Thurmond ChaffinEd CraneKent DouglasBob Jacoby

Jim LollisClyde PaytonDavid ReddyCharlie Stemmann

Contributors:

July 1998

The Florida

Clinker BreakerFLORIDA ARTIST BLACKSMITH ASSOCIATION - CHAPTER OF ABANA, INC.

Established May 18, 1985

President’s Cornerby Clyde Payton, President

Did you know that your$20.00 per year FABAmembership dues doesn't evencover the overall cost of yourmonthly newsletter? So, howdo we "make it up"?

The Annual October Conference generalA U C T I O N a n d t h e a c c o m p a n y i n gBUCK-IN-THE-BUCKET ticket drawing are the two main"fund raisers" for FABA - all proceeds go into our generalfund.

Besides being the major fund raiser we always tryto make the Auction a FUN TIME SHOW as well. That'swhy we always get TIM RYAN to be the Auctioneer. Thisguy is GREAT! Colonel Tim Ryan is not only a graduateschool professional auctioneer, he is an ENTERTAINERpar excellence! He puts on a show that's worth good moneyto see. Speaking of money, he doesn't do this for freeeither. His fee is steep, but you get what you pay for.

The Buck-In-The-Bucket drawing, managed this

year by Dot Butler, is a situation where we sell siamesetickets for one dollar each or 6 for $5.00. Your winningticket gives you your choice from a table full of donatedgoodies.

BOTTOM LINE: FABA needs your donations forboth the Auction and the "Buck" drawing. The fourregions have always made items for the Auction at theirmonthly regional meetings and this is one excellent way tostock a good auction inventory. Individual members candonate handmade blacksmith items, books, tools, knives,supplies, or machines. One of the favorite donations in thepast has been "A DAY IN THE SHOP WITH ___" arenowned BLACKSMITH OR BLADESMITH. Some ofthe donors have been Charlie Ochs, Al Pendray, and SteveSchwarzer – all of whom are master bladesmiths.

T y p i c a l d o n a t i o n s f o r t h e"BUCK-IN-THE-BUCKET" drawing usually include lesspricey items - used goods/books, tool steel (leafsprings/coil springs/axles), tools, electric motors, stock,horse shoes, railroad spikes, files/rasps/star drills, toolhandles, gloves, novelties, as well as items unrelated toblacksmithing. (I recall one dear lady donated a pan full ofdelicious banana nut bread, and homemade jelly) Andbuck-in-the-bucket items could also be of interest to the

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ABANA MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONArtist Blacksmith Association of North America, Inc.Name__________________________________

Address________________________________

_______________________________________ City State ZipPhone__________________________________The undersigned applies for membership in the ArtistBlacksmith Association of North America andencloses ______ as annual membership dues for oneyear. Checks must be in U.S. funds. Membershipincludes a subscription to the Anvil’s Ring and TheHammer’s Blow.

Credit Card No.___________________________VisaG MasterCardGExpiration Date__________________G Full time Student(1 yr only) $35/yrG Regular membership $45/yrG Senior Citizen (age 65+) $40/yrG Overseas Surface Mail $70/yrG Overseas Airmail $80/yrG Contributory Membership $100/yrG Public Library Subscription $25/yrCall (314) 390-2133 to charge your membership toVISA or MasterCard, or make out a check toABANA and send to :

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Chapter of ABANA, Inc.Date __________ NewG Renewal G

Name_________________________________Address____________________________________________________________________ City State ZipPhone:Home_____________Work:_________E-Mail______________________________Spouse’s Name:________________________

Are you interested in procuring:GAnvil GCoal GHand ToolsGPost Vise GBlower GForgeOther_________________________________

Send this application and a membership fee of $20.00to

Anne Reynolds, FABA Treasurer11064 Sunset BoulevardWest Palm Beach, FL 33411

Make check out to FABA. The FABA membershipyear begins May 1. New memberships received afterDecember 31 also cover the following year. Membership is for a family. You don’t have to be anABANA member to join FABA, but many FABAmembers are, and we encourage membership in both

