The

Florida Artist Blacksmith Association

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Established May 1 8 , 198.5 , Yphruary , 1987 r ,

FEBRUARY 14th, statewide meeting will be a t Jimmy Tucker's shop, 2723.T-rinidad Street, Sarasota, F1. 33581. Telephone 813/365- 1180 (shop) or 813/924-7275 (residence). Look for a map to Jimmy's Shop on the back of CLINKER BREAKER.

Jimmy and Ray Nager will demonstrate and also a local physician, Dr. Piano, will give a talk on "health and safety for blacksmiths." Jimmy says that if you come to his shop you are going to work--so tune up your favorite hammer and come prepared to participate i n actually doing a project. ...........................................................................

STATEWIDE AND NORTHWEST REGION upcoming meetings 1987: (2nd Saturday in each month)

Our hardworking Chapter Program Chairman and Northwest Region Coordinator, Clyde Payton, has really been busy and here is his plan so far for 1987.

Other regional plans will be published the month before the meeting date.

JANUARY loth, North Region Meeting: Buddy & Brenda Page's blacksmith shop. Roqtp 3, 466, Crawfordville, F1. 32327. His telephone is (904) 421-8164. ~ u d d ~ \ s home and shop are located near a small village called Wakulla, approximately 18 miles south of Tallahassee. A map will be in our January clinker breaker. For those of you who wish to spend a night or two, a state camp ground is at nearby Newport on U.S. 98 and for $4.00 per night the YMCA camp ground is very close which also has cottages. If campirig isn't your style, the Wakulla Springs Hotel is just as close. Buddy will demonstrate the making of some of his most popular selling items - tommyhawk, shovel, bell, poker, puzzles, etc.

MARCH 14th, North Region Meeting: Jerry Grice's shop, 4400 Shelfer ROad, Tallahassee, F1. 32304. Telephone (904) 878- 1977 or (904) 877-5887 (home). Look for a map in the March clinker breaker with details also on lunch and nearby motels. The demonstrator dill be Mr. Jay Reakirt from Albany, Georgia. Jay runs the Pioneer Forge in Ander:;onville, Georqia. Jay is a top-notch blacksmith as well as an excellent teacher. Don't miss this opportunity to see a real Master in action. He is also going to bring some items for sale which he has made.

Chapter of ABANA

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MAY 9th, Stc~tl!widt. r11c~ut lrlrj: (-1 ydt: t'ciyto~~'*8 1 1 1 , i 1 ~ < , I I I I 1 1 1 *,~IOIJ rlla,lr Mor~tirwllu, Route 3, Box 124-0, Payton Hoad, Morlt icello, t 1 . 52544. 1 ulupt)one (904) 991-5627 Look t'or a mdp crnd tJirt.c.tio~l*, irr ttit! M,ry ( 1 1 1 r 1 . 1 ~ 1 O I I ~ , I ~ I ~ I . t 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 , I *,,l(\k lur~ct~. Cold drinks will be turru:,tred. t'Ledsc lecl l r u c l u t ) ~ ir~g ,i~lyIl)ir)g YUCJ w i ~ h tu sell or swap. At this meeting we plan to make ltems for the October auction.

JUNE 13th, Regional Meeting: Skeeter Prather's shop, 2816 Terry Hoad, Tallahassee F I u r i d ~ 1 j2517. I ~ : ~ ~ ~ ~ I I I , I I I ~ : ('llI4) ' d h ; - . ' ~ ~ ' / ~ ~ , . I O I I ~ for ; I ~II;IO in I h~ ~It~nc C l INKER BREAKER. Skeeter Prattler and Clyde PayLurl will dt;~rlu~l;LraLv 11uw Lu 111crkt. a krlil'e by "steeling iront1 and Colonial hooks and hasps. Plenty of motels nearby. Bring your brown bag lunch, cold drinks will be furnished.

