Alex Bealer Blacksmith Association

The new newsletter (final version) is here! The May meeting will be held at Tony's

Jim

There were a couple of posts looking for a good anvil. Late last week Centaur Forge posted a list of items on clearance ( see http://www.centaurforge.com/clearance.pdf ) which included 5 100 lb Delta TFS anvils for $285, rather than the normal $494. You still have to pay shipping from Wisconson ($100?). But if any are left, it's a good deal.

(I must admit, I didn't post this until I tried to snag tha Vaughn 185 lb swage block for $201. . . It was too late. The salesman I talked to said "it sold so fast it made our heads swim . . .").

Blacksmithing Classes
Mark Hopper will be teaching Basic to Intermediate blacksmithing at Bradshaw Metal Works in Ball Ground, Georgia. The class curriculum will be tailored to the individual student’s skill level.
Come and improve your blacksmithing skills while making forged items for your home or shop.
Classes will be held on Saturday’s 9:00 A.M. until 5:00 P.M. Bring your sack lunch.

We have a Blacksmithing help request from A Boy Scout leader in Toccoa Ga.

Here's his email:
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Hello,
I need help finding a blacksmith artist that can produce a Boy Scout eagle from mild steel. I have attached a picture of subject eagle. This sculpture would be approximately 5 feet high & wide and would be mounted on a wall.
I would very much like to know how to contact anyone that might be willing and able to take on this project. I really don't know where to start, so I searched the internet for Northeast Georgia artists that work in steel. I didn't have much luck.

Check out the proposed by-laws on the web site
www.abana.org .Looks like the new guys are trying to effect change for the good. The term limits is the most dramatic change.

Ken Baker has graciously offered, on behalf of his family, a possible location for a permanent shop. The location is 624 Camp St. Riverdale. GA. I plan on visiting the site soon and will post photos and more comments on our website.

In order to explore this possibility I am offering some topics for thought and comment:

A committee to explore this will be created. Individuals to serve on this committee should have experience and/or knowledge in these areas:

This slot will be awarded by drawing. You must satisfy all the scholarship rules as well as be there to win. The winner will not be eligible for any other 08 scholarships.

All newsletters from 2004 on are now in the newsletter archive. If you are tired of old poor quality pictures, check them out in living color!

Event description:
The Fowler Family Farm, in Cumming. Old farming demonstrations Saturday, April 5,2008.
Other crafts will be demonstrated (quilting, spinning, etc). Open to the public at 1 PM.

Torch Mullins (ABBA) will be the Blacksmith Demonstrator.
Come One Come All!

This E mail was sent to a handful of our members, I have been darling up a pamphlet that we will hopefully be able to print up in order to give out to to new comers and interested persons. Take no offense if i have not sent this e mail to you personally, i simply went down the names on the membership list and tried to select all the names that i see regularly at the meeting. If you have any information to contribute, please feel free to wright me at MLMartin15@GMail.com