by OldmanFCSA on Tue Dec 31, 2013 7:53 am
Thanks for the positive review, and for not mentioning the disarray of my loading tables.
Sorry that you had to leave so soon to deal with concerns at home, but hope you were able to "flush" that issue.
Actually after you left, I spent most of the day CLEANING and re-organizing my loading tables.
One Dillon 550 was moved to its own reloading table and all related supplies stored there also, or until I ran out of room and stored the brass in 40mm ammo cans under the bench/table. It is currently setup for 223Rem.
The other Dillon 550 was re-positioned to allow resetting the Lee press I use for de-capping before SS Pin processing, and other support activities.
The Dillon Super-Swage was re-positioned to left end of main table.
But I'm only about 1/4th done with reorganizing the reloading area.
Then the 4 shelves above the table, each 12 feet long, need to be sorted, re-organized, and cleaned, moving non-essential items to shop storage area.
As to my teaching technique, I've learned to ask the student WHY. Asking WHY repeatedly makes a person think about their answer, asking it repeatedly makes the student question himself, thinking it thru completely. If they are correct, I tell them so after hearing their side of the discussion. But I use it as a learning tool. Don't make a blank statement without having the thought process to properly being able to back it up. On any area where I find fault with their reasoning, I explain WHY. AND SOMETIMES EVEN I GET TAUGHT A NEW TECHNIQUE OR PROCESS.
Keeping an open mind allows all parties to learn together, and hopefully without learning from our deadly mistakes.
Feel free to call with any questions about reloading, offroad racing of motorcyles, or anything related.
(My family raced KTM's since 1989, Yamahas before that. Enduros are our specialty. And I am a member of the Straight Arrow Enduro Riders holding events in Minnesota and Wisconsin.)