JULY Ilth, North Region Meeting: Debbie Parrarnore's shop, Route 3, Box 507, Quincy, F1. 32351. Telephone (904) 62,'-/Y49. Look for a map in the July CLINKER BREAKER. Debbie hope to have her new barn finished by this time so we will have plenty of covered space. Bring your sack lunch, cold drinks will be furnished. Be prepared to make an itern for the October auction.

AUGUST 8th, Statewide Meeting: Ray Nagerls shop, 5712 W. Sligh Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33614. Telephone (813) 886-4603. Look for a map to Ray's shop in the August CLINKER BREAKER. Ray and Patty are excellent hosts and again they will prepare lunch for us for a modest fee as they did last year. Ray will demonstrate and he will also have his "monster" big hammer operating for us at this time.

SEPTEMBER 12th, North Region meeting: Dr. Ed Crane's shop, 829 Lake Ridge Drive, Tallahassee, F1. 32312. Telephone (904) 893-3212. Look for a map to Ed's shop in the September CLINKER BREAKER. At this meeting we will make items for the October Auction plus seeing demonstrations from regional members. 3 OCTOBER 9, 10, & 1 1 (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday), Statewide Annual Conference: Our "BIG MEETING". The Conference will be held at Jerry Gricels shop, 4400 Shelfer Road, Tallahassee, F1. 32304. Telephone ( 904) 878- 1977- or home (904) 877-5887. Look for a map and details regarding motels and meals in the October CLINKER BREAKER We need volunteers to demonstrate at this conference. Call or write to Clyde Payton. Also, don't forget to bring something to donate to the auction which will be held at this conference. We plan to have a cookout for lunch & dinner meals.

NOVEMBER 14th, North Region Meeting: At the shop of Willard Smith, our Honorable President, Route 1, Box 22-A, Blountstown, F1. 32424. Telephone (904) 674-8055. Look for a map in the November CLINKER BREAKER. Bring a sack lunch and cold drinks will be furnished.

DECEMBER. No meeting this month, Merry Christmas to all of you.

**Regarding this 1387 schedule, if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, or want to volunteer to demonstrate or otherwise help out, please call Clyde Payton at (904) 997-3637 nights and weekends, or (904) 488-0577 during the work day.

IDENTIFYING METALS: Last month we ran an article about this on Page 16. We just got a note from Ken Scharbeck of Southern Ohio Forge and Anvil, saying the article consisted of 2 pages and he included it--see next page.

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November 1 4 , 1986

NATIONAL ' ORNAMENTAL METAL MUSEUM

374 West Cdl~fornld Memph~s , TN 38 106

(901) 774-6380

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On S a t u r d a y e v e n i n g , Oc tobe r 2 5 , o v e r a hundred v o l u n t e e r s , c o n t r i b u t o r s , and c r a f t s m e n g a t h e r e d h e r e f o r t h e o f f i c i a l c h r i s t - c-i-rtg a n d - d e d i s a ~ i a n - o f t _ h e 3-cChhgr i n g ~ P - l g u g h Smi t hy". F a t he r F i l l i a t r e a u , who f o u r y e a r s a g o commissioned i ronwork f o r hiT-churcK,-- l e a d us i n t h e b l e s s i n g o f t h e b u i l d i n g , t11c f o r g e s , and a l l who work a t them. I t was a good t h i n g , and t h e p r i d e o f e v e r y o n e who had c o n t r i b u t e d money o r sweat c r e a t e d an e v e n i n g o f c a m a r a d e r i e and op t imi sm f o r t h e f u t u r e .

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The shop was n o t d e s i g n e d t o be an "01 ' t i m e y smi thy" , b u t a modern f o r g e w i t h a l l t h e t w e n t - i e t h c e n t u r y equipment we c o u l d a f f o r d . B r i d g e c r a n e s and M I G w e l d e r s s h a r e t h e s p a c e w i t h L i t t l e G i a n t s and c o a l f o r g e s . I t i s a c o m f o r t a b l e b u i l d i n g , w i t h t h e f l e x i b i l i t y o f h a v i n g a s many a s f i v e f o r g e s f o r workshops , a v i e w i n g g a l l e r y f o r v i s i t o r s , and h o t and c o l d , h i s and h e r s , f a c i l i t i e s . With t h e s m i t h y on l i n e , t h e Meta l Museum assumes a prominent n a t i o n a l p o s i t i o n i n s e r v i c e t o t h e i r o n w o r k i n g community.

