April, 1990 CONTRIBlJTORS : Carl Austin Norma Austin Steve Bloom Mary Brandenburg Pete Brandenburg Ronnie Fowler Steve Kalb Dale Kipp Jim Lollis Willard Smith Arden Williams

NKEIR BREAKER Florida Artist Association--Chapter of ABANA, Inc. Established May 18, 1985 Treasury: $5235.18 Membership: 173 FROMTHEPROGRAMCHAIM

Yes, it is that time again; another statewide meet will be held in the SOUTHEAST REGION on April 21, at Bob Ringer's shop. J. C. Hawkins, Tico Rubio, and Ed Leopard will be showing us some techniques for our group! Bring your own lunch. There are many fast food restaurants nearby (one good hoagie shop is right across the street), and don't forget to bring something for the buck-in-the-bucket. Please show your support for FABA and the Southeast group and come down and visit them. Your voices are needed in the planning of quality events. If you cannot come, please write a letter or call someone of your feelings for what you would like to see or if you would like to demonstrate. My thanks for this time goes to my Lady Jamie, for saying yes to my proposal, and putting up "with a moody blacksmith" [Eaitor's note: more about Jamie on'page 111.

Steve Kalb, Program Chairman

The southeast region will host the spring quarterly statewide meeting at Bob Ringer's shop in Fort Lauderdale. Many from other parts of the state have already promised to come, so we should have a good turnout. This will be a good chance to meet a lot of Florida blacksmiths. Bring your spouse. Lewis Riggleman, our pres- ident, has promised to demonstrate something he's never done. We won't have organized family programs, but we will have a half dozen or so spouses jawing and holding down lawn chairs. Most have been strongly interested in crafts--all kinds of crafts. A few originally started out spousing, but gradually succumbed to the lure of the , and began to add blacksmithing to their repertoire. You never know. Most of the group's spouses are wives, but not all. About 10% of our blacksmiths are women, and these ) meetings may rope in another now and then. Bring a lawn chair, too. Bob has a big, roomy shop. The and demonstration areas are under cover from the sun and rain, and there's always a comfortable breeze, but there aren't many places to sit. The Florida Clinker Brenker, April, 1990

1 FLORIDA ARTIST BLACKSMITH ASSOCIATION - Chapter of ABANA, Inc. PO Box 1601, Zolpho Springs, FL 33890

President (90-91): Lewis Riggleman, PO Box 247, San Antonio, FL 33576, [h] (904) 521-3515, [a] (813) 937-4281 Vice-President (89-90): Jerry Grice, PO Box 5914, Tallahassee, FL 32314, [h] (904) 421-4788, [w] (904) 878-1977 Sec./Treas. (90-91): Norma & Carl Austin, PO Box 1601, Zolpho Springs, FL 33890, [h] (813) 735-0257 Newsletter Bd. (89-90): Pete Brandenburg, 299 Granada Rd., West Palm Beach, FL 33401, [h] (407) 833-2708, [w] 640-0445 Program Chair (90-91): Steve Kalb, 691 Astarias Circle, Fort Myers, FL 33919, [h] (813) 481-8420, [w] (813) 489-1620 Board lemb. $1 (90-91): Clyde Payton, RR 3 Box 124D, lonticello, FL 32344, [h] (904) 997-3627, [w] (904) 488-0577 Board lemb. 12 (89-90): Skeeter Prather, 2816 Terry Road, Tallahassee, PL 32312, [h] (904) 386-9246 Board lemb. 13 (90-91): Joe Farina, 5522 Olive Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34231, [h] (813) 922-6234, [w] (813) 953-7268 Board lemb. 14 (89-90): Tico Rubio, 6121 NW 60 St., Ocala, F1 32675, [h] (904) 351-8056 Board lemb. 15 (90-91): J. C. Bawkins, 13534 NW 160 Avenue, Xorriston, FL 32668, [h] (904) 528-3348

The regions have no boundaries-everyone is welcome everywhere. Come to more than one if you can. We hold regular monthly meetings in each region (except that we all try to get together at one Statewide Meeting quarterly) on the followins Saturdays of each month: NB-lst, NH-2nd) SH-3rd, & SW-last. The actual dates may vary fro8 month to month4heck the schedule below. Our meetings are informal gatherings around the forge. Prospective members are always welcome, of course! Come for all or any part of a meeting. Bring your , or just watch. The meetings run from 9 am to I pa, and you'll need lunch if you stay all day, unless the schedule below says otherwise.

