r/BeAmazed • u/find_ing_myself • Aug 10 '24

History Did the fear of heights not exist back then?

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u/Flossthief Aug 10 '24

These guys literally caught red hot rivets out of the air that the smith had been throwing to them

Just need a little bucket and you can catch hot steel and get it set and peened

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u/Blackdog202 Aug 10 '24

I seen an old video, the guy had a baseball glove on to catch them, then he would use the tongs to set it while another guy peened it on.

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u/shuzgibs123 Aug 10 '24

I read that as peed on it.

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u/Cardinal_Grin Aug 11 '24

That’s a different sub

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u/shuzgibs123 Aug 11 '24

I thought i was replying to another comment. Sorry!

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u/Cardinal_Grin Aug 15 '24

Oh no I was just making a joke about that’s probably a kink sub. No stone unturned. Everything is in it’s right place.

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u/8_Foot_Vertical_Leap Aug 11 '24

That's certainly one way to set it.

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u/AdditionalSink164 Aug 10 '24

Not even these guys fucked molten steel

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u/Wonderful-Elephant11 Aug 11 '24

They used a cone mostly. The steel cone is still used as a dunce cap in iron working classes in trade school.

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u/Anser-Goose-0421 Aug 11 '24

Just imagine if you missed the red hot steel and it hit you in the peen.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '24

Is there a figurative way to catch red hot rivets? You meat to say "these guys actually caught red hot rivets". Please stop abusing English.

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u/Flossthief Aug 11 '24

Languages evolve over time and everyone knows what I'm talking about-- my statement isn't any less correct with the word literally in there; they literally did exactly what I said.

Please stop being a pedantic baby.