[TheForge] Steam hammers/shop space
John Newman
[email protected]
Sat Jan 17 19:18:00 2004
Yes he lives about a five minute walk from my house. We do stop by each others
shops sometimes. The shop ceiling is insulated and drywalled, the plumbing,
wiring and airlines are all in. The pattern shop part of the new shop is set
up. The blacksmith part of the shop is still not set up yet, I have the
chimmney in and the hammer is down there but not hooked up yet. I have had a
lot of pattern work in the last two months so I have not had time to finish
setting up the blacksmith shop. The forging jobs I have had, I had to do in my
garage. After moving the Power hammer last week I really have to hurry up on
moving my forge and anvil.
John
Ralph Sproul wrote:
> John, I was wondering if you and Bob knew each other. Does he stop
> by your shop on occassion? Which brings me to the question, or how's the
> new shop space coming?
>
> Ralph
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Newman" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 11:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Steam hammers
>
> > Bob's being too modest here Stelco was ready to let the steam hammers go
> for scrap. Bob rescued the hammers from that fate. He convinced steam
> museum to take the hammers, and hustled to find someone to transport the
> hammers to there new home.
> >
> > John
> >
> > Bob Cook wrote:
> >
> > > Ralph,
> > >
> > > Yes, we did have two hammers in the shop. When the shop was torn
> down around them, they were shipped to the Steam and Technology Museum here
> in Hamilton. They were John Bertram hammers that were built in Dundas,
> Ontario, a small town just outside the city. I have pictures of them in use,
> and of the demolition, and when my son teaches me how to post them, I'll do
> so. The museum has no intention of making them run again, but would like to
> put keep them indoors. I told them they should just let them stand guard at
> the entrance, like cannons in front of castle. In the meantime they are
> laying on their backs covered with a tarpaulin.
> > > I do have a garage in my backyard that I now use as a small smithy.
> Mostly small stuff, no commissions or anything like that. I have also become
> involved in the Ontario affiliate of ABANA, (The Ontario Artist Blacksmith
> Assoc. or OABA ) and enjoy doing demos for them, and the public in general.
> I like to think after 28 yrs I've got the blacksmith part down, and now I'm
> starting to work on the artist part;)
> > > Our contract with the company allows us to go with a full pension
> after 30 yrs service. The year 2006 can't get here fast enough, but I guess
> I should watch what I wish for.
> > > Keep in touch, Bob
> > >
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