indiana blacksmithing - board of directors december ...among the blacksmithing tools will be fulton...
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The Newsletter of the Indiana Blacksmithing Association, Inc.
An Affiliate Of The Artists-Blacksmiths' Association of North America, Inc.
IBA is a Not For Profit Indiana Corporation recognized by the IRS under section 501(c)(3)
IBA MEETING SCHEDULE
Dec 12
2015 DON REITZEL SHOP
STILESVILLE
Jan 16
2016 TBD
Feb 20
2016 KEN DETTMER’S SHOP
COLUMBUS
Mar 19
2016 TBD
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More nearby resources and organi-
zations for blacksmiths:
Rural Smiths of Mid-America: Meetings are on the first Saturday
of each month Call Ron Gill
317-374-8323 for details
Librarian: Larry Rosentrader 8715 E. 375 N Churubusco, IN 46723-9501 260-693-3267 [email protected] Editor: Bill Kendrick 1280 N 900 W Seymour, IN 47274 (812) 445-3009 [email protected] Treasurer and membership secretary: Farrel Wells 8235 E 499 S Dunkirk, IN 47336-8807 (765) 768-6235 [email protected] Awards Chairman: Charlie Helton 2703 South Water Plant Road Westport, IN 47283 (812) 591-3119 [email protected]
THE FORGE FIRE
December 2015
9:30 AM is the regular meeting time for IBA Hammer-Ins with beginner training available at 9:00 AM.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Gary Phillips ‘18 President: 14800 N SR 167 N Albany, IN 47320 (765) 789-8316 [email protected]
Steve King ‘18 1155 S. Paoli Unionville Rd Paoli, IN 47454 (812) 797-0059 [email protected]
Bill Conyers ‘19 Vice Pres 50964 Lilac Rd, South Bend, IN
(574) 277-8729 [email protected]
Bill Newman ‘19 4655 Williams Rd Martinsville, IN 46151 (317) 690-2455 [email protected]
Dominick Andrisani ‘16 3608 Capilano Drive West Lafayette, IN 47906-8869 (765)463-4975 [email protected]
Ted Stout ‘16 8525 W 700 S West Point, IN 47992-9258 (765) 572-2467 [email protected]
James Johnston ‘17 Education Chairman: 806 Twyckingham Lane
Kokomo, IN 46901-1885 (765) 452-8165
Keith Hicks ‘17 Secretary: 5184 State Road 252 Brookville, IN 47012 (765) 914-6584 [email protected]
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INDEX
PGS 3-4
SATELLITE NEWS
PGS 5-10 PATTERN WELDING
PG 11
POWER HAMMER REBUILD CLASS
Visit the IBA website at: www.indianablacksmithing.org
Dates to Remember
Dec 12 Hammer In at Don
Reitzel’s Shop
Feb 20, 2016 Hammer In at Ken
Dettmer’s Shop
Passing of Lonnie Salmon
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of IBA member and Bunkum Valley Metalsmiths member Lonnie Salmon. He passed away unexpectedly on October 30, 2015. He was a great guy who always had a smile on his face, was generous with his time and always willing to help anyone out. He will be greatly missed by our group.
Jim Malone, Forgemaster
Bunkum Valley Metalsmiths
Zile Estate Auction
The family of the late John and Arthenia Zile would like to announce the up-coming estate sale of their parent's belongings. The sale will be held Saturday, Jan. 9 starting at 10 a.m. at the Sulphur Springs Community Building in Sul-phur Springs, IN, along U.S. 36 just west of Ind. 3. The facility is located one block off of U.S. 36 immediately north of the fire station. The auction will be conducted by Walther & Hawkins Auctioneers.