Dur ing t h e p a s t e i g h t y e a r s , o u r commitment t o f o r g e d i r o n h a s -un- - - q u e - s t i o n a % E e ; - E - * f b i t s s u s h - as -'!Towards a New I r o n A g e ' ,

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F e r r o u s F i n e r y " , "A Decade o f American B l a c k s m i t h i n g " and "House J e w e l r y " r e p r e s e n t on1 y a p o r t i o n o f t h e Museum's t o t a l a c t i v i t i e s . The Me ta l Museum h a s r e p r e s e n t e d t h e i n t e r e s t o f i r o n w o r k e r s on f e d e r a l government p a n e l s , a t t h e American C r a f t C o u n c i l , and a t academic symposiums t h r o u g h o u t t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . We h a v e r e sponded t o i n d i v i d u a l and c o r p o r a t e i n q u i r i e s w i t h i n f o r m a t i o n abou t and r e f e r r a l s t o s m i t h s a r o u n d t h e c o u n t r y . Our l i b r a r y , which h o u s e s o v e r f o u r hundred volumes p e r t a i n i n g t o d e c o r a t i v e i r o n w o r k , i s a r e s o u r c e which i s i n c o n s t a n t u s e by a r c h i t e c t s and s m i t h s a l i k e .

The Museum's commitment t o i ronwork i s documented. A s an ABANA member, w h e t h e r you r p u r s u i t s a r e t r a d i t i o n a l f o r g i n g s on a s m a l l s c a l e , o r ma jo r a r c h i t e c t u r a l commiss ions , you s h a r e w i t h u s an i n t e r e s t i n t h e b e s t . Our j ob is t o e x p o s e t h e p u b l i c t o f i n e meta lwork i n a l l a r e a s , and t o p r o v i d e a showcase f o r o u t s t a n d i n g h i s t o r i c and new work.

I f you r involvement w i t h f o r g i n g e x t e n d s beyond a p a s s i n g i n t e r e s t , I would l i k e t o a s k t h a t you c o n s i d e r making a c o n t r i b u t i o n t o t h e Me ta l

M u s e u n - i n s u p p ~ r t o f the--o-"going-smith%pr%rfls. We hope t o i n c r e a s e o u r c o l l e c t i o n o f twen t i e t h c e n t u r y Amer i c a n fo rged- l - r~nwo~k;and-a - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - p o r t i o n o f y o u r c o n t r i b u t i o n w i l l be a l l o c a t e d toward t h a t g o a l . We t a k e i ronwork s e r i o u s l y ; we work f o r i t . L e t ' s j o i n f o r c e s .

J i m Wa l l ace / D i r e c t o r

@ SOUTMEASTERN REGIONAL BLACKSMITHS CONF'ERENCE 9, 1987

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MADISON I N MAY

The 1987 Southeastern Regional Blacksmiths Conference will be held . .

on May 15Zh and / 6 t h , i n Madidon, Geohgh at t h e lion'^ Club Faihghoundb. . . , .

The conference will be sponsored by the following ABANA chapters:

W i e Smith House Blacksmith Guild (ABANA Chapter)

Appalachian Area Chapter of AEWA

North -1ina ~ ~ > . ~ . FBAM\ , s* . I.

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The conference &-been e nd=d to incl.yd~'fix p~irnary ..- 7 i * ',6

>?-/ . * demonstrators that we a1 h o w gnd en joy watching, thei'are :

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.I -- Danny Boone, Greenbelt, Maryland I .

