[TheForge] History of The Forge/OT

[terry l. ridder]

hello;


On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Dave Mudge wrote:

dave_m>
dave_m> Thanks Jerry,
dave_m> What I was talking about is having volunteers put together a whole thread of
dave_m> e-mails on any particular subject, from the still to be found archives, like
dave_m> [all] the information about forging aluminum, or [all] the information about
dave_m> painted finishes or [all] the information about gas forges, etc. There must
dave_m> be dozens of threads and sub-threads over the years. Anything close to that
dave_m> would be great. 
dave_m>

this sounds exactly like what ron riel did several years ago. he edited
theforge archives and created three volumes of "the best of theforge".
ron's 'the best of theforge' may be found at:

The Best of Theforge - Vol 1
http://www.reil1.net/theforge1.html

The Best of Theforge - Vol 2
http://www.reil1.net/theforge2.html

The Best of Theforge - Vol 3
http://www.reil1.net/theforge3.html

All Three Volumes of "Best of Theforge" Zipped 
http://www.reil1.net/Theforge.zip

from what i can tell these were created using the theforge wugate
archives ( which are currently missing ).

i have all ready e-mailed ron reil asking if by chance he has kept the
theforge wugate archives.

dave_m>
dave_m> Then the editors or whoever, could use that concentrated information to
dave_m> build an article or two or three. This would get some of the members who
dave_m> might have a little time to invest to participate. It would also help to
dave_m> ease the burden of the newsletter (AR ~ HB) editors for finding articles to
dave_m> print. Some chapter / affiliate members think that you simply press a button
dave_m> on your computer and a newsletter pops out. 
dave_m> 
dave_m> dave mudge
dave_m> dave at magichammer.net
dave_m> http://lametalsmiths.org/news/ 
dave_m> http://www.magichammer.net 
dave_m> http://www.metalsmithinghowto.com 
dave_m>  

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terry l. ridder ><>