April 21: STATEWIDE MEETING, Bob Ringer's shop, Fort Lauderdale. See p. 1. April 28: Southwest region, Crowley Museum, Sarasota. May 5: Northeast Region, Ronnie Fowler's shop, Fort McCoy. Knife-making. May 12: Northwest region, Tallahassee Junior Museum. May 26: Southwest region, Crowley Museum, Sarasota. June 2: Northeast Region, Walt Anderson's camp in Ocala National Forest: Steve Bloom on chest hardware. June 9: Northwest region, Jerry & Tycee Grice's shop, Tallahassee. June 27-July 1: ABANA Conference, Alfred, NY. June 30: Southwest region, Crowley Museum, Sarasota. August 11: Northwest region, Ed & Nancy Crane's shop, Tallahassee. August 25: Southwest region, Crowley Museum, Sarasota. Sept. 8: Northwest region, Clyde & Vi Payton's shop, Monticello. Sept. 29: Southwest region, Crowley Museum, Sarasota. Ckt. 12-13: Annual State Conference, Pioneer Settlement, Barberville. Mid-kt . : Fred Caylor's week-long Fall blacksmith class, hlaarea. Contact Fred Caylor for details: 3602 S. 800 E., Zionsville, IN 46077, home (317) 769-6351, shop (317) 769-6537. Nov. 10: Northwest region, Skeeter & Lou Prather's shop, Tallahassee. Nov. 24: Southwest region, Crowley Museum, Sarasota. Dec. 3: Northwest region, Tallahassee Junior Museum.

The Midwest Collectors and the Society of Workers in Early Arts and Trades (SWEAT) are hosting a Tool Swap and Sale at the Pioneer Settlement for the Creative Arts, in Barberville, FL, (904) 749-2959, (just west of the US 17/SR 40 intersection) on April 7 and 8, from 9 am until 4 pm. Self-contained RV and tent campers are welcome.

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I - T&e F2orida Clinker B~aker,April, 1990 HOW TO FIND VIE APRIL. 1990, MEETINGS

QUARTERLY STATEWIDE MEETING SOUTHWEST REGION SOUTHEAST REGION Dale Kipp (813) 747-6743 Bob Ringer (305) 772-3802 Crowley Museum (813) 322-1000 Old Dixie 16404 Myakka Road, Sarasota 792 NE 45 St., Fort Lauderdale

ADVANCES INFOEFIATION ON THE NORTHEAST REX;IONrSMAY ~~ Ronnie Fowler

We will furnish dinner and tea for all. Bring whatever else you would like to drink. If possible, call me to let me know you're coming so I might get a head count. I will be doing something on my bladesmithing (Damascus), which I am specializing in. Hopefully, I'll share my knowledge of Damascus up to the level I am at now. I would like all those coming to nly meeting to know that I am dedicating this meeting to my good friend, Alva Herbert, a in our organization who is very sick. Round up your , and be at my house in May. Hope to see you.

Your friend and fellow blacksmith, Ronnie

P. S. John Cross, you better ke here in May.

Editor's note: We'll have the map to Ronnie's in the May newsletter.

