[TheForge] Fwd- SCA metalworking event in Mass

Wed Mar 6 10:08:01 2002

> 
> From: "John Husvar" <[email protected]>
> Date: 2002/03/06 Wed AM 07:35:32 EST
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Fwd- SCA metalworking event in Mass
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phlip" <[email protected]>
> >
> > Johan, you'd better start planning now. If I hafta go to Ohio to
> collect
> > you, so help me, I'll strap you on the hood and tie a deer tag on your
> > ass. We can use my forge- an anvil (no block needed) and hand tools
> > would be nice, but not necessary.
> 
> Don't hold your breath -- I don't do masochism.(Oh, Hell, yes I do! :)
> (See comments below)
> 
> Actually, it sounds like it could be a lot of fun. There's certainly
> plenty of time for getting the logistics in order and it's long enough
> after Pennsic. I've already started my  planning. Now if Real Life (TM)
> will stay out of the way....
> 
> >
> > Metal Smith's Symposium
> >
> >     The event is the fourth, though sixth of Oct. 2002.  It will be at
> > Camp Blanchard in Sutton, MA in
> > cooperation between the Canton of Aschehyrst & the Shire of Quintavia.
> > This is the site that is used for
> > Boredom War.
> >
> > Classes:
> >
> >     The plan is to have as many people learning by doing as possible.
> I
> > plan to have at least four tracks that are
> > running more or less concurrently:
> >
> >         One that starts with iron ore & building a bloomery then
> > finishes with the working of the iron that has
> > been smelted.
> 
> Marginal project for a three-day event. Check with Thom Powers, but I
> think they need more time than that at Pennsic to build a furnace,
> charge it, smelt a decent-sized bloom, and make it into something. It's
> an incredible amount of work, even without time constraints.
> 
> If Thom says it's possible, though, it is. I'd still rate it high on the
> S&M Scale of Weekend Metalworking Projects.
> 
> >
> >         One that starts with a piece of soapstone & proceeds through
> to
> > a finished piece of pewter jewelry.
> 
> Not bad, depending on how quick at carving the mold one is. Pewter melts
> at a nice, low temp and is pretty compliant. Hell, Fettered Cock cast
You can use cuttle bones instead of soapstone , carves a lot faster and is great to use with pewter.
> 
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