[TheForge] Steam hammers/shop space

Sat Jan 17 20:01:00 2004

        John,  Really nice to hear your busy with the pattern work.  It's a
lot nicer when you have the time to work on your shop - to have the money as
well.
        Sounds like you've made a lot of progress since I've seen you last.
The forge shouldn't be all that bad if the chimney is in already. (I'm
guessing you don't have a masonry side draft).  :-)

Ralph
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Newman" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Steam hammers/shop space


> 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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