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Saltfork CraftsmenArtist-Blacksmith Association
February 2010
Mark Galloway with his wolf paw decorative punch that he made at JCBanks meeting.
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Saltfork CraftsmenArtist-Blacksmith Association
Officers and Directors
President: Gerald Franklin 580-467-8667Rt. 3 Box 239J, Duncan, Ok [email protected]
Vice-President/events: Bill Davis 580-549-682423966 NE Wolf RdFletcher, Okla. [email protected]
Sec-Treas. Mike George 580-327-52351227 4th St. Alva, Ok. [email protected]
Director/website: JC Banks 580-482-320916007 S. CR 206 Altus, Ok. [email protected]
Director: Byron Doner 405-650-75206520 Alameda, Norman [email protected]
Director/swage blocks: Bill Kendall 918-742-78361756 E. 59th St Tulsa Ok. [email protected]
Director: Richard Dyer 918-582-50651119 S Birmingham Pl. Tulsa, Ok. [email protected]
Assignments:
Editor: Diana Davis 580-549-682423966 NE Wolf Rd Fletcher, Ok [email protected]
LibrarianBill Malsom 918-440-431821450 N. 4020 Rd. Bartlesville, Ok [email protected]
Workshop CoordinatorDavid Seigrist [email protected]
The Saltfork Craftsmen Artist-BlacksmithAssociation, a non-profit organization of amateur andprofessional artist and craftsmen, publishes this news-letter monthly. Our purposes are the sharing ofknowledge, education and to promote a more generalappreciation of the fine craftsmanship everywhere.We are a chapter of the Artist-Blacksmith Associa-tion of North America.
Material from this newsletter may be freelycopied without permission for non-profit purposes.Please credit the author and this publication.
Visit our Saltfork Craftsmen Website:www.saltforkcraftsmen.org
Trading PostFor Sale:5/8in. Round 1045 stock in 12 ft. lengths. Price is .50/ft.contact Ron Lehenbauer at [email protected] call 580-554-1126 to order. Delivery can be made atthe Conference. I can have it cut into 1ft or 6ft pcs tohaul. 1-foot pcs will be a bit extra for the cuts. This isgreat metal for punches or chisels.
Army surplus round nosed pliers that make good scrollpliers for small items. They are 6” long $5.00 each plusshipping. I also tie brooms on your handle or mine.$20.00 plus shipping. Diana Davis 580-549-6824 [email protected]
Wanted:
Advertising Coal Hammers, Contact Mike George at 1-580-327-5235or o [email protected]
For Sale:50# New Style Little Giant Power hammer. Rebuiltlate 2009. $3500,00 Contact Bill Davis at 580-549-6824Quench Oil. Gerald Franklin has McMaster-Carr11 second quench oil for sale. Price is $15 per galor 5 gal for $70. Bring your container (and money)to Gerald’s meeting on Feb 20 for an early chanceat some quality quench oil.
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Club CoalSaltfork Craftsmen has coal for sale. Coal is in 1-2”size pieces The coal is $140.00/ton or .07 /pound tomembers .No sales to non-members.
NW Region coal location:Bring your own containers. Contact Tom Nelson at 1-580-862-7691 to make arrangements to pick up aload. DO NOT CALL AFTER 9 P.M. If you makearrangement well in advance, Tom can load yourtruck or trailer with his skid steer loader. Otherwiseyou will need to bring a shovel. The coal can beweighed out at the Douglas Coop Elevator scales.NE Region coal location: Dan Cowart also hascoal to sell. He can be contacted [email protected] or [email protected]
Send your ads to the Editor by the 20th of eachmonth. Ads will run for 60 days.
Meeting ScheduleFeb
SE Regional meeting (Feb 6th) Hosted by EddieHorton at the Fort Towson Historical Site. Meal willbe provided. Bring something sweet to finish out themeal. Directions: On highway 70 (about 15 mileseast of Hugo or 30 miles west of Idabel) will be ablue sign for Fort Towson Historical site and signsfor blacksmith workshop. Turn left and site is 3/4mile North from intersection. Depending on theweather.. Workshop will be either under the pavilionor inside the sites shop. For more information youcan call John Davis at 580-873-2634 or email [email protected] Regional meeting (Feb 13th) hosted by BillKendall. Trade items is a heart because thenext day is Valentines Day. For lunch we cango to Ci Ci Pizza (dutch treat) or on your own.S/C Regional meeting (Feb 20th) Hosted byGerald Franklin at his shop east of Duncan.Lunch is provided. The trade item is any riveteditem. Map in back of newsletter.NW Regional meeting (Feb27th)Hosted by Man-dell Greteman at his shop in Foss Okla. Lunch pro-vided bring a desert if you wish. Take Exit 53 off I-40 at Foss. Go North 1 1/2 miles to main st. Turn(L) and go 2 blocks to Mandell’s house. Trade itemsis any tool.
