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rakessler

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#1   2009-11-24 13:32          
Hello

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John Stine

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#2   2009-11-25 18:40          
Recording provides terrific benefits but requires a demonstrator to "play to the camera" and a committment from the group to the to be respectful of the camera. If the camera is unable to see it or hear it,you won't either on the DVD. By the same token, anything unwanted which passes before the lens or is picked up by the microphone is captured and can pose a problem during editing.

As Dan said, "Many groups do this." UMBA, for one, offers hundreds of titles,very reasonably priced($7 for first and $5 each additional) Prompt shipping is included in the price. (One caveat: their early efforts are frustrating, but they now offer first rate educational recordings.
OBG and AFC also record demonstrations. Another blacksmithing guild in Colorado offers somewhat costly recordings.

BTW, Check out UMBAs RD123 & RD130. It is an ENTIRE CLASS as taught by Steve Williamson at JCCFS.
One is in our library,sent by Roger Degener when he edited my originals in 2006. You can get your own copy for just $12

Ben Bradshaw

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#3   2009-11-26 09:15          
The demonstrator was Mark Hopper.

This is the level and quality of the demonstrations that will always be given at my shop. The subject will be of a nature that everyone will be able to benefit from. I am glad that you enjoyed it.

John Myers

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#4   2009-11-27 14:51          
Yogi Berra was quoted as saying "You can see a lot by observing."and at the meeting it got proven to me when Mark welded the 1 1/2 inch wide scroll form bar to the 3x3 angle iron base when he made his scroll jig. He used a MIG welder to do it and he welded in a spot that was so tight that he could not get the welder nozzle down into the scroll and I would have had to drill two holes and plug welded from the back side if I had done it. He calmly ran the wire that 1 1/2 inches out of the nozzle and welded AWAY FROM the tip of his nozzle. When I commented that I had learned something new he advised me that I would need a good gas flow to do what he had done. Easier to turn the regulator valve a bit and weld than to have to mark out and drill two holes.

Not only is he a VERY good smith at FORGING skills, but he has obviously picked up a world of practical and useful skill.

Kevin Daniell

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#5   2009-11-28 08:11          
:( Sounds like I missed a good one. Oh well...

# John Stine :
BTW, Check out UMBAs RD123 & RD130. It is an ENTIRE CLASS as taught by Steve Williamson at JCCFS.
One is in our library,sent by Roger Degener when he edited my originals in 2006. You can get your own copy for just $12

John Stine - The video you filmed is terrific. I still have the guilds copy and will get it back to John Myers as soon as possible. I have only 1 complaint. The video is on 2 disks. The second disk is in a format that would not play on a DVD player. I was able to extract the video and burn another disk that should play on most DVD players. I'll add the disk I created to the 2 disks from the library when I send them back to John.

Again...GOOD JOB!

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