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11 Spring Newsletter New England Our 33nd Year Blacksmiths 1978- To discover, to help -2011 Spring Edition VOL. 31 NO. 2 Exciting News ! Medical research discovers brain variations in those who choose blacksmithing as a career or hobby! Would you like to volunteer for this study? See page 7 for details Inside this Issue: Page 2 Contact & NEB Officers 10 The Anvil Repair Day 17 From the NEBList At Morrell’s How big is your Stack? 3 A Message from the President 11 The Welder’s Play Day 19 From the NEBList At Morrell’s What kind of welder do I 4 Membership forms Need? 12 Are you missing out on 5 Around New England this benefit of membership? 20 From the NEBList Welding helmets? 6 NEB Spring Meeting 13 Isaac Royall? Who? 7 Exciting news & 15 Your Ticket to Hog Morrell’s What’s It Heaven 8 Brentwood North, report Spring 2011 Visit us on line www.newenglandblacksmiths.com page New England Blacksmiths Most recent Contact information for NEB officers and directors Owen Bostrom- President (12) 99 Chase Hill RD Ashaway, RI 02804 Richard Holman- ME Rep. (12) Phone: 401-377-2611 195 Varney Mill Rd [email protected] Windham, ME 04062 The advantage of knowledge Phone: 207-892-9511 is that wisdom itself preserves .Bob Menard– Vice President (12) [email protected] alive its owners. — Eccl. 7:12 56 Warren Ave. Suite 106 Portland, ME 04103 Ed Grove- Me Rep. (11) Phone: 207-878-2217 Please Learn How To Work 828 Haley Town Road Safely [email protected] Brownfield, ME 04010 Phone: 207-935-2262 Jim Crothers- Secretary (12) [email protected] 953 Tuckertown RD Wakefield, RI 02879 Courtney Mead- VT Rep. (12) Phone 721 East Hill Rd. [email protected] North Troy, VT 05859 Phone: 802.988-2503 Leigh Morrell- Treasurer (12) <[email protected]> 207 Greenfield Rd Colrain, MA 01340 James Fecteau- VT Rep. (11) Phone: 413-624-1200 1735 Main Rd. [email protected] Huntington, VT 05462 Phone: 802-434-3871 Karen Sims, Membership Chair. (12) [email protected] 337 Rope Ferry Rd Waterford, CT 06385 Bob Phillips- MA Rep. (11) Antiques: 860-442-3925 P.O. Box 583 [email protected] Something your grandparents Westminster, MA 01473 bought, Phone: 978-874-1367 Marc Godbout, NH Rep. (12) [email protected] your parents got rid of, 170 North Shore Rd. and now you are paying dearly Derry, NH 03038 Dick Lempici- MA Rep. (12) to get again! Phone 603-548-8771 2 Lempici Rd [email protected] Dudley, MA 01571 Phone: Taffy Case, NH Rep. (11) <[email protected]> 1789 E. Madison Rd Thanks to all contributors to Madison, NH 03849 Steve Melady- CT Rep. (11) Phone: 603-367-8225 54 Cards Mill Rd this issue [email protected] Columbia, CT 06237 Phone: 860-228-2185 Fred Mikkelsen - RI Rep & Editor (11) [email protected] 23 Waterman Dr. Next newsletter deadline: June 15th, 2011 N. Scituate, RI 02857-2036 Chip Sowalski- CT Rep. (12) phone: 401-647-3086 100 Gungy Rd [email protected] Salem, CT 06420 Owen Bostrom Phone: 860-287-5395 Imma Charlatan, MD. PhD. John Nash- RI Rep. (12) [email protected] 173 Fairfax DR Marc Godbout Jon Hodgdon Warwick, RI 02888 Note: The number ( ) after each name Phone: 401-781-0558 denotes the year of term expiration of Neil masfield that Board Member. Leigh Morrell Ian Walker The New England Blacksmiths, an affiliate of the Art- The New England Blacksmiths disclaim any respon- ists-Blacksmith’s Association of North America, is NEBList members sibility or liability for damages or injuries as a result devoted to the preservation and advancement of black- of any design, construction, manufacture, use or smithing. Letters to the editor, articles, technical other activity undertaken as a result of the use or tips, tools for sale, or other materials which furthers application of information contained in the newslet- these ends, will be considered for publication in this ter of the New England Blacksmiths. newsletter. Spring 2011 page 2 New England Blacksmiths President’s Message for March 2011: After an interesting winter, for sure, it seems the weather is begin- ning to break. A couple of weeks ago your president and editor headed out in the rain and later snow to travel to Portland, ME to participate in Brent- wood North. We had a good time in spite of the snowy weather on both travel days. I thought the instruction sessions went really well, and we had some really enthusiastic students. It was fun to do. Bob Menard does a great job in organizing the event and has a perfect shop to pull it off well. Bob Valentine and his team are getting ready for our next meet to be held in Goshen, CT on May 20-22. Bob is working out the details, re- ports that things are going well, and I’m looking forward getting out there. Look for more info on this in this newsletter. Future meets: As noted last