and yes, there are yet other editions

[adularia]

Okay, I've had this problem for four years... I have two editions of The Complete Metalsmith. It often happens that there's some detail in one copy that's missing from the other. Insert completeness joke here.

You can, without fail, predict which one I can actually find at the moment

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I can teach you everything I know. I don't have the level of practice or problem-solving ability of someone who's been doing it for 20 years.

[adularia]

Scheduling, location, and the transfer of tooling. A lot of my personal tools are in storage in Seattle still, because last time I forgot to make it out to the warehouse to grab them. I can make up a list of supplies for item one, though, which will require no hot work and nothing expensive.

[adularia]

Now I'm thinking about this instead of doing any work. Whee!

Somewhere with a durable floor, ideally cement, and a sturdy table or desk that can have stuff either bolted or C-clamped to it. For soldering and polishing needs, it helps a lot if the space has running water.

[adularia]

Also, it's worth noting that the Quickgrips squeeze clamps fulfill my clamping purposes without trashing tabletops. I don't have any, but they are easy to get. I'll help you make a bench pin that can go anywhere without destroying tables.

[adularia]

I had a feeling the Lyceum would figure in. :) Um. So I'll do inventory of stuff-here and stuff-there and figure out if I need to buy anything (I do) and what you should buy to get yourself started. I think that sawing and piercing sheet is the logical first start, followed by annealing. What kind of pieces appeal to you?