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265878 | "wmy2@f..." <wmy2@f...> | 2018‑05‑19 | Sacrilege |
I thought painting handsaws was as bad as it got until I saw "metal art". Shudder, gasp, horror! Perusing that infamous online marketplace I stumbled across "metal art", backsaws plasma cut to form key racks and man-cave signs. Then I encountered the ultimate insult-handsaws cut into the shape of evergreen trees. What blasphemy. I was willing to acknowledge that there are saws which might be appropriate for painting, but this is too much. Paint can be stripped, but as they say in metal working class, its harder to put it back than it is to take it away.Thanks for letting me vent.Bill |
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265879 | Tim <tpendleton@g...> | 2018‑05‑19 | Re: Sacrilege |
It is certainly challenging to get your fleam angles correct on an evergreen tree shaped blade... Tim On Sat, May 19, 2018, 11:44 AM wmy2@f... |
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265880 | scott grandstaff <scottg@s...> | 2018‑05‑19 | Re: Sacrilege |
Its been bad at times that's for sure. I have seen some real tear jerkers of destroyed tools and mostly in the name of rank amateur work. But recently I have been seeing small changes that I hope will grow into a trend. A girl who wants to be an artist with a plasma cutter (and there are a few genuine artists around) posted a stack of saws she had bought with the intention of cutting them up. She was posting to see if there was any interest in the saws themselves, above mere "canvas" for sculpture. And even though there were one or two "ringers" in the pile (which were quickly separated out), the rest? The rest were the exact thing you would choose to make an art project of. Plastic handles, slab plywood "past the taper ground era" handles, lots of pitting and corrosion. Ideal fodder for sculpture. The fact that the idea of destroying valuable useful saws occurred to her, was something I thought was very cool. There are more than plenty truly unwanted tools to make puky ducks from. It was like ---finally-- they are starting to ask. Hope it grows into a trend yours scott ******************************* Scott Grandstaff Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca 96039 scottg@s... http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/ http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html |
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265882 | Claudio DeLorenzi <admin@d...> | 2018‑05‑19 | Re: Sacrilege |
I have a nagging suspicion that fine, smart, capable young people have always been around in roughly the same proportion of the population. Just maybe it's only my ability to discriminate and distinguish them from the stone headed weasels that's changed? Good artists, to generalize (like miners also), tend to have extensive knowledge about many disciplines in order to excel at their work. Claudio |
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265883 | Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> | 2018‑05‑19 | Re: Sacrilege |
Bill Ghio and I ran across this: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/albums/72157640235328335 Ed Minch |
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