~ravis ' Daniel, ThaMstm, Georgia ' L '. . 7 , , , . / . . . .

charli& J?@ler, Pig- Forge, T e M e s ~ , " .5 -- .. - - ,

No1 Putnam, The Pla ines ,~ -Virginia

Dorothy Steigler, W t e r , Washingtan

Secondary demonstrators will man six additional stations and they

will be announced at a later date.

A full program of activities for the ladies attending is always a

great success and this year will be even-better under the guidance of

KLth lCibLbow and Pam H o w d . I

nference brochure and registration packets will be sent out to

you in the near future;- so mark your calendar now for the BEST time you

will ever have in blacksmithing: !

, ,- see you in MADI SON IN MAY,, , , , , Stan ' ~ t r d a n d - Chairman

BLACKSMITHING SCHOOL:

Fred Caylor has scheduled another school for Florida at Walt Anderson's shop near Ocala. The dates are March 8-14. Those wishing to participate should contact Fred directly. His address in in our membership list.

FROM PRESIDENT WILLARD:

The year of 86 *#as a good year for us as an organization. We had wonderful meetings each month with good demonstrators in which each of us came away with a little more knowledge.

In March and October of 86, we were priviledged to have Fred Caylor from Zionsville, Indiana come to Florida and hold classes for a week in each of those months. It looks like he will be doing it again this year.

~he'conference in October was a success with the two-day meeting. We are planning for the second one this October. We learned a lot in planning one after doing our first. Hopefully we will get some of the bugs out.

Speaking of conferences, this May, we will be involved in the Southeastern Regional Blacksmith Conference in Madison, Ga. This is where we organized two years ago this coming May. With just a hand full of people! We are now a group of 90+ members. Let's try to make it 100 members by May and all go to Madison. You will come back home a changed person if it is your first time attending.

Looking forward to seeing each of you at our State Meeting.

a Willard Smith ...........................................................................

volunteers needed :

We need volunteers to he1 at the Madison Conference in May. If you would like to do t I: is service, please contact Willard Smith right away or see him at the Sarasota meeting. A Board Meetin will be held on that day to determine the areas that we wil 9 be able to help.

All members are invited to attend the Board Meeting, ...............................................................

If there is a meeting at your place, please send Clyde Payton a map, The sooner, the better!!

COAL FOR SALE: Contact Jerry Grice. ~ r i c e is $100. er ton or in bags at 12,5C per lb, ($12.50 per 100 lbs.), ?his is a load i.t yourself (or bring help!).

No other items for sale? Want to buy? Advertise at no charge thru your Clinker Breaker.

JANUARY MEETING REPORTS

Northeast Region - We had a good meeting at Alva Hebert's in Orange Park on 1/10/87. Eleven members & wives and one guest enjoyed Alva's nice shop. Fred Caylor & Margie were there. Fred brought a hammer down for John Cross and said he would pick up a trailer Willard Smith made for him on the way back. Our sponsored youth, Billy Mango, rode up with Jimmy Corbet and it wasgood to see him again. He said he had been doing some smithing at his school with a forge Alva gave him and with the tools he received at our October meeting. Billy and Walt ANderson and guest John Wall made brass ladles and Billy & Jimmy Corbet made the handles while Doug Rochon made meat forks. All these items are for the Kitchen of the Pioneer Settlement at Barberville. Fred Caylor talked about hinge finials and demonstrated making a rooster finial.

Our region coordinator Doug Rochon, called a short business meeting. It was decided our region would meet every first Saturday. February and March meetings will be at the Pioneer Settlement at Barberville and April will be at John Cross's in Bryceville.

, Southeast Region - no report. They met at Steve Rush's in Ft. Lauderdale.

Southwest Region - no report. They met at Jimmy Tucker's in Sarasota.

