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| So today i started with my first welding lesson. I loved it. a lot to remember just with the glasses, the hood, the ear protection since someone else in the shop was using a power hammer, and tying back my hair before i even lifted the torch! |
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| a good morning! |
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| Doug explaining how the metal heats and burns and sparks in oxygen |
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| Jim, my general contractor, setting the fire place flame at the new house |
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| settling in but not moved in yet |
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| bathroom with gorgeous print by Georgiana Nehl, head of drawing dept. at OCAC |
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| i love my kitchen, plenty of storage |
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| the house feels spacious with all the glass and the high ceiling even though it is a small house |
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| I am making a metal piece to surround the fireplace, here is a cardboard template |
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| I'm working with Blacksmith Doug Wilson who lives here on the island |
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| Doug in his shop |
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| working the metal, a rusted sheet of thin steel from an old oil furnace |
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| Doug showed me how to pound out the bumps and wrinkles |
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| I sawed strips to be riveted together, the reverse side is pale blue with lots of rust. it will have a folded edge |
