Made me proud!

Not but a few days ago, a gent popped up on one of the forums to ask about shaping some steel into the bowl of a ladle.  I've had this happen dozens of times, but I was happy for the chance to again share what I could.

Imagine my surprise when not even a day after I shared with him the special knowledge of what I call the Steel Puck of Awesomeness.... he'd made his very own and done a fantastic job of it!  

Too often, folks will say they're going to do something and you never hear back about it.

Well, that got us talking about hammers for dishing steel and he remarked how he didn't like the standard ball-peen hammer because it was too short.  He did a few minutes researched, determined that the cost of buying a brand new dishing hammer was a bit more than he wanted to spend, and asked if he could just make a hammer out of some old half-shaft he had laying around.

After receiving the appropriate positive reinforcement, wouldn't you know it be he shows up the very next day with the hammer all done, and wonderfully so.  He thought outside the box, worked with what he had, and executed a very solid prototype that will serve him for decades ahead!

Gotta say, he sure made me proud.  I was surprised, sure, but only because so many people are procrastinators like myself.  Within half a week, JW had made his steel puck, hammer and finished a dish that he can use as a Christmas gift.  

This is what the community is all about.  We can give advice all day long, but seeing a return on the investment like this is a very rare thing.  I'm glad I could play a small part in JW's growing collection of tools and knowledge.