PLEASE!!! We need the reports before our deadline. Send to Walt as soon as possible. Deadline for receiving articles each month is the 15th. This gives us time to get our newsletter out by the 25th of each month. PLEASE!! We need all the support. If you meet after our deadline date, send in for the next newsletter. We must have meeting sites and directions ahead of time!! 1 Northwest Region - Our meeting was held at Buddy Page's shop in Wakulla County. Buddy demonstrated making squaw axes and talked about different types of tomahawks, axe, etc. He made a trivet and several other items. We were represented by seven members and one guest. Buddy has a nice working blacksmith shop, a good set-up for one man. Blacksmithing is his main profession. He does a lot of civil war and re-enactment items. He participates in shows throughout the Southeastern area. We appreciate him taking time off from his busy scheduling of shows to demonstrate his expertise in blacksmithing. He will be the blacksmitth during the State Fair in Tampa for those that would like to see his work.

FEBRUARY MEETINGS:

In addition to a Statewide. meeting in Sarsota, the Northeast Region will be meeting Saturday, Feb. 7, 1987 at the Pioneer Settle- ment in Barberville to make items and plan a new blacksmith shop for their facility. Many tools have been promised to equip a fine new shop here.

C0SFERE:iCE EYALUATIOK October . 1986

A t o u r October c o n f e r e n c e i n Ocala we asked f o r a n e v a l u a t i o n of t h e mee t ing . Only t e n peop le t u r n e d i n t h e i r q u e s t i o n a i r e s . F i l l e d i n below i s a summary of t h e s e t c n r e s p o n s e s .

1 ) T h e c o n f e r e n c e w a s t o o l o n g -0-. Too s h o r t -0- . J u s t r i g h t 10 .

2 ) Do y o u p r e f e r o n e d e m o n s t r a t i o n a t a t i m e , o r t w o o r m o r e g o i n g o n a t t h e s a m e t ime . 6 s a i d two o r more, 4 s a i d on ly one a t a t ime

3 ) What m o n t h o f t h e y e a r d o y o u t h i n k i s b e s t f o r o u r A n n u a l C o n f e r e n c e . 7 Oc tober , 2 no p r e f e r e n c e , 1 February

4 ) S o f a r a s b e i n g h e l p f u l t o me t h e d e m o n s t r a t i o n s w e r e : E x c e l l e n t 5 Good 5 . F a i r -0- . P o o r -0- . A n y o t h e r c o m m e n t s r e g a r d i n g t h e d e m o n s t r a t i ens : Good c r o s s s e c t i o n . Would l i k e t o s e e Assemblv t e c h n i q u e s . I want

t o be i n v o l v e d , n o t j u s t wa tch ing . Too much t a l k i n g i n d e m o n s t r a t i o n a r e a s .

5 ) T h e o v e r a l l P l a n n i n g a n d O r g a n i z a t i o n o f t h i s c o n f e r e n c e w a s : E x c e l l e n t L . Good 1 . F a i r -0-. P o o r -07 -

6 ) What d i d y o u l i k e b e s t a b o u t t h i s c o n f e r e n e e : E v e r y t h i n g . The d e m o n s t r a t i o n s .

Fe l lowsh ip . Ded ica ted peop le . The s i t e . Making connec tbns .

7 ) What d i d y o u l i k e l e a s t a b o u t t h i s c o n f e r e n c e : Too much on b a s i c s .

Demonstra tors t o o c l o s e t o g e t h e r . Auc t ion t o o l o n g .

6 ) What k i n d o f D e m o n s t r z t i o n s a n d A c t i v i t i e s w o u l d y o u l i k e i n o u r n e x t c o n f e r e n c e : Fundamentals & b a s i c s . Tool making. S c r o l l work. Des ign ing . Idore of t h e

same. Cookout. Buy-se l l - t r ade a r e a . Have r e g i s t r a t i o n f e e c o v e r group mea l s . Assembly of a

r a r d e n e a t e . R ~ D O U S S ~ ' . U t i l i z i n e iunk m e t a l .