FABA Officers

President Clyde Payton 850-997-3627Vice President Bill Roberts 352-687-2959 robertsb@pig.netTreasurer Anne Reynolds 561-793-2452Secretary Currently vacant, temporary volunteers filling in. Call Murf or Anne.Program Chairman Ray Roberts 850-997-4403Newsletter Editor Murf Murphy 850-421-6622 blacksmith@talweb.comPast President Ray Roberts 850-9974403Trustee #1 John Butler 850-539-5742Trustee #2 Carl Austin 941-735-0257Trustee #3 Jerry Grice 850-421-4788Trustee #4 Ray Reynolds 561-793-2452

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Welcome New MembersEdgar James Westbrook

599 West 37th StreetRiviera Beach, FL 33404

(561) 882-0523

Classified Ads

FOR SALE: Anvil and Forge with a Buffalo blower, $300 for both. Forge needs some work. Secondforge also available. Call Bob Mancuso (904) 774-2926. (Orange City area)

FOR SALE: Heavy-duty commercial forge blower, cast iron housing - $175. 3-phase, 3-HP, 220VMarathon motor, almost new, $85. Call Ed Crane, (850) 893-3212 (Tallahassee area)

FOR SALE: 18x 20 cast iron portable forge, with Champion blower, 100 lb anvil, good shape, withstump, $350 firm for both. Call Richard Manna, (407) 984-0160 (Palm Beach area)

WANTED: Used blacksmith equipment - just about everything. New member needs anvil, forge, handtools, etc. May also be interested in an arc welder. Dennis Bernhardt, St Augustine, FL 904-797-6358.

Demonstrator Wanted - Northwest Region: The Rotary Club wants a blacksmith demonstration fortheir annual youth camp near Mt. Pleasant. The demonstration will involve a 1 - 1 ½ hour demo to begiven to four groups of handicapped kids. This will be Tuesday, August 4 . The demonstrator will haveth

to bring all his own equipment, but lunch and drinks will be provided. Contact Person: Phillip Werndli,(850)386-7646, or your friendly Clinker Breaker editor.

President’s Corner - ContinuedSo, now is a good time to clear out your shop - make something special, or donate a special item

to this Auction and "Buck" drawing. Bring it with you to the October Annual Conference in Barbervilleand inquire at the Registration Table where to turn in your items. You will be appreciated (we can alsogive donor receipts for year end tax purposes, if you wish).

We hope to see all of you at the conference. It promises to be a great event.HAPPY HAMMERINGClyde Payton

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The SoapBoxby Murf Murphy, Editor

July, 1998, and hotter than the firecrackers that are illegal in this state. I hope some of you out therehave air-conditioned blacksmith shops. I don’t, so about the only time I can get out there lately is four orfive in the morning. Even then, it’s eighty degrees – before I fire up the forge. After my last little brush withheat exhaustion at Torreya a couple of months ago, I find myself being a bit more cautious than before. Inthis kind of weather, doing the kind of work we do, caution is not a bad idea.

Ray Roberts is going hard, getting the program together for Barberville. As usual, he is still lookingfor volunteers, and probably will be until about three days after the Conference. Be sure to pitch in whereyou can, and make it better for all of us.

Speaking of volunteering, I have two items on that subject. The first is a replacement for your kindlyold curmudgeon of an editor; I will not be able to continue after December of this year. Please, somebodyhelp! The sooner we get a replacement, the smoother the transition will be.

Second has to do with the mission of FABA – education. How many of you are doing educationaldemonstrations for various organizations, schools, clubs, or whatever? Write me a short blurb on it, and getyour name in lights(well, bold print, maybe). It doesn’t have to be strictly volunteer stuff, either – if you getpaid for it, I’d sure like to know how you do it. If you are available to do demonstrations, either donated orpaid, let me know. I’m trying to put together a list of who can do what with which, so I can have somethingto tell people who ask me about it. I got a call a few days ago, from the Rotary Club, wanting a demonstratorfor their youth camp in August. Check the ad on the classified page.

