New York State Designer Blacksmiths

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

Ten blacksmiths met for the Southern Tier January meeting.  Members discussed scroll types, aspects of scroll design and scroll jigs.  Bill Banker demonstrated his ratcheting scroll jig.  Members worked at the anvils making scrolls and tooling for scrolls.  After a chili lunch and a informal meeting members returned to the forge for more scroll work.  Henry Offerman demonstrated a hinge eye forming jig and several members practiced making hinge eyes.