Appreciation post: the old timer who showed me a better way to pour

At the foundry in Toledo last month, this retired guy named Hank watched me struggle with a bad pour and just walked over without saying a word. He showed me how to tilt the ladle more on its side to control the flow, and it cut my splash rate by half. Anyone else had a random encounter like that where a stranger's advice totally changed your process?

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the_kevin4mo ago

Man that's exactly how I learned to trust a steady hand over speed.

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benb214mo ago

and that reminds me of something that happened last year @the_kevin. my buddy mark was trying to teach me how to carve a wooden spoon, and i kept rushing through the cuts. he finally just grabbed my hand and said "stop, you're gonna ruin it." took me like an hour to realize slow and careful was the whole point. now i catch myself doing that with everything, even just cutting vegetables. it's weird how something like wood carving can teach you patience all over.

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