The Black Powder Times is a monthly tabloid newspaper covering black powder shooting, guns, and crafts (including blacksmithing) related to the black powder era. A sample copy is $1.25, and a year's subscription costs $15. The address is P. 0. Box 842, Mount Vernon, WA 98273. Are your 1990 dues paid? 3 Check the expiration date on your mailing label. The Florida Clinker R~ker,April, 1990 A MClDEZN BLACEHITH OPENS A TlJEWOF-TIE~SMITHY IN AHFlU Pete Brandenburg

Townsend's Plantation in Apopka just added a working blacksmith shop. At the beginning of the century, Dr. Townsend was a prominent figure in Apopka with a large medical practice. Now, much of Dr. Townsend's property remains in the family's hands, and they recently moved his huge house and infirmary to the present site. They have created an attractive comrcial rehabilitation of the old buildings in a pleasant turn-of-the-century setting with mdern amenities. Dr. Townsend's 1903 mansion houses one of those restaurants where you need reservations and you don't have to worry about parking your own car. His infirmary has become a gift shop, sort of. It has gifts, of course, cute things that you would never buy for yourself, but the shop also serves as a relief valve for the barns crammed with Townsend family treasures. They never threw anything away. Also on the Plantation site are a shop run by people interested in Civil War reenactment (some stuff is for sale, some doesn't seem to be), and PJ'S blacksmith shop. P. J. Schrimsher, a long-time FABA member, is setting up the Townsend's Planta- tion Smithy. PJ was born in Orlando thirty years ago, earned a degree in heritage arts from Salem College in West Virginia to pursue a career in museum management, then briefly toyed with the idea of training horses professionally. She finally gave up the idea of soul-satisfying careers in favor of earning a comfortable living by picking up another degree and getting The Job. This is a familiar story. It wasn't the end, though. In school, PJ had become interested in blacksmithing, but found traditional opportunities closed at the time, and gave it up. Then, about four years ago, PJ started dabbling in blacksmithing again, and interest in Real Life began to wear thin. Eventually, The Job had to go. PJ chucked it, and put in more than a year at the John C. Campbell Folk School studying the techniques of the many outstanding blacksmiths who came to teach classes. After all this, PJ was pretty well cormitted to blacksmithing as a career. Actually, PJ is still tied to The Job, part time, until the new smithy -I can put enough food on the table, but that won't be long. PJ is putting together a historically accurate shop of the period of about 1890 to 1910. PJ's business arrangement with the Townsend's Plantation also is historically accurate. That is, the blacksmith eats when the forge makes money. With this in mind, PJ immediately set up a forging station and started cranking out a variety of items for sale, postponing some of the historical details. An authentic period shop will take a lot of time and money to complete. It should pay off, though, because PJ'S location has a lot of traffic, and working in the period setting should interest people and attract customers. Word will get around. PJ is selling directly, and through the Plantation's gift shop. The gift shop is packed to the rafters-I almost missed PJ's stuff, even though it was right inside the front door. PJ'S ironwork included inexpensive brackets, hooks, and other small pieces done in the traditional style. PJ'S designs have the light, well balanced look that FABA members will recognize, but refined by experience and the work at the Campbell Folk School. The workmanship is exquisite. I wonder whether the general public will appreciate the finely finished work, or whether customers will demand a traditional random -ding patina. Oh well, this seems to be one of the modern smith's oldest dilemmas. Stop in and see PJ if you're in the Orlando area. Better yet, buy something. She usually works in her shop during the daylight hours on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sun- days. There's no electricity in the shop (yet?). Townsend's Plantation is east of Apopka on the south side of US 441, just west of the SR 436 intersection. Good luck, PJ!

Are pour 1990 dues paid? 4. . Check the expiration date on your mailing label. me Florida Clinker Breah-er, April, 1990 SLIDE GATE mLLER Willard Smith

I have broken several spring fullers. They wait until you really need them, then they break. This slide gate is simple to build, and will last and last. It will work well on up to 1%' thick material. Cut off your spring with a torch, then grind to dress it up. When satisfied, split in half, and dress up again. Lay the beveled edges together on the 3/4" angle at each end. Tack weld at the bottom of the angle on both sides, then lay the 1/2" x 1/8" flat on springs out to the angle. The flat should be flush with the angle. Tack one corner on each side, use a C-clamp or grips to hold it in place, then weld it up. Do not weld to the top half of the slide gate. Make sure it slides easily--grind on the corners to relieve as needed. Weld on the square shank and enjoy.

Notch square shank. Set spring down into it, and weld.

%" truck spring Cut with torch on dotted line.

