[TheForge] Sacred cows are better eaten than catered to.

[Bruce Freeman]

Ooooo, better TM that moniker before a TV producer does.

Such an event would be fun, but I prefer to work from plans.  Maybe a mofidied "Junkyard Hammer War":  Start with plans, but have your preselected "junk" in a pile, stock (if any) uncut, etc., at the starting bell.  

Bruce
NJ

>>> frosty at customcpu.com 3/15/2007 3:50 PM >>>
<snip> I think a BIG 
draw for a conference would be a 


"Junkyard Hammer War." 


Teams would register in advance. (So the conference 
could arrange for a large enough and well enough seeded 
"junkyard." General hammer specs would be agreed upon 
and a time to build set. Then on the given day someone 
would give a twisted piece of steel a whack with a 
sledge hammer and the show would start.

There would of course need to be standards of safety 
set and an inspection team. These and other things can 
be determined in the detail phase.

A Junkyard Hammer War would not only be a REAL 
education for smiths wanting to learn things about 
improvised equipment but the crowd appeal would be 
excellent. It may not keep the stands filled for three 
days but there'd be lots of interest. Especially when 
proving time came.

A decent sized "junkyard" would also be valuable to the 
smithing community as experienced smiths could show 
folk how to find and identify useful and more 
importantly dangerous materials in situ. Other 
"Junkyard Wars" could be held as well, say: "Junkyard 
Ring Roller War," "Junkyard Press War," "Junkyard Anvil 
War," "Junkyard Twister War," etc.

Frosty
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it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
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From: "Bruce Freeman" <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com>


I for one will probably never get a power hammer.

On the other hand, I really like seeing demos involving 
power hammers.

The place to have power hammer demos is in shops that 
have power hammers.

We have several such in the greater NJ area, and they 
have been appropriately used in demos over the years.

Presumably, most other areas of the country can boast 
the same.

Bottom line suggestion:  Drop power hammers from 
official ABANA demos (at fairgrounds, etc.) unless some 
outside agency (commercial vendor, most likely) sees to 
the details of getting it there and seeing it operates.

Bruce
NJ

>>> keporter at comcast.net 3/15/2007 2:13 PM >>>
What is the percentage of artist blacksmiths who have 
industrial power hammers?
How many ABANA members, or regional organization 
members have--or ever plan to
acquire--an industrial power hammer? If the percentage 
is as low as I suspect,
than why are these power hammers given such a high 
priority at blacksmith
conferences?
<snip>

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