9 ) Do y o u t h i n k t h e r e g i s t r a t i o n f e e w a s : T o o h i g h 1 , F a i r 9 , T o o l o w - c r

1 0 ) What i m p r o v e m e n t s w o u l d y o u s u g g e s t f o r c h e s e c o n f e r e n c e s : P u n c t u a l i t y - Have

meals t o g e t h e r on s i t e . Demonstra te a l l s k i l l i e v e l s . P u b l i c a u c t i o n e a r l i e r i n day. More

b u y - s e l l - t r a d e . More p r i o r p u b l i c i t y . B e t t e r t o o l & m a t e r i a l p r e p a r a t i o n s f o r demons t ra to r s - -

I n c l u d e meals i n r e g i s t r a t i o n f e e .

1 1 ) O t h e r c o m m e n t s ( u s e t h e b a c k t o o , i f y o u w i s h ) : Need advanced h e l p i n g t h e

b e g i n n e r s . Auc t ion was Super . Make up a r t i c l e s f o r Annual Auc t ion . Need p r i o r p u b l i c

a d v e r t i s e m e n t f o r t h e a u c t i o n . Good r e g i s t r a t i o n p r o c e s s . Try t o r e imburse demons t ra to r

expenses . Make a complex p r o j e c t . Well p l e a s e d w i t h whole confe rence . Had a g r e a t t ime!

R e a l l y en joyed f e l l o w s h i p . Enjoyed e v e r y t h i n g . I n v i t e me a g a i n .

NEW MEMBERS:

Pioneer Art Settlement P. 0. Box 7 Barberville, T1. 3 2 0 0 5

Ph. 9 0 4 - 7 4 9 - 2 9 5 9

Lester Hollenbach 2301 N. Normandy Dr. Deltona, F 1 . 32725

Russell V . Collins 9 0 2 Parker Dr. T a l lohassee, F1. 32303

Ph. 9 0 4 - 3 8 5 - 4 1 5 6

Steve Leitz Rt. 2 , Box 203 Morehead, Kentucky 40351

Ph. 9 0 4 - 7 8 9 - 2 3 5 6

Pete Cassidy U.S. Route 1 Rowley, Maine 0 1 9 6 9 - 1 7 9 6

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KEEP LEARNING!

New ideas make work INTERESTING!

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

Name Date

Address Telephone ( )

home ( )

City State Zip business

Blacksmith Experience:

Areas of Interest:

Are you interested in procuring ( I coal ( ) anvil ( ) forge ( ) post vise

( ) blower ( ) hand tools ( ) other:

Membership Fee: $15.00 Send Membership fee with this application to:

Renew Annual Dues: $10.00 FLORIDA CHAPTER OF ABANA Tycee Grice, Secretary/Treasurer P.O. Box 5914

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........................................................................... (cut here) OFFICERS:

President: Willard Smith, Rt. 1, Box 22A, Blountstown, F1. 32424 (904) 674-8055

Vice President: Doug Rochon, P. 0. Box 3232, Ocala, Fl. 32678 (904) 591-2290

Sec./Treas. : ' Tycee Grice, P. 0. Box 5914, Tallahassee, F1. 32314 (904) 878-1977 877-5887

Newsletter Editor: Walt Anderson, 7 Soco Trail, Ormond Beach, F1. 32074 (904) 672-4603

Board Members: . . ,

~erry'~rice, P. 0. Box 5914, Tallahassee, F1. 32314 (904) 877-5887

Clyde Payton, Rt. 3, Box 1240, Monticello, F1. 32344 (904) 997-3627

Skeeter Prather, 2816 Terry Road, Tallahassee, F1.32312 (904). 386-9246

Alva Hebert, 2944 Lakeside Villa Rd., Orange Park, F1. 32073 (904) 264-6617

Ann Senterfitt, 217 Circle East, Jupiter, F1. 33458 (305) 746-0420

G I V E A FRIEND OR RELATIVE A G I F T MEMBERSHIP! !

J O I N OUR FLORIDA CHAPTER OF BLACKSMITHING ! !

FEBRUARY MEETING: Saturday the 14th

CLINKER BREAKER C/O Wal t Anderson 7 Soco T r a i l Ormond Beach, .Fl . 32074