December, we will return to the CT Railroad Museum in Willimantic, CT. I understand that Walt Scadden is signed up as demonstrator for that meet. For 2012 we are working on both meets. One will be in the Lancaster, MA area led by Bob Phillips, and one will probably be at Louden, NH led by Garry Kalajian at The Sanborn Mills Farm, which is a new craft center. There are lots of details to work out on these and both Bob and Garry will need some help for sure. I continue to be excited about the new future sites. It adds to the experience to travel to different places. Leigh Morrell, after the successful anvil repair workshop held in ??? is hosting a welding work- shop at Morrell Metal Works in May. Members will be able to experience different types of welding using Leigh’s various types of equipment. It should be a great opportunity especially for folks lacking a lot of welding experience. Our teaching center at Brentwood, NH suffered some damage to the forge exhaust stacks due to snow which fell from the roof. The committee is working on repair and a redesign scheme to avoid this problem in the future. Otherwise I am happy to report that there seems to be very little in the way of problems or contro- versy within our organization. We still need to find a person to step up as a new Newsletter editor as Fred is pretty adamant about retiring. Fred has done a great job, and our newsletter is one of the real strengths of the organization. He is willing to help a new person and I think we all are. I realize how big those shoes will be to fill, but I am sure that there is one of you out there that can do it. It might be something that would interest me at some point, but not while also President. As for the economy I think it’s getting better. There sure are a lot of things and events out there trying to make a continued mess of it though. I’m still optimistic. As I write this we are just seeing the aftermath of the earthquake and sunami in Japan. It makes our problems small by com- parison. I hope that this message finds you in continuing good spirits and good health. Cheers, Owen Bostrom, President, New England Blacksmiths Spring 2011 page 3 New England Blacksmiths Hope you took care of this and helped us by renewing on time and supplying us with current information, Thanks! New England Blacksmiths Membership Form: [Please check box for renewals or new] Dues are $20.00/yr (Canadian $20.00) payable January 1st of each year Send checks to: Karen Sims, Membership. 337 Rope Ferry Rd. Waterford, CT 06385 Check New or Renewal for 2011 Name Business name, if applicable Address Phone ( ) City ___________________________ State__________ Zip___________ Fax ( ) E-mail Occupation__________________________________________________ Year of birth Check forging skill: ___Beginner ___Intermediate ___Advanced Blacksmithing areas of interest Check all that apply: ___Teach Blacksmithing ___Teach Related Metal-working Skills Which skills? ___Do Public Smithing Demos ___Demo Fee (Amount:_________) ___Require Travel $ ___Would hold NEB Office ___ABANA Member Where did you hear of us? Use another sheet to comment: (How are we doing? What would you like to see us do?) Spring 2011 page 4 New England Blacksmiths Around Connecticut New England 7 May 2011 – Heritage Metal Festival (6th Annual) at Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum, Bridge St., Willimantic, CT. 9:00-5:00. Admission $5:00, chil- dren ages 8-12 $1:00, children under 8 and demon- Brentwood strators are free. Blacksmithing, pewtersmithing, re- Teaching Center pousse, etc, food vendors will be on site. For more information contact Steve Melady, 860-228-2185 or Saturday March 26th Rich Cizik, [email protected] Was the first open forge day at the teaching center. Schedule is the 4th Saturday of each month and con- TBA May 2011 – Waldo House, Baltic CT. Reen- tact Cory Conway (603) 929-3536 for info & up- actment and farm days 9:00-4:00. Ted Swol and dates. Steve Melady will be set up and demonstrating. Set up, work, demo, and sell your stuff or just watch. Vermont Contact Steve 860-228-2185. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Maine Rinehart Blacksmith Arts Center New England School of Metalwork Auburn, ME 800-753-7502 Saturday, June 4 10:00 am to 4:00 pm www.newenglandschoolofmetalwork.com Cost: $30.00 (includes lunch) Hosts: Warren Rinehart and Peter Wells This is their 10th year of operation and the celebra- Featured demonstrator will be tion showcases some outstanding nationally known Ralph Sproul , who started at a very talented instructors: Please check the website for young age and has worked in metals this line up and take advantage of the opportunity and related fields for 49 years.
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