I got a letter from one of our newer members, Todd Engle, asking for a little info on some of thepeople I keep mentioning in the newsletter. I’ve been in FABA for about nine years now, and I have atendency to forget that some of the new members don’t know these characters(both male and female). Soat Todd’s suggestion, I’m going to put in a short profile of a selected FABA member each month. Thismonth I picked on Ed Crane, our Northwest Regional Coordinator. I picked Ed for a couple of reasons –he just retired from a long career as a medical doctor, he doesn’t get a lot credit for his work, and he livesclose to me, so he’s easy to nag about it. Actually he is a very helpful person, and always gets his reportsin to the editor on time(hint to ALL regional coordinators), and I knew he would do this for me. Thanks forthe suggestion, Todd.

Whatizzit?

It has already been pointed out to me that there was not Whatizzit in last month’s issue. For this Iapologize. I got into a time crunch, and just didn’t get it in. I haven’t yet got a reasonable guess on the MayWhatizzit, so please take a shot at it. Dave Reddy came up with a guess, but it involved alien abductionsand lutefisk, so I don’t think he was serious.

This one comes from Thurmond Chaffin. It’sabout three feet long, if the ruler in the picture isaccurate. It resembles a drawknife, but has a ring atone end that appears to be a pivot point. It may be ashear of some sort. It appears to be hand made, andmay be a one-of-a-kind device built by a smith forone specific job. Any guesses will appreciated, sinceThurmond says he doesn’t know what it is, either.

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Member Profile – Dr. E.D. (Ed) Crane, Tallahassee, FL

Ed was born in 1928 and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. Heattended medical school at Emory University, and received his degree in1955. He moved to Tallahassee, and began practice in the field ofOb/Gyn in 1961. He’s been here ever since, and officially retired lastMay. When I talked to him a few days ago, he was “retired”, but stillputting in time getting the paperwork done so he could actually quitworking.

He first became interested in blacksmithing in about 1975 whenhe was building a house on Lake Jackson. He bought some shutter dogs,at a price of about $30.00 apiece(this was in 1975, remember). Afterlooking at one the shutter dogs, which was basically a piece of bentmetal with a lag screw through it, he figured he could do this kind ofthing for himself. A few years later, he bought an anvil, forge, andblower from Clyde Payton, and started attending a few meetings andtrying out new blacksmith techniques. Clyde Payton and Skeeter Pratherwere two of his main sources of information and encouragement. (Both of these are going to be subjectsof future profiles.)

Ed says his first major blacksmith event was the big ABANA meet in Madison, Georgia, in the early80's. “I still remember the great demonstrations by Francis Whittaker, Jud Nelson and Peter Ross at thatmeeting.” It was during this time that he built his own blacksmith shop with a brick forge, and startedacquiring and building tools and equipment. As with most of us, this is a process which never ends. He nowhas a well-equipped shop, with a treadle hammer he built in 1991, and a Sandia-design gas forge. Last year

he designed and built his own air hammer.In May of 1985, at the ABANA Conference in

Madison, FABA was founded, and Ed was one of the twelveoriginal charter members, and has been working with FABAever since. He is now the Northwest Regional coordinator,responsible for planning and setting up the monthly meetingsn his region. Ed also sends monthly reports to the ClinkerBreaker, to let us all know what’s happening in the area.

Ed has been one of the smiths here in the Northwestwho has put a lot of time and energy into building ablacksmith shop at the Panhandle Pioneer Settlement inBlountstown. As well as giving his time, he has alsodonated several items of equipment, including an anvil anda post vise.

Now that he’s retired, maybe Ed will be able to become a full-time blacksmith.

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Ray at Work

Conference Notesby Ray Roberts, Program Chair

Plans are well advanced toward another fabulous weekend inOctober down Barberville way. This is the first report to themembership of the conference.

While in Georgia at an Ocmulgee Guild meeting, I saw DanTull demonstrate and I was most impressed. Dan has agreed todemonstrate traditional blacksmithing for us, using advanced andintermediate techniques as his main mode of operation. By the way,Dan is a well schooled student of Peter Ross. Mark this program welland be prepared to enjoy.

