[TheForge] Re: [NEBList] bud oggier

[Larry and Pat Brown]

Francis, Manfred, and now Bud. It's getting noisier in Heaven. (Do we have 
to work in the back somewhere?) God's getting a lot of talent, they all 
gave a lot to help others.
Larry Brown :-(


At 10:04 AM 10/27/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>A crosspost from the New England Blacksmiths list, by request of the
>author...
>
>
>In a message dated 10/26/02 6:35:34 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>bayhill291@aol.com writes:
>
> > As we all think back on our varying degrees of association with Bud Oggier
> > over the years, a lot of stories should be coming up about him. He was a
> > very interesting man and lived life "his way", retiring from "the nut
> > house,"
> > (the Allison Division of GMC) in the late sixties. He was a smart man and
> > had
> > a lot of retirement years to develop his many interests. One of them was
> > blacksmithing. Machine work was his profession. He was a Master Mechanic
> > and
> > as he once said to me when I naively asked if he knew anything about some
> > machine I was lusting for. "Dave, I've set up and ------ up every machine
> > ever made." In the sixties his signature could appropriate machines up to
> > one
> > million dollars (when it was real money) and they had to pay for 
> themselves
> >
> > in 6 months. A year at the most.
> >
> > I first met Bud in 1971 when he and his wife Val visited my first shop in
> > Newfield Maine. It was a rickety old two car garage. You could throw a
> > stone
> > out through the cracks in the walls. When Bud walked in he introduced
> > himself, looked around to take in the situation and made up his mind. A
> > work
> > bench, grinder, wooden forge, good anvil and a hand blower. that's all.
> > "This
> > guy is a nut, needs help and I wonder if he'll make it" is what he must
> > have
> > thought. Good luck and goodby.
> >
> > Over the years our paths, of course, crossed often. He was a great help 
> and
> >
> > resource over the years and it was at the 1978 ABANA conference when
> > several
> > of us from NE, including Bud, decided to form up the NEB.  This last
> > workshop
> > Bud attended was the 50th event and our 25th year. There's only two of us
> > still around.
> >
> > One of my favorite stories was one he told about his journeyman's 
> migration
> >
> > to the Midwest. His intent was to work for any company for six months or
> > until he stopped learning, whichever came first, and then move on. One 
> shop
> >
> > he found himself at was a locomotive repair shop. There was an evident
> > difference in perspective between the management and Bud. When he stated
> > his
> > intent to move on (his six months were passed) they insisted he stay on 
> and
> >
> > increased his pay. This happened a couple of times but he didn't think he
> > was
> > learning any thing new. So, while helping to lift a locomotive, he saw the
> > floor was clear, and dropped it. He was on the road again.
> >
> > We'll miss you Bud
> >
> > David A. Court
> > Bay Hill Forge
> > Northfield, NH.
>
>
>
>    Bill Alleman
>    Tavern Village Forge & Woodcraft
>    Weare, NH
>
>
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