Hi folks. I am a Viet Nam Era disabled veteran. By the grace of God I never saw combat but I still managed to get messed up a bit. Accidents happen outside of war zones too. Anyway, I tried my hand at blacksmithing and sculpting for quite a while, gained some proficiency at both but I make no claims of high level expertise. The disability started getting in the way and nearly forced me to stop. Then I found GANOKSIN! Yahoo!!! I don't have to quit matalwork, I'm just gonna be shrinking things down a bit.I've never worked precious metals before but at least I'm not totally ignorant about the ways metals behave. Since I'm just getting started, I'm working primarily with copper to pick up soldering skills and the like. I even planning on trying small scale steel works as well. I like a challenge. So.....make a hole in the pool, there's a wild-eyed, bearded wierdo about to jump in. This is gonna be so cool! Peace, Love, and Joy! Mike