Master Bladesmith Steve Dunn has agreed to forge, grind, fitand finish a knife during the conference. I believe that is the one thingthe bladesmiths most desire to see. Steve is nationally known and hiswork has graced the cover of Blade magazine.

I will report on the architectural demonstrator after the ABANAmeeting. Several of the family demonstrations will also be featured next issue.

For some time, I have been trying to get a program about the black powder rifle. Finally, success.K.R. Fritts from North Carolina has agreed to demonstrate the methods and practices he uses in makingblack powder rifles and pistols. I will be most interested to know how you like it

Colonel Tim Ryan will, again, beguile us our of our dollars at the Saturday night auction. He is alsoexpected to levitate an anvil or two.

For leathercraft, we expect Kenny Rowe of Hope, Arkansas to show off and teach his skills andtechniques. Kenny is also nationally known and several magazine articles have attested to his high art.

Willard Smith will, again, hold forth with blacksmithing beginners.Charles Stemmann and Bill Robertson will do the same with intermediate blacksmiths. We can

expect to see Alan Mouchon back in book bindery and Jim Hastings teaching tinsmithing. You can expectto read about the other classes in the next issue.

Now to some items of business –First, we have a contract with University Inn in Deland to provide single or double rooms at $41.95

plus tax. In order to get this rate you must reserve early and mention the Florida Artist BlacksmithAssociation. Any rooms not reserved by September 15 will returned back to the hotel.th

Next, we need your help. As of this writing, the Pioneer Art Settlement is out of coal. If you wantto get coal at the conference, you need to contact the Settlement (904-749-2959) so that they have enoughorders and cash in hand to let them know that it is feasible to reorder coal.

Finally, we are closing in on people to manage the tailgate and commercial sales, children’s program,cord-weaving, whip making, and bead making programs.

A word to the wise: when you get your conference brochure, please preregister early to assist our newregistrar, Lydia Burns. She is doing this for the first time this year, so help her out.

More next month.

"Peter Ross likes a big fire"-Anonymous

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Southwest Regional Newsby David Reddy, Southwest Regional Coordinator

April Meeting.For April the Southwest Region met at the blacksmith shop at Cracker Country on the Florida State

Fair Grounds in Tampa. By a sheer stroke of luck Cracker Country was fully staffed for "ArchiveAwareness Week" so we were able to tour the buildings- aided by a wonderful group of docents. We werealso privileged to have Doyle Carlton tell us about Cracker Country. Son of Governor Doyle Carlton(1929-32), he has been the driving force behind the creation of Cracker Country.

Ridge and Ruth Leedom were our hosts for the meeting. They are regular volunteers at CrackerCountry. In attendance were Charles Zimmerman, Ed Sakellaris, Bud Grieshop, Pete Gerber, LouisRiggleman, Sam (sorry, I didn't get your last name) and me.

Ridge and Pete Gerber, another regular volunteer, showed us around the blacksmith shop. It’s atraditional shop and nicely done. Two anvils and a fireplace with a chimney that draws well. With Ridgeleading the way, we worked on pieces, mostly cable Damascus, for the auction. To hear Ridge tell it, he justmesses around with blacksmithing. Maybe it’s his years as a metal shop teacher, but he sure seems able toget the metal to do what he wants.

Ruth and Ridge served us, and the Cracker Country docents, a great lunch. What a nice day. Greatweather, great people, hot iron, just right.

May MeetingThe Southwest Region met at the shop Carl Austin is building near Ft. Meade in the Flywheeler Park.

Despite several people, including Carl and Mike Barry, having to make a 7-mile detour when they were halfa mile from the park entrance due to road work, we had a good turnout. In attendance were Mike Barry,Harlan Fisher, Ralph Arnold, Cliff Schoenung, Bill Wilcox, Mike McIntire, Roy Cresswall, CharlieStemmann, Carl and his wife Norma and daughter Nancy. I was unable to attend. Carl and Mike Barryfilled me in on the day.