We are now about 30 days into 2010. Belowis a list of challenges for you. Lets all see howmany of them we can do. Several of themhave time limits so start on them today.
1. Pay your dues before March 30th.2. Vote your ballet for SCABA directors.3. Sign up to host a meeting is your region4. Attend the State Picnic in April.5. Attend a workshop or class
A. Suggest a workshop that youwould like to attend.
B. Volunteer to teach a workshop6. Make several items to place inconference gallery.7. Make and donate items for theconference auction.8. Sign up for a conference committee.
New shipment of swage blocks now in.$80. plus shipping to members.$100.00 plus shipping to non-membersContact Bill Kendall for more information
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North East Regional meeting..The NE regional meeting was hosted by Gary Gloden.
There was a prettygood turn out for themeeting. The tradeItem was anythingmade at the meeting.
Home made vice.→Will fit in the hardy hole ofyour anvil.
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South/Central meetingThe S/C meeting was hosted by JC Banks at his home in Altus, Ok. There were about 30 members that
showed up for the meeting. The winners for who came the farthest went to Jim White and Terry Farquar whorode together from Texas. The trade items was a decorative punch. JC had lots of stock so that if you didn’t geta chance to make one before the meeting you could get some help making one for the trade items and one totake home with you. We had a great lunch and returned tomaking more punches. Bill and Byron played around withthe largest foldingknife I think I haveever seen. We aresure going to misshaving meetings atJC’s when hemoves to Colo-rado. He has suchneat tools to play
with. ↓
We used this oneto cut lines in theends of the rods.It allowed you to
index the rod 30° at a time. Greatfor laying out the petals forflowers, etc.
This wolf paw punch was made by Mark Galloway. It was hisfirst attempt at making a decorative punch.
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Calendar of events….The year is just getting underway and many of you will be asked by your local organizations to do
demonstrations. We need to know about these events. We have a lot of members that would like to do somepublic demonstrations but don’t know how to get started or who to contact. Everyone could use some help atthese event because it makes for a long day to demo by yourself. Many events are repeated year after year butthey sometimes change the dates so even though the events has been listed in the newsletter in the past, pleasesend in the information to me and we will get it in the newsletter and on the web site. Send your events [email protected]
Because of Easter falling on the first weekend of April the Medieval fair in Norman will be held on the lastweekend of March. Contact Terry Jenkins for more info.
Muskogee fair is held every weekend in May. You can get more info about any of the Medieval fairs fromTerry Jenkins at [email protected]
Trade itemsEach month the meeting host have trouble deciding what to do for a trade item. Below is
a list of potential trade items.
Letter Opener Candle holder Door KnockerSmall hand vice nail header yard artDoor pull gate latch hingeSpoon fork knifeMiniature Log tongs napkin rings (4) fireplace pokerBBQ tool ice cream scoop flowerFishing pole holder something made from horseshoe boot scraperSomething with a heart animal head decorative punchSomething made from a RR spike trivet leafBlacksmith traveler nail wall hookTongs hardy tool bellCross feather bottle openerNut cracker wizard hand shovelRug beater flint striker hack sawVase or vessel Sheppard's hook trammel hookScrolling jig bending fork spring fullerSomething made from a file something rivetedMaybe you can think of something else….
Max and I want t o THANK t he Sal t fork Craf t smen Cl ub for br i ngi ng al l t he beaut i -
ful works of ar t t o t he auct i on on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. Some of you may not know
t hat t he auct i on al one brought i n $3000.00. God has bl essed us wi t h your l ove,
your suppor t , and prayers for our fami l y dur i ng Max’s i l l ness. Our whol e fami l y
prays t hat God wi l l bl ess each and everyone of you. To t hose of you who have
worked on our house a “Great Bi g Thanks”. So many peopl e have gi ven you some of
t he ni cest compl ement s on your ef for t s. We do Appreci at e each of you..
We hope you had t he very best Chr i st mas and a Happy New Year !!
Love.. Max &Ann Scrudder
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President’s NotesGerald Franklin
We have a couple of big events on the near horizon – in March we have the election ofmembers to serve on the Board of Directors and the annual statewide meeting/picnic is sched-uled for April. We have some good candidates who have already agreed to having their nameson this year’s ballot and if you would like to have your name added to the ballot, contact ourSecretary/Treasurer, Mike George soon. The ballot will be mailed out in the March newsletter.So when you get the ballot, fill it out and mail it in for goodness sake! In past years, we haveonly had about thirty ballots returned. With a membership of well over 200 people to get sucha small number of ballots cast is poor to say the least, so take this opportunity to support theclub in a way that will take very little of your time.
The Board of Directors will meet on Feb 20 to discuss plans for the annual picnic. Ifyou have some ideas about something that you’d like to see or do at the picnic, pass yourthought on to one of the board members.
Last month I included a few reminders. As I look over the list now, I see that severalitems that are still appropriate with just a little bit of updