenty about projects, but it hasn't stopped some people from insisting that I don't. One lame-o even complimented me on some of my work, and then later claimed that I don't do any. That gave me the idea to write a long post describing changing a wheel or some such. I doubt that the goofs would get the joke though. It would probably degenerate into a thread arguing about who's had the most flat tires. :-) During one such debate snorf I realized that I could build the damned item of contention in less time than it would take to write about how doable it was. Then I put the photos on a page http://www.citlink.net/~wmbjk/testtank.htm primarily to shut up the you-can't-do-that keyboard pounders who often seem to outnumber the doers by about 1000 to 1. But even that kind of thing is a waste of time when you're dealing with reality-optional Usenutters. But as has always been the case with me, pretty isn't a word that is usually associated with anything having to do with me. I remember doing some aircraft parts over and over again to get them as perfect as I could make them. At the time I had an older friend who was making many of the same parts. He was more of a git-er-done kind of guy and I wasn't impressed. Eventually I learned that his approach was better than mine in many ways. These days I try to hit a happy medium - respectable without wasting time on things that don't matter much, such as sharing with people who aren't really interested. Wayne |
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