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[Dan Rathburn]

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From: "Philippa Alderton" <phlip@99main.com>



> If we wanna argue about something, lets argue about traditional smithing

Ok when did hand crank blowers come in?

When did the smiths start using coal in place of charcoal in the IN., IL.,
and WI. area?

and what would the "power hammers" of the about 1850 look like.



>vs fabrication vs artistic smithing. Life's too short to let the
politicians and their self-serving rhetoric distract us from the important
things, like hot steel, and a new trick for shaping it.....
>
> Phlip, who carries a BIG hammer- and knows how to swing it.
>

Working in a smithy that is should to be an 1850's shop with a hand crank
blower (they did take out the electric one), 25# Little Giant(biult 1916),
bottom blowen forge and wall mounted hand crank drill press.
do you think every thing is period?

Dan Rathburn
Elgin, IL USA