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Abana 2000 Confrence
Demonstration by
Jock Dempsey
http://www.anvilfire.com
19 July 2000

ABANA 2000 Conference Slide Show

guru :
01:38:13

Tonight's 'demo' is a slide show from the ABANA conference. I haven't sorted all the pics so these are not necessarily the best OR in order. Some of you may be able to identify the folks better than I can.

guru :
01:42:19

These are some pieces from the gallery. The larger pics posted in the news later will be much clearer.

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guru :
01:41:12

This piece was only about 12" x 14". It would make a beautiful sample

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guru :
01:44:11

This is Marc Krause. His Nazel type JYH won the JYH competition.

guru :
01:44:37

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guru :
01:45:40

His little 18# self contained air hammer worked just like and SOUNDED just like the real thing!

guru :
01:46:58

This compound leverage leg vise was at the Blacksmiths Journal table. I believe they have plans for it.

guru :
01:47:10

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guru :
01:49:00

The funny man with the bunny ears is Tom Clark of the Ozark School of blacksmithing. The Ears are his symbol of official Iron in the Hat collector. . .!

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guru :
01:50:56

This slick machine is a air chasing chisle. It uses a standard air chisle in a slip fir collar. Weights are added to the top to make the blows harder.

guru :
01:51:22

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guru :
01:52:04

This "turbo forge" is the most sophisticated monster of a gas forge I've ever seen.

guru :
01:53:09

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Tom-Stovall :
01:53:44

Jock, do they have any refractory inside this thing?

guru :
01:55:01

Yes, it was lined with Kaowool.

guru :
01:53:36

This is Tom Trosask demonstrating his new Bull hammer.

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guru :
01:55:22

These fellows are Olin Wrought Iron. They produce components and textured and patterned bar bar.

guru :
01:57:33

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guru :
02:00:20

The young lady it Ty Steigler, Dorothys daughter. Ty is making flowers.

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guru :
02:01:30

Ah, THERE is the proud mother of the young lass!

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guru :
02:03:35

This is Paw-Paw and Ralph Douglas at the Whitaker memorial wall.

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guru :
02:05:38

The wall memorialized Francis Whitaker, Bill Pieh, Emmert Studebaker and others that have helped make blacksmithing what it is today.

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guru :
02:07:38

These are forged peppers. You would swear they were the real thing!

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guru :
02:11:47

This snail and flower is one of numerous works by the Mexican smiths that were there. The detail in these small pieces was amazing.

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guru :
02:13:23

There's Bruce Wallace trying out a KA-75. He liked them enough he is going to be the Eastern US sales rep.

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guru :
02:14:29

From the gallery, a "precision hammer" :)

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guru :
02:15:54

There's Mark again during the JYH competition. We had a lot of trouble with photos taken in the tents due to back lighting. . :(

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guru :
02:17:43

This is Dan Dreyer with his Electric Drive hammer prototype. A very slick running mechanical hammer. Its a spring helve without a clutch. The variable speed control does it all.

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guru :
02:18:21

guru :
02:19:40

The Wednesday evening demo was some heavy duty pipe forging. The 12" diameter tube just did slip into the round forge it was heated in!

guru :
02:21:07

The piece was wrestled up on the press and cow eyes buldged out using the press and tooling that fit inside the pipe.

guru :
02:23:25

This press did OK but wasn't good for forging. Daryl Meier used it several days later to do some low temperature welding and had a fit with it. He DID manage to weld laminates at 1500°F

guru :
02:19:50

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guru :
02:24:25

There was lots of GOOD stuff in the tailgate area too.

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guru :
02:25:51

There was a big display of rare and antique hammers. Don't ask me to name them!

guru :
02:26:12

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guru :
02:27:09

The red hammer in the middle below is a Little Giant Easy.

guru :
02:28:29

There is Torin, without whom we would have no video. . .

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guru :
02:29:38

:) This pic of Bill almost didn't come out. . :(

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guru :
02:29:51

There is the crew waiting outside cracker barrel! That's Ray on the left and Ralph's wife Dawn on the right (I think)

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guru :
02:31:35

Ray's wife, Ray and Paw-Paw. Bill, Tom, Sharon and Bruce Wallace.

guru :
02:33:10

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guru :
02:34:51

That is rich hale in the center of the right picture and our lovely Ms Epps (from both sides) ;)

guru :
02:35:12

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Sharon-Epps :
02:38:43

Yes, Rich was sitting to my left at dinner and Wallace metal works was on the right.,

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