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Hello from La Grande. My name is Ralph Graffunder. I've been a welder, machinist and fabricator (among other things) most of life. Grew up in a family business that allowed me the time and education to get to where I am.

Always dabbled a bit with the hammer and anvil, mostly making knives and tools for myself and family, odds and ends around the homestead. Kids are older now and I have a bit more "free" time for myself. Dad came over from Germany in the late fifties as a journeyman blacksmith so a lot of the philosophies, mind set and lifestyle I owe to him. Seems to me I might have "inherited" a few tools along the way too.

Looks like you folks have a great place here. Hope to be a good student and maybe meet folks with similar interests here in my neck of the woods.