Editor*s note: Skeeter Prather made one of these and bxmght it to the March northeastern ~ionalmeeting at J. C. and Eleanor Hawkins ' shop in Morristun. Skeeter insists his is a gravity swee, instead of a slide gate fuller. matever it is, it sure is a handy tool. Skeeter also made another set of sliding gates, or swages, if you prefer. Instead of making rounded jaws, as in Willard's figure above, Skeeter 0 ground an wle in the second set's jaws so they could be used to swage a sharp notch.

Are your 1990 dues paid? Check the expiration date on your mailing label. The Florida Clinker B'ah-er, April, 1990

Jig- for Three-Legged- - Bases Steve Bloom

If you need to make several bases I[ or (like me) have some problems I[ with getting the angles right, this A. Start with 6" of 112" square C;,\.. jig might help. In successive write- stock and a 60 degree ups, I'll describe a shaping jig for the notch 213 of the way through. arcs of the legs & two projects (a simplified courting B. Bend the stock as shown (giving a 120 degree candle-stick & an elaborate arc) & weld to a piece of angle iron. The angle copper & basket-work iron should be slightly larger than the sides of combination). your 's hardy hole & apprx. 6" long. Weld the bent piece 4" from an end.

C. Weld side gussets between the free-standing portion of the 112" stock and the angle iron and weld a flange (1" x 114" x 2.5") along one side of the other limb of the 112" stock. Grind the edges of the long side of the angle iron so the jig can be inserted into the hardy hole

D. To use the jig, prepare the leg unit (details to follow & while still flat & hot, place the jig either in the vise etween the vise jaws while lateral flange. Strike

the other leg as shown to set the correct 120 degree angle. Be sure to compensate for the taper of the legs. Alternatively, insert the jig into the hardy hole & hold 1 leg while tapping the other (this is a nice way to do fine adjustments).

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Are your 1990 dues paid? 6. .Check the expiration date on your railing label. me Florida Clinlrer Breaker, April, 1990 Hot Cut Hardy Forging Ahead at Crowley As Demonstrated at the State Meeting

Steve Kalb We started with a 10piece of 1 118 inch rod from a scrap 10screw anchor like those used by a utility company. Approximately 3 inches from the bottom, using a spring fuller we started the base of the flange. The bottom part of the rod will be forged square. The fullering helped Draw out the square section of maintain a sharp the rod with a slight taper till transition to the bottom inch or so will slip into the hardie hole. cross- Then forge the rest of the square section till the dimensions are no bigger than the top of the portion which fit the hardy hole. This step is important because if the fit is too tight, the part not yet seated will upset forcing us to draw it out again you will be able to before we can continue. drive the heated tool home in at most two heats. When the tool quits making good progress (318 inch or so per stroke) stop, wait for the tool to cool and remove it with a little pressure and a light tap on the side with a hammer. Don't get in a hurry and try to drive the tool out from the bottom. If the bottom end were still hot enough you could permanently rivit this hardenable steel to you anvil.

Now upset the top part of the hardy tool using the anvil hardy hole to hold the stock. The bottom flange will be forced to conform to the anvil surface as we work Cool the top of the tool in the beginning to force the center and bottom to upset evenly thus avoiding that mushroom shape at the very top. We are working with big stock so heat it slowly, rotating the work If you are lucky you have upset in the fire. The result of uneven the top of the tool from 7 inches heat shown to the right is easy down to about 4 or 4 112 inches. The result is a very pleasing flange at the to achieve but difficult to We drew out the cutting edge on the anvil horn COITeCt. base of a large cylinder which can become any number of different keeping the same side down to form a concave hardy tools. front face while we hammered the flat back side. Thus we ended up with relatively thin edged hot cutoff hardy. I like to make the edge as long as possible. So when I hot cut a big piece, I start working at the far end, as I roll the piece over I let it move to the near end thus never over heating There is nothing technically difficult about this project. If the scale any one part of the thin cutting edge. were half size no onei would hesitate to make his own hardy tools. Those of us who participated in the 2 inch cube project at the last conference learned that you can move and control this big stuff with a little help (a good striker),. So get with someone and make two hardy tools, one for him and one for you. I use the cutoff hardy many times more than I might otherwise have because it is such a pleasure to show off my homemade cutter. By the way, this tool can be made with out a striker. Much of the heavy upsetting is done in the hardy hole. One of my first blacksmith projects (at home using charcoal) was a cutoff hardy just like this. It required 3 or 4 sessions of a couple of hours each (on different days so I could rest) but I have always though it was worth it bb Steel requires about 4 tenths of 1 percent carbon to be hardenable. Hot Cutoff Cold Cutoff The scrap 10" screw anchor material we used, I believe, is just over that amount which make it just about ideal. It seems to hold an edge We heated the top inches Or the magnet was longer well at least as a hot cut tool. You can quench it in water. And attracted by the hot metal. Then we quenched only about the first the temper is not as critical because it doesn't get as brittle as very inch or less in the slack tub. We quickly buffed the cutting edge high carbon steel. There's always a bit of the stuff around the with a so we could see the oxidation and waited for the color 0 Crowley shop so if you want to try some give us a yell. to run to dark brown or purple for safety sake.