It was a workday for the flywheelers. About half - a - dozen people were working on the sawmilland a new washhouse. The flywheelers hold three shows a year in the park.

Mike says it’s a very nice shop, rough-sawn boards and a brick floor with two sets of double doorsand four big windows. Carl has a portable forge in the shop for now with a pot-bellied stove in the oppositecorner from the forge for those chilly May mornings.

Mike and Cliff made hinges for the shop under the direction ofthe assembled smiths. Mike says that he knew just what he needed to doby the time he finished. Norma and Nancy provided a delicious lunchof burgers, chips, baked beans, chocolate cake, cold drinks and coffee.The skies wept as our crew packed up at about 3pm.

July MeetingJuly 25 The Southwest Region will meet at the shop of Louis and Diane Riggleman near Dade City.

We'll be building a garden trellis for the auction in Barberville. Bring hand tools and be ready to work, theyhave 6 forging stations. Iced tea will be provided, bring your own lunch.

"Be patient when heating little bitty work or it'll disappear."-Bill Shoemaker.

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Northeast Regional Newsby Bob Jacoby, Northeast Regional Coordinator

The June meeting was held at the Pioneer Arts Settlement in Barberville and it was hot outside,especially since there was no breeze. It was an open forge day and Steve Bloom and Chico worked on someknife blades. Chico, who is a professional boot maker, has been making knives for a while using thestock-removal method. Working with Steve, he forged his first blade out of 5160. Steve also forged a quickthree-finger skinner blade. Did I mention it was hot outside?

We also reviewed the plans and saw sample parts of the Blacksmith's Helper that we're going toassemble in an upcoming workshop. We've had the intricate parts laser cut and they'll cost $27/pair whichshould be the single most expensive part. I'm hoping that the total finished cost will be as low as $50 but,it's heavily dependent on the cost of the other materials including the tool steel dies. At the outside, I can'timagine the completed Blacksmith's Helper costing more than $80. At any rate, they retail for over $200and it's a tool that will last a lifetime. The $27 for the frame parts has some margin built into the price sothat we can build an extra Blacksmith's Helper to donate to Barberville for the October 1998 AnnualConference. The spots are filling up quickly so let me know if you're interested.

There will be no NE Region meeting in July because the first Saturday of the month falls on the 4thof July holiday. We had the "July" meeting on June 27th at Alex Klahm's shop in Ocala as described in lastmonth's Clinker Breaker.

Don't forget to bring items for the Buck-In-The-Bucket to each meeting, we're trying to raise moneyto purchase a power hammer (hopefully a 50# Little Giant) for Barberville. To date we've raised $882(including $131 from the Buck-In-The-Buckets at Steve Bloom's in May and Barberville in June). Let's keepup the good work!

COAL! COAL! COAL!The Pioneer Arts Settlement in Barberville is trying to place an order for coal prior to FABA's

Annual Conference in October. They're trying to raise some funds in order to do this so it would be a bighelp if you could prepay for the amount of coal that you want. The Settlement will issue coupons and youcan pick your coal up throughout the year if it's more convenient. The cost of the coal is $11 per 100 poundsand this is the good stuff - specially selected for its good blacksmithing characteristics. Please send yourprepayments to:

Pioneer Arts Settlement, P.O. Box 6, Barberville, FL 32105

Festival in WelakaWelaka is hosing a Steamboat Jubilee on Saturday, July 4, 1998 from 9:00 AM until 9:00 PM. The

program includes a Parade at 10:00 AM, River boating, Arts, Food, Music, Tall Tales, Sea Chanties, FloridaHistory and Fireworks. For more information please contact Irene (904) 467-9800.

Southeast Regional Newsby Charlie Stemmann, Southeast Regional Coordinator

The May meeting of the Southeast Region was held on the 16 at Ray and Ann Reynolds’ shop inth

West Palm Beach. Most of the people there were planning to demonstrate at the YesterYear Village the nextweekend, so Mike McCoy spent some time making sure everyone had parking passes and entry information. We then started to work on some ideas for the finishing parts needed for our project. Mike McCoy

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and Charlie Stemmann worked on a couple of new ideas. They seem to have turned out well. Ray Reynoldsworked on a few odds and ends, trying out his new ( well, just finished ) treadlehammer.