Included in the sale will be several blacksmithing tools as well as much art pot-tery, antique glass and china, books and other antiques and collectibles. Among the blacksmithing tools will be Fulton anvil (app. 120 lb.), Sanderson Sheffield anvil, Kohlswa Swedish anvil, 107 lb Mouse Hole anvil, 285 lb Mouse Hole anvil, 124 lb Peter Wright anvil, non-legible "N.Y." anvil (app. 140 lb), portable forge with blower (Dad used this for public demonstrations), custom-ized leg vise with table (also used for demonstrations), Buffalo forge/blower/hood unit, nice Whitney Jensen shear, Badger State Machine Co. shear, two large leg vises, tongs, top and bottom swages, app. 70 feet of wrought iron fence made by the Muncie Arch and Iron Works, Muncie, IN, a large lathe, and other misc. tools.
A complete sale listing and pictures soon will be posted at www.waltherandhawkins.com and www.auctionzip.com.
The family would also like to thank the many wonderful blacksmithing-community friends of John and Arthenia who have been so supportive and helpful during the past few years. A special thanks goes out to each member of the Fall Creek Blacksmith satellite group, Jim Johnston, Alvin Cave, Brad Mar-cum and others, who all have helped preserve and spread dad's enthusiasm for the art and history of blacksmithing. We (and he would have been too) are so humbled and honored to be able to be associated with such a wonderful group of individuals.
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The Southern Indiana Meteorite Mashers Our November meeting was the Saturday after Thanksgiving as is tradition, it was the Smoked Turkey Hammer-in. Held at Jeff Reinhardt's shop, he hickory smokes a turkey for the entree and all really step up the food. In fact we sorta ran out of space to lay out the food so we just had to start eating quick. The shop was full and got to 83F before we slowed down the wood stove. Although it rained all day we were warm and dry and held iron in the hat in a lean-to next to the shop so dry
there as well. Many items were demoed, but I could not keep up with all that was shown. Steve King demoed a Bull dog face hanger. Jeff reforged an engineers ham-mer to a diagonal peen. Pete Riddle finally attended an-other hammer-in after taking time to build a house and made horse shop curtain hold backs. Billy Merrit attended and announced his retirement from being our forge master due to health. He nominated Mike Mills as Forgemaster and Steve King seconded the nomination. There were no other candidates nominated so a vote was held and Mike was elected Forgemaster. Next meeting is December 26th at Dave Kunkler's shop in Branchville.
IBA Satellite Groups and News
Sutton-Terock Memorial Blacksmith Shop Meet: 2nd Saturday at 9 AM Contacts: Fred Oden (574) 223-3508 Dennis Todd (574) 542-4886
Wabash Valley Blacksmith Shop Meet: 2nd Saturday at 9 AM Contacts: Doug Moreland (217) 284-3457 Max Hoopengarner (812) 249-8303
Maumee Valley Blacksmiths Meet: 2nd and 4th Saturday Contact: Clint Casey (260) 627-6270 John Schamber (260) 579-7303
Rocky Forge Blacksmith Guild Meet: 2nd Saturday at 9 AM Contacts: Ted Stout (765) 572-2467
Whitewater Valley Blacksmiths Meet: 2nd Saturday Contact: Keith Hicks (765) 914-6584
Bunkum Valley Metalsmiths Meet: 1st Saturday Contacts: Jim Malone (812) 725-3311 Terry Byers (812) 275-7150 Kathy Malone (812) 725-3310
Satellite 13 Meet: 4th Saturday Contact: Bill Newman (317) 690-2455
Jennings County Historical Society Blacksmith Shop Meet: 2nd Saturday at 9 AM Contact: Ray Sease (812) 522-7722
Fall Creek Blacksmith Shop Meet: 4th Saturday at 9 AM Contacts: John Zile: (765) 533-4153 Larry Singer (765) 643-5953 Farrel Wells (765) 768-6235
St. Joe Valley Forgers Meet: 4th Saturday at 9 AM Contacts: Bill Conyers (574) 277-8729 John Latowski (574) 344-1730
The Southern Indiana Meteorite Mashers Contacts: Billy Merritt (812) 338-2876 Steve King (812) 797-0059 Jeff Reinhardt 812-949-7163
One-Armed Blacksmith’s Shop Meet: 1st Saturday Contact: Tim Metz (812) 447-2606
“Doc” Ramseyer Blacksmith Shop Location: 6032W 550N, Sharpsville, IN 46060 Meet: 3rd Sunday at 2 PM Contacts: Mike Kelley Charles Gruell (765) 513-5390
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IBA Satellite Groups and News (continued) Bunkum Valley Metalsmiths The Bunkum Valley Metalsmiths held a meeting On December 5, 2015 . We had around 40 people in attend-ance. Kathy Malone made beaver roast . Everyone loved it. Thanks to all for the dishes and desserts. We have a great group.
