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	<title>New York State Designer Blacksmiths &#187; Brian Martens</title>
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		<title>Southern Tier Sign</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Southern Tier is making great strides on their blacksmithing sign that will be auctioned off at the May All-Hands meeting.  Don&#8217;t forget we will also be auctioning off the Nigel Tudor Grill sample from his demo last year. &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Genesee Forge Has Great First Meeting at New Shop</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had a great turnout at our first meeting at our new host shop at the Rochester Arc and Flame Center!  We had fifteen members including two brand new members and two long lost members who have returned to the group.  (Gene, I&#8217;ll get you the info ASAP!) John Rausch demonstrated a decorative pineapple twist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Old Blacksmith</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out Norm checking out blacksmithing.  Why restore a beautiful old home and then buy your hardware at a box store! Blacksmithing on This Old House &#160; (segment starts @ 6:45 in) &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Genesee Region Meeting this Saturday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reminder, our first full meeting at our new home at the Rochester Arc and Flame Center will be held on Saturday 1/21/12.  Coffee and Donuts at 8AM.  Demo starts at 9.  John Rausch will walk us through making a pineapple twist.  Stock will be available for you to try.  Time willing, we will also make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rochester Arc And Flame Center is now officially Open!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the official ribbon cutting last night and the grand opening today, Rochester and all of western New York now has a premier blacksmithing school.  One of only a handful in the country, this is a dream made real by the incredibly hard work of dozens of people.  The New York State Designer Blacksmiths Association [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All Hands Meeting this weekend!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reminder, this weekend is our all hands meeting at Dave DeSantis&#8217;s shop. &#160; Demonstrators: Bill Banker (Saturday) Brian Martens (Saturday) &#160; Activities: Forging Contest (Saturday PM) Tool Making (Sunday) &#160; Please bring your iron in the hat items.  Also, we will be auctioning off the grill sample made by Nigel Tudor earlier this year.]]></description>
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		<title>Blacksmithing Talk in Macedon Tonight</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sept. 28:  The Country Blacksmith Learn the history and current status of blacksmithing in America. These are craftsmen and artisans &#8211; it&#8217;s not all about shoeing horses! Time:  6:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Friends of the Macedon Public Library 30 Main Street Macedon NY 14502 http://macedonlibrary.blogspot.com/2011/09/upcoming-events.html &#160; &#160; &#160; Candy Martens will be filling in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations to Bob Trout</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Martens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[His copper baptismal font placed second in S.O.F.A. Quadstate&#8217;s Gallery.  There was some excellent work on display this past weekend.  Several of our member&#8217;s were in attendance from Niagara, Genesee, and Southern Tier forges. &#160; Here are pics of the top three: &#160; &#160; As you can see,  I don&#8217;t envy the judges! &#160; Thanks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>October All Hands &#8211; 10/22-10/23</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hold the date! Location: Dave DeSantis&#8217; Shop Saturday 10/22 Sunday 10/23 More info to follow.]]></description>
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		<title>Genesee Forge Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had a good meeting out at our home in Mike Nelson&#8217;s barn. We practiced making mortice and tenon joints, leafs, box knots, and decorating bolt heads. That was followed by sharing a delicious vat of Gumbo. There&#8217;s nothing like washing down donuts &#38; coffee with hot bowl of pork laden goodness. We concluded the [...]]]></description>
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