We had some visitors that seem to be very interested in learning how to dosmithing. They are Edgar Westbrook and his wife Tammy. Tammy was watchingSarah McMurray for a while and the next thing we knew Sarah gave Tammy ahammer and started working with her. Tammy made a fish out of a horse shoe!Edgar, meanwhile, watched Ray, Mike, and Charlie as we where doing differentthings and asking questions. Charlie showed Edgar how a leaf is made and a fewother things. (Editor’s note: The Southeast Region must be doing something right– the Westbrooks are our newest members. Welcome, Edgar and Tammy!)

Jim Fagan came and showed off his two new forges he had just completedthe night before. One was large and for working big or long pieces, and the othersmall , more like the rest of us would use. Jim hooked them up and fired them forthe first time. Very impressive -- they both went up to welding heat within about

two to three minutes, and they were quiet.Ray supplied lunch – chile, and it was very good, as usual.Rick Furrer came some time after lunch . He spent the afternoon making a Damascus letter opener.

From what I was told it came out looking really good. He used some hot rolled and some spring steel. Hedid all his work on the anvil!

Rivet Toolby Bill Robertson

Recently while working on a projectI was not surprised to find that out of themany dozens of different rivets I have, I didnot have the size I needed. I came up withthis design to make the rivets which is quickand easy. I have since added on severaladditional rivet sizes to the original jig. Ihave found that nails make great rivet stockas they are made of a softer metal, making iteasier to form the rivet heads when donecold.

Editor’s note: I talked to Bill about thisdesign, and told him that if he made one jigfor each diameter and length of rivet, hewould need dozens of these things. I suggested that he make one jig for each diameter of rivet stock, as longas the longest rivet he would need. Then simply cut lengths of rivet stock to put in the jig as spacers. Forexample, if the jig is four inches long, and you need a two-inch rivet, just put a two-inch length of roundstock into the jig. That will brace the rivet at the proper depth. Of course, you’ll wind up with dozens ofsmall pieces of rivet stock for spacers, but hey, that’s life.

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Bill Robertson - SMOKIN’!

Planning Trivets

John Butler hammers on

A Budding Blacksmith

Northwest Regional Newsby Jim Lollis, Historical Interpreter, Tallahassee Museum

Photography by Kent Douglas

The Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science was

pleased to host FABA’s Northwest Region for the regular meeting on May

9th, and would like to have the membership here at least once a year(spring

and fall are best for visitor attendance). We kept three forges busy with

teaching new members and Jim Croft’s grandson, and with working on

cook's tools for the Murat House. This 1840s house was originally on the

Bellevue Plantation on Jackson Bluff Road, and was the home of Catherine

Murat, great grandniece of George Washington. Murat was her husband, a

nephew of Napoleon.

The Museum has recently

opened a new exhibit on

plantation life at the Murat

House, and has reconstructed a

plantation kitchen and slave quarters house adjacent to the original

building. Open hearth cooking is demonstrated in the new buildings,

and we are indebted to volunteer smiths for some of the tools used

there.

John Butler and Bill Robertson made a brief study of a trivet

used in the Museum's Big Bend Farm kitchen, which was made years

ago by Dr. Crane, and is still working as intended. John then forge

welded a similar ring, and Bill

started fabricating the legs when the lunch bell rang. Jim Lollis

furnished a photo of a period trivet to Jim Croft and others. It looked

simple(heard that before?) but required three complex welds, and so

didn't get completed.

The big event of the day,

as is so often the case, was dinner

on the Farm porch, served by

historical interpreters Jamie

Hayes and Linda Jarvis. The

ladies spread out chicken and

dumplings, beef stew, several

vegetables, cornbread and

biscuits, apple crisp and other

culinary delights, and they are

entirely responsible for the fact that not a great deal was accomplished

thereafter. The Museum's visitors were nonetheless entertained and

educated by FABA's able membership.

