P.W. Rowe, moderator, r.c.j. wrote:
a good way to drive everyone in
the neighborhood quite mad due to the noise...

There were about 20 people in my silversmithing course.
If we didn't all lose significant hearing I'd be surprised.
The kind of shock your holding-hand experiences is similar to
the kind that gives "white hand" to jackhammer operators,
but I've never heard of a silversmith getting it, so it must
be significantly less severe.
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