Are your 1990 dues paid? Check the expiration date on your railing label. me Florida Clink-er B~aker,April, 1990 POOR my SWm BIXICR Arden Williams

hclosed is a drawing of a homemade , built for the purpose of forge- , welding wire cable. Construction is simple and straightforward. All one needs is gal- vanized water pipe of different diameters, a small piece of 1/4" steel plate, small pieces of 1/8" steel plate, and square stock suitable to fit the Hardie Hole in your anvil. CONSTRUCTION:

1. Weld or braze square stock to the center of a piece of 1/4" steel plate used as a base.

2. Split the water pipe longitudinally, cut into appropriate lengths-4", more or less.

3. Attach the water pipe halves, separated by 1/8" steel stock for support, to the face of the steel plate-either by welding or brazing.

4. The voids under the pipes can be filled with lead for more mass and weight.

This swage block has worked well for me, and I hope others can use this idea to simplify their cable-welding efforts. Special thanks to my friend, Robert Brown, for the drawing since I can't draw a straight line-thanks "Brownie." b

Arden Williams

Are your 1990 dues paid? 8. Check the expiration date on your mailing label. me Florida Clinker Breaker, April, 1990 News from the NorthEast Steve Bloom The March meeting was not at the Pioneer Settlement at Barberville but was at J.C. Hawkins' shop near Williston. The topic for the day was (and not Chinese gangs either). The morning started with a fairly impressive threat of rain, so springing into action, Misha Jaris (a potential new member) and I rigged a canopy over our work area. That guaranteed that the rest of the day was bright, rainless and reasonably windy.

Participants included Walt Anderson, Carl van Arnum (who graciously loaned Misha an anvil), Steve & Kimmy Bloom, Pete Brandenburg, Jim Corbet, Houston Cotton, John Dittmeier, Jesse Hammett, J.C. & Eleanor Hawkins (who provided coffee and donuts -just what my waist needed), Pat Imbimbo, Chuck Keenle, Chet & Kathleen Oscarson, Tico & Maggie Rubio, Ben Stuart, Ivan Wallace, Joe Wooderson, plus a welcomed contingent from the Tallahassee area (Sketter Prather, Clyde Payton, Willard & Linda Smith) -and if I missed anyone, I apologize but you should sign in, please.

As is typical of meetings at J.C.'s, a reasonable number of tools showed up for sale (this time including several & blowers, an anvil, hand tools, and a post-vise). After we milled around for a while, J.C. called the meeting to order in front of his new forge (an impressive brick edifice with a heavy steel partial hood), and started us off. The game plan consisted of J.C. telling and showing us a step in tong construction, then everyone dispersing to their individual setups to attempt to replicate that step. The formation of the jaws and the pivot area went fairly fast, but the drawing out of the reins strongly reminded me why I have a power hammer at home (some people used J.C's hammer, but macho got the better of me). By the end of the day, there were several sets of tongs awaiting rivets and finishing (as well as several sets of shoulders awaiting liniment!).

