New York State Designer Blacksmiths

Our Last Visit to the Stone Mill Museum

Please join us on August 20-22, 2010 at the Stone Mills Museum in LaFargeville, NY.

John Fee has been kind enough to arrange this and has confirmed with the museum and they are not only excited to have us but are looking forward to it.  They said we could show up on Thursday if we like.

Ken Schwartz will be in the area with his daughters , and has offered to do a demonstration for us, if all works out okay!  So be sure not to miss this!

There will be a pot luck dinner on Friday night , so bring a dish to pass (hopefully with something in it), this is for every one there, the museum folks, the car and tractor dude’s and dudette’s and us.  Should be a good time. 

 Saturday “night” we will be doin the blacksmith stoup (stew/soup) .

(You will be on your own for lunch.)  This time instead of everyone bringing meat-n-veggies , John Fee will buy all the meat (when it goes on sale) and take up a collection to pay for it. Locally grown veggies will  be used to fill the rest of the pot.

Also we will have one Iron in the hat on Sat. So bring something nice  (NO JUNK)  for that. We will alow the civilians to buy tickets for the IITH too and raise a little extra money for NYSDB.

 Bring your forges and anvils to demo for us and the nuts, I mean the “local” folks

See ya there…

The contact info for the Stone Mills Farm Museum is:

Mrs. Margarite Raneri

PO Box 108

34312 Route 180L

LaFargeville NY 13656

315-658-2353

http://users.westelcom.com/stonemillsmuseum

The Niagara Region is offering a class by Mark Aspery June 20-23.  The focus will be on a Ring Project, the whole enchilada. Limited to ten attendees, only one spot left!  Please see the attached files for more information.

Hey all!

Since a few members came to me with problems viewing the previous layout because of the color constrasts I have updated the scheme and added a text size adjuster to facilitate use.

You will notice a couple minor changes with this new layout.  First the “log in” is now in the header above the menu.  Secondly, the upcoming events in the sidebar are not linking correctly.  So while I work out this bug please use the Current Events link in the menu to access upcoming events calendar.

Thanks!

-c

Hey All!  Are you excited about this weekend?!?

We were up at Dave’s Shop today adding the new chimney for his coal forge.   It turned out well, check out these photos of all the hard work done.

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Special thanks to Bob Trout, John Rausch, and Mike Houser for all they did today!

Hi All!

It’s that time again, the time to volunteer your services to the group.

After years of service Harry Heuer will be stepping down from the treasurer’s position.  We want to offer many thanks to Harry for his service.  We would also like to fill the vice president’s position to allow Mike to focus on the newsletter.

If you are interested in helping out or just have questions please let me, Candace Martens, or Keith Price know.

Well the day is drawing closer and I did promise more info so…

Here is the meeting flier and registration form.  It contains details on the meet, info about Kim Thomas, and a registration form.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

Two of our members are supporting the John C. Campbell Folk School Blacksmith expansion by ‘buying’ beams!  Please check out the article here.

Hey All!

There will be slight change to the Adirondack Meeting, it will be on March 27th instead of March 13th.  All other information is the same, the group will be at Robert Cunningham’s Shop and will work on Damascus.

The next Adirondack Monthly Meeting will be March 13-14, 2010 and cover damascus billet, finishing and etching.  The meeting will be held at the Cunningham shop in Massena, NY and will be hosted by John Brunelle.

Saturday March 6th

9:00 to 4:00

(Shouldn’t be as cold as Feb’s meeting!) Regular meeting at Arc Iron Metal

Subject: Weathervane Work Project

Come along and help make the first of three weathervanes This one will go on our shop’s roof

Iron in the Hat – please try and make something (I know one man’s junk is another’s treasure)

Show and tell – any stuff you’ve done or seen

Lunch – bring it (or Tim Hortons just opened up close by)

Bring Tools to handle 1″ x 3/32″  and 1/2″ x 3/32″ strip

Regards

Bob Corneck

10930 Keller Road

Clarence NY 14031

741 4311