Abana 2000 Confrence
Demonstration by Jock Dempsey
19 July 2000
ABANA 2000 Conference Slide Show
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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.
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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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01:41:12
This piece was only about 12″ x 14″. It would make a beautiful sample
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01:44:11
This is Marc Krause. His Nazel type JYH won the JYH competition.
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01:45:40
His little 18# self contained air hammer worked just like and SOUNDED just like the real thing!
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01:46:58
This compound leverage leg vise was at the Blacksmiths Journal table. I believe they have plans for it.
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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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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.
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01:52:04
This “turbo forge” is the most sophisticated monster of a gas forge I’ve ever seen.
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01:53:09
Tom-Stovall :
01:53:44
Jock, do they have any refractory inside this thing?
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01:55:01
Yes, it was lined with Kaowool.
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01:53:36
This is Tom Trosask demonstrating his new Bull hammer.
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01:55:22
These fellows are Olin Wrought Iron. They produce components and textured and patterned bar bar.
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02:00:20
The young lady it Ty Steigler, Dorothys daughter. Ty is making flowers.
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02:01:30
Ah, THERE is the proud mother of the young lass!
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02:03:35
This is Paw-Paw and Ralph Douglas at the Whitaker memorial wall.
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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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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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02:07:38
These are forged peppers. You would swear they were the real thing!
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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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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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02:14:29
From the gallery, a “precision hammer” 🙂
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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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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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02:18:21
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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!
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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.
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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
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02:24:25
There was lots of GOOD stuff in the tailgate area too.
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02:25:51
There was a big display of rare and antique hammers. Don’t ask me to name them!
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The red hammer in the middle below is a Little Giant Easy.
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02:28:29
There is Torin, without whom we would have no video. . .
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02:29:38
🙂 This pic of Bill almost didn’t come out. . 🙁
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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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02:31:35
Ray’s wife, Ray and Paw-Paw. Bill, Tom, Sharon and Bruce Wallace.
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02:34:51
That is rich hale in the center of the right picture and our lovely Ms Epps (from both sides) 😉
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02:35:12
Sharon-Epps :
02:38:43
Yes, Rich was sitting to my left at dinner and Wallace metal works was on the right.,