The schedule for the next 3 months is:

Apr.: State meeting (Walt will be at Barberville on our usual meeting day)

May : Ronnie Fowler will host a meeting dealing with knife making (details will be in the next issue - it will be either at Barberville or Ronnie's shop - not both!)

Jun.: A meeting at Walt Anderson's place in the Ocala National Forest. We'll discuss the State meeting that we'll be hosting plus I'll hold forth on latches, handles & hinges for chests. NEWSmm- Pete Brandenburg Members in the southeast region held the March meeting at Bob Ringer's shop in Fort Lauderdale. John Struthers made leather piercing awls and fire strikers from pieces of an old bed spring. The awls were identical to the ones Lewis and Clark passed out as tokens of friendship while they were exploring the Louisiana territory. The fire strikers were of the same era. The bed spring worked well for both. It was the right size, and it makes a tough, sharp awl. The fire strikers had to be hardened just right, though. If the steel is too hard or too soft, the flint won't pull off a good spark. Pete Brandenburg made a dinner be11 with a hanging bracket and assorted hooks. There was nothing tricky abut these, but there are family birthdays caning up, and it was good practice. In April, the southeast region will host the quarterly statewide meethg at Bob Ringeres shop in Fort Lauderdale. See the announcement on page 1. Are your 1990 dues paid? 9 Check the expiration date on your nailing label. The Florida Clinker Breaker, April, 1990 1990 ABANA UPJMTE

ABANA President Dorothy Stiegler reports that conference registration packets 7 will be mailed soon. Pre-registered folks will get a discount, and will be assured of space in the tour of Albert Paley's studio in nearby Rochester, NY. So start planning!

The ABANA Board appointed David Norrie, from Ontario, to fill the vacant position on the board. You may remember that he ran for the board in 1989. Welcome aboard!

WELDING Jm v7ANTED me Florida Clinker Breaker received the following letter : I am attending welding school at Coosa Valley Vocational School in Rome, GA. I will be certified in December. I am interested in construction welding. I am willing to relocate. Are there any available jobs in your area? Who could I talk to about these jobs? Thank you. If you've got any leads, send them to Jerry Ferguson, 28 Tom Bing Road, Rt. 1, Silver Creek, GA 30173.

Stephen Yoczic, the ranger at Fort Cooper State Park in Inverness, would like someone to display antique tools at Fort Cooper Days on April 7 and 8, during the Second Seminole War Reenactment. If you can help out, call him at (904) 726-0315. ''3 VISITING BLACKSMITH

271e Florida Clinker Bmaker received the following letter: I have recently been awarded a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship for 1990 for the purpose of studying 3ironworkingtechniques and training methods, and am currently planning to spend a few weeks in the U.S. in June/July this year. I am particularly interested in (a) visiting blacksmiths' training schools and studying the training methods in use there, and (b) staying for a week or two with a blacksmith specializing in high quality decorative craft work or restoration in order to work with him or her. Any information or contacts you could offer me in either of these connections would be much appreciated. hvld haurrnrl t , Man ter Ulacksrni th , A. W .C .B . Welbeck Welbeck Estate, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S80 3LW England Since we all know that the best blacksmiths in the U.S. live in Florida, let's make David welcome. Please write to him if you can help him out.

me Florida Clinker Breaker msfree ads for members. If you are looking for J something, or if you have something to sell or trade, send an ad to Pete Brandenhrg at 1532 Old Okeechobee Road, #103, West Palm Beach, FL, 33409.

Are your 1990 dues paid? 10. , .Check the expiration date on your railing label. The Florida Clinker Bmaker, April, 1990

