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[harry strasil]

Story moved to another thread at http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=41381

[harry strasil]

story moved to another thread.

[Joe Blankshain]

Please do, I love a good story with what appears to be a happy ending or continuation!

[Geoff Harris]

I'm still waiting to hear more about what they were building in that shop. So yes do go on.

[harry strasil]

story moved to another thread

[Dick Bringhurst]

Yes, Please do. Dcik B.

[Michael Cody]

Should I continue this Journey?

H! yes... good stories are a delight to read, we don't see to many of them about that kind of lifestyle... I will be waiting for them.. haven't read any other good ones since I finished the wood central "Grandpa Tales" from Grandpa Augustus .. (well worth the read I assure you).

[Maurice Metzger]

Junior, this is a "good read", please keep going.

Maurice

[jonathan snyder]

Harry,

Great story, thanks for sharing! Sounds like a story my Grandpa might tell!

Jonathan

[Deirdre Saoirse Moen]

Harry, this is amazing stuff, keep going.

(edited to fix typo)

[Mark Rios]

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, keep going. I am riveted.

[Craig Mazur]

Harry excellent job. Since this is my first post, I should introduce myself, but this is not the place. I just wanted to say to any of the fellow creekers, if you enjoy Harry's teaching through stories and you have interest in machining or gunsmithing, Guy Lautard wrote a series of books (the Machinist's bedside reader) with this exact same style. Thanks again Harry

Craig

[tod evans]

keep it up jr. best read i`ve had in a while. tod

[Dave Anderson NH]

Outstanding Harry!!!!!! You have a very nice way of cramming a lot of information into a a compact format and yet still retain the flavor of 18th century life. please continue.

[harry strasil]

Looking at what I have done so far I think I should have used a different approach to the title, but that's the nice thing about a first draft it can be changed. I am trying to do this as a young man would who has a diary or journal and is not a writer, but just noting what and how he learned his trade.

I have some historical fact to go on, and the rest is just how I envision the trade would be taught by repetition and attention to small details to impart precision and pride in ones work. The best way to learn something is repetition and practice. After all experience is just a whole lot of mistakes that teach us what will and will not work to get the proper results.

There are a lot of daily expieriences that could be included, but I am trying to remember the subjects age when doing this and am working from my own apprenticeship experiences.

This is kind of trial run for something similar about my grandfather.

If I make any mistakes about what I envision how an apprentice would be taught, please speak up.

I am nervous about this project anyway as everyone gets to look at the first draft and I don't concider myself to be a writer.

I do ok on real short stories about my personal experiences, but they are better if I write them out than if I tell them orally as I can put descriptive words in that make it more enjoyable. I am trying to avoid that in this instance and sticking to the bare facts that a boy of this age would remember.

Thank you for the encouragement.