[TheForge] Bill Moffet (KS) shop fire

[rfertner at cox.net]

Eric originally posted it., but I don't see a problem with posting it. I would include my update. Bill is active on Facebook and through that he's already been getting messages from blacksmith friends all over the country. Not everybody facebooks. I sure don't. I found out through e-mail. So, yea, go ahead and post it.

Rob
Wichita KS


---- jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> wrote: 
> That's some good news anyway. 
> 
> My questions stands, may I post the news to IorgeIron? I can leave the link
> off, cut and paste your message, write one myself, or? IFI is a huge world
> wide community of blacksmiths and all of us have an interest in each other's
> misfortunes. Helping each other is as natural as it is for blacksmiths
> anywhere. If he doesn't need help that's good but it's news to blacksmiths.
> 
> Your call, just say the word.
> 
> Frosty The Lucky.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TheForge [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Rob
> Fertner
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 2:43 AM
> To: 'Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA'
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Bill Moffet (KS) shop fire
> 
> I talked to Bill last night on the phone. Things aren't as bad as 1st
> thought. Power hammer burnt but rebuildable. Motor, clutch blocks, springs
> are gone. No cracks in frame. Anvils still have a ring and faces still seem
> hard. Hand tools are salvageable. Hammers can be re heat treated and
> handled. Some of the tools are buried under a foot of charcoal. His cone
> mandrel and post vise are down in a pit with the charcoal still smoldering.
> He may be able to retrieve them in a few days, but any other tools in the
> pit are gone. They'll get covered up. The shop was in an old wooden grain
> elevator that a friend was letting him use. The property owner has cleared
> rubble out of the street and out back by the railroad tracks. His focus is
> getting the remaining rubble cleared, holes covered, and his remaining
> buildings protected. Bill's focus is getting what he can out of there. He's
> taken a loss, but he's not wiped out. Fortunately, he may be getting a
> little insurance money. Won't cover it all, but it should help.
> 
> Rob
> Wichita KS
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TheForge [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of jerry
> Frost
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 1:55 AM
> To: 'Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA'
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Bill Moffet (KS) shop fire
> 
> Eric: May I post this to the IforgeIron forum? 
> 
> Frosty
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TheForge [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Eric
> Klaus
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 1:45 PM
> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [TheForge] Bill Moffet (KS) shop fire
> 
> Bill Moffet from Rose Hill Kansas had a shop fire Saturday night that
> completely destroyed his shop and tools.  For any of you that may not know
> him, he's a very talented and all around great guy.  I met him a couple
> years ago at the Prairie Blacksmith Association Fall conference in Grand
> Island NE.  It looks like an online fundraiser has been set up to assist him
> in recovering.  There is also a link there to the news story about the fire.
> http://www.youcaring.com/emergency-fundraiser/bill-moffet-blacksmith-tools-l
> ost-in-fire/311161
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