[AT] Shop Traditions

[Spencer Yost]

No so much with the rituals, but I reach for my dad's oil can instead of my newer, nicer one.   I have some his tools and I still reach for those too, even when an exact copy of mine is available closer.   I don't even think about it consciously.  At least not until its in my hand and think about him....

It's funny you mention it because I just used his oil can to help cut a thread with a die this past weekend and thought about this very subject.

Spencer

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On Jul 25, 2013, at 21:49, Joe Hazewinkel <jahaze at aol.com> wrote:

> My Grandfather alway kept a pile of newspaper and some gojo hand cleaner on his work bench.  I used to love playing with that as a kid.
> 
> As I was in the shop tonight, cleaning my hand on some newspaper with the new and improved gojo orange with pumice, I couldn't help but think of my grandfather.
> 
> Do you have any rituals that you use in the shop that you learned from a past generation?
> 
> Enjoy, Jor
> 
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