At our next meeting here I think the blacksmiths eating lunch should be the feature demonstration since

that's something we all really excel at. I'll lead off.

Present were Kent Douglas, Clyde Payton, John and Dot Butler, Johnny White, Jim Croft, Michael

Bromblett, Mike McKinney, Ray V.(?), Keith Ivey, Billy Christie, Bill Robertson, Charles Courtemanche, Jim

Lollis, Rick Jay, and a few I missed.

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Board Meeting - Jul 18

No Meeting This Month

Northwest Region

Southeast Region Southwest Region

Northeast Region - Jun 27

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The calendar includes events of interest to the blacksmithing community. Florida Artist Blacksmith

Association (FABA) sponsored events are highlighted in bold typeface. The regions have no boundaries -

everyone is welcome everywhere. Come to more than one if you can. W e hold regular monthly meetings in

each region (except that we all try to get together at one Statewide Meeting each quarter) on the following

Saturdays of each month: NE-1st, NW -2nd, SE-3rd, SW -last. The actual dates may vary from month to

month; check the schedule below. Our meetings are informal gatherings around the forge. Prospective

members are always welcome. Come for all or any part of a meeting, bring your tools, or just watch. Most

meetings run from 9AM to 4PM, and you'll need to bring a lunch if you stay all day, unless otherwise noted.

If you have any questions about meetings please contact the Regional Coordinators listed below:

Upcoming Events

Northeast Region: Bob Jacoby (904) 260-9981 jacoby@southeast.netNorthwest Region: Dr. Ed Crane (850) 893-3212Southeast Region: Charlie Stemmann (561) 964-8834 stemmann@aol.comSouthwest Region: David Reddy (813) 875-2098 dreddy@helios.acomp.usf.edu

JULY, 1998NE Jun 27 Klahm & Sons, 2151 Old Jacksonville Road, Ocala. Johan Sangberg, who is visiting

from Sweden, will demonstrate. Note: meeting date was pushed up a week to avoidfalling on July 4.

NW Jul 11 No Meeting.

SE Jul 18 YesterYear Village, South Florida Fairgrounds, West Palm Beach.

SW Jul 25 Lewis Riggleman’s Ram’s Head Forge, San Antonio. Project is a yard/garden trellisfor the auction at Barberville. Bring a lunch; cold drinks provided. Six forging stationswill be set up. Bring your own hand tools.

Jul 18 Board of Trustees Meeting, Pioneer Art Settlement, Barberville. The meeting startsat 12:00 noon. Discussion will include the October Statewide Conference, and a walk-through of the area. Members are encouraged to attend, even if you’re not on theBoard.

AUGUST, 1998NE Jul 04 To be announced.

NW Jul 11 Ed Crane’s shop, Tallahassee.

SE Jul 18 YesterYear Village, South Florida Fairgrounds, West Palm Beach.

SW Jul 25 To be announced.

SEPTEMBER, 1998NE Sep 05 Walt Andersen’s Camp(tentative)

NW Sep 12

SE Sep 19

SW Sep 26

The Florida Clinker BreakerFLORIDA ARTIST BLACKSMITH ASSOCIATIONMichael “Murf” Murphy, Editor8537 Moore Woods RoadTallahassee, FL 32310850-421-6622blacksmith@talweb.com

The Florida Artist Blacksmith Association(FABA) - Chapter of Artist Blacksmith Association of North

America, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization whose purposes are to teach, promote,

and preserve the art of blacksmithing. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent provided by law.

FABA publishes the Florida Clinker Breaker monthly, and FABA membership includes a subscription. W e

solicit correspondence and unpaid articles on any subjects related to FABA’s purposes. ABANA chapter

newsletters may reprint non-copyrighted material if it is credited to the author and this newsletter. You

need the publisher’s permission to reprint copyrighted material unless otherwise noted.

Works byYaroslav Valek

Artist-Blacksmith

Czech Republic

July, 1998

families and children attending the conference. Continued on Page 11