Carl and Norma Austin

6947 Shotgun Drive, Sarasota, FL 34240, H: (813) 955-0404, W: 953-5676 Dave needs a forge and hand tools. Steve Janes PO Box 4708, Hollywood, FL 33023, H: (305) 961-9401 Steve has a year of blacksmith experience making odds and ends. He is interested in forge welding, decorative and functional blacksmithing. Gilbert & mieKnapp 612 Woodling Place, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701, H: (407) 767-8768 Gilbert needs it all: coal, anvil, forge, post vise, blower, and hand tools. He is a journeyman boiler maker, and has done some forge work. His areas of interest are "general iron work and weapons." Louis & Joyce Livings RR 1 Box 27, &uincy, FL 32351, H: (904) 856-5011, W: (904) 488-5757 Louis is a welder, and is interested in all aspects of blacksmithing. He needs coal. Michael & Sherry McCoy 13001 41 Lane North, Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411, H: (407) 793-9761 Michael says he is a "trial and error beginner." He needs borax. Bob & Gay Miller 12 N Lakeview Drive, Haines City, FL 33844, H: (813) 439-3707, W: (813) 324-6591 Bob has no blacksmith experience, is interested in making small tools, etc. Mace & Evangeline Miller 2108 Pier Drive, Ruskin, FL 33570, H: (813) 645-1070 I Mace has experience in general welding, etc., but he is interested in ornamental iron work Ralph Monteith 440 Laura Lane, Mount Dora, FL 32757, Home: (904) 343-3464 Ralph says he has no experience, but he's interested in all types of blacksmithing. Gregory 4316- 26 Avenue E, Bradenton, EL 34208, H: (813) 748-1345 His experience is in arc, gas, TIG, and MIG welding, and he is now I interested in ornamental work. He needs coal, an anvil, and a forge. Bill & Marcia Stewart 6620 NW 61 Street, Ocala, FL 32675, H: (904) 629-6291 I Bill is a horseshoer, welder, and bit maker. Jamie Watson 3784 Sally Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32312, H: (904) 668-2178 He has had little blacksmith experience, but is hopeful for tomorrow. He needs tools. Jamie is 14 years old.

The Florida Artist Blacksmith Association now has 173 members in 11 states: Florida, 149; Georgia, 10; Alabama, 3; Indiana, 3; Pennsylvania, 2; and 1 each in Delaware, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

Steve Kalb of Fort Myers, our program director, has announced his engagement. Steve and Jamie met through their involvement with the Society for Creative Anachronism, ding armor. Steve will be available at the quarterly statewide meeting in Fort Lauderdale on April 21st to provide additional details. Congratulations, Steve. Bring Jamie to Fort Lauderdale so we can meet her. Are your 1990 dues paid? 11 Check the expiration date on your mailing label. . '. FABA MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION ABANA MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Florida Artist Blacksmith ASSOC. Artist Blacksmith Association of North America, Inc. - Chapter of ABANA, Inc. Name Date Address Name City State ZIP Phone: 1. , hereby Address apply for membership in the Artist Blacksmith Association City State ZIP of North America and enclose -as my annual Home Business membership dues for one year. Checks must be US funds. Phone: Phone: Membership includes a subscription to The Anvil's Ring.

Spouse's name: IIIIIIIIIIIIIII VISA C 1 Card nunber Are you interested in procuring: Master Card I 1 Exp. date ' C I anvil I 1 coal I I hand tools C 1 blower C I forge C I post vise Signature C 1 other C 1 Full time Student (1 year only) 825.00 per year I 1 Regular Membership ...... $35.00 per year Send this application and a membership fee of $15 to: I I Family Member (one vote) ...... 840.00 per year Norma & Carl Austin, Secretary/Treasurer I I Senior Citizen (age 65) ...... $25.00 per year P. 0. Box 1601, Zolpho Springs, FL 33890 C 1 Overseas Membership ...... $45.00 per year I 1 Contributory Member ...... $100.00 per year The FABA membership year begins May 1. You don't have to be an ABANA member to join FABA, but many FABA members Send to: ABANA (812) 988-6919 are, and we encourage membership in both organizations. P. 0. Box 1181, Nashville, Indiana 47488

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1990 Dues are Due May 1

The 1990 dues reminders went out in Sarasota early March. If you've paid, thanks. ( 4/28) Statewide Meeting If you haven't, make out a check for Fort Lauderdale $15 To FABA, and send it to Carl and (4/21) Norma Austin at the address on page 2. Check the expiration date on your APRIL! 19901 MEETINGS mailing label. The date will change See page 2 for details. on your next newsletter after you pay.