Gary was working on a leaf...his first one
Jennie donated some little anvils for the iron in the hat drawing. Thanks very
much.. They were so cute.
We learned how to make a knot with met-al.. Which was really amazing to me.
Aaron taught Megan how to make a heart .
We all had a lot of fun. Can't wait till the next meeting.
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Editors Note: This article re-printed from the December edition of the Saltfork Crafts-men Artist-Blacksmith As-sociation news-letter
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Power Hammer Rebuilding Class: March 11-13, 2016 LEARN HOW TO MAKE YOUR LITTLE GIANT POWER HAMMER WORK HARDER THAN EVER! Please join us for the 23rd annual Little Giant Rebuilding Seminar! Although we did pass ownership of Little Giant to our machinist Roger Rice in 2013, Sid Suedmeier will continue teaching the rebuild-ing class at his shop at 420 4th Corso in Nebraska City. We carry on the tradition of our good friend Fred Caylor of teaching how to make Little Giants run well and hit hard. The 2 ½ day class is a hands-on format. You will help transform a 25 LB Little Giant hammer from functional but sloppy condition into a well tuned, quiet, hard working hammer. Sid Suedmeier, for-mer owner of Little Giant, will share all his knowledge and experience gained from working with Fred and from 24 years of repairing and rebuilding Little Giants. An old style 25 LB Little Giant will be rebuilt during the class, and a new style machine will be on hand to demonstrate proper assembly and adjustment of both styles. The class is held in Sid’s shop in historical Nebraska City, Nebraska. The city has a wide variety of cafes, outlets (including Pendleton Woolen Mills), antique and gift shops, orchards, wineries and museums. IF YOU HAVE A LITTLE GIANT, THIS CLASS IS FOR YOU! No experience is required to attend this class. Past classes have been comprised of students, retir-ees, artists, welders, doctors, farriers ...anyone who wants to learn will benefit from this class. We approach the rebuilding process using tools that can be found in the average home workshop. If you are in the market to buy a power hammer, this class will make you an educated shopper. If you already own a Little Giant, or any other brand of power hammer, this class will teach you how to get the best performance possible. The class costs $95, refundable up to 7 days prior to the class; advance registration is required. We limit each class to 25 participants. The classes start at 9 AM sharp on Friday, and usually end by Saturday evening. The schedule runs Sunday until noon in case we encounter any exceptional problems in rebuilding, and to answer remaining questions. When we receive your registration, we will send you a city map, along with travel and hotel infor-mation. Airports are located in Omaha (45 miles north), Lincoln (50 miles west) and Kansas City (125 miles south). Please call or email if you have any questions, or prefer to register by phone. You can reach us at 402.873.6605 or [email protected]. Suedmeier Enterprises, 420 4th Corso, Nebraska City, NE 68410. An added bonus this year will be a discounted price on the Little Giant Rebuilding DVD set that we had filmed several years ago. Regular price is $95; it will be offered to class members for $50. One set per class member.
The FORGE FIRE Newsletter of the Indiana Blacksmithing Association, Inc.
Farrel Wells Membership Secretary
8235 E 499 S Dunkirk, IN 47336-8807
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December 12 Hammer In
Don Reitzel’s Shop, 4113 W County Road 900 S, Stilesville, IN 46180
Directions: Take I-70 west of Indianapolis to exit 59 (SR 39). North on SR 39 for 1 mile. Turn left on County Road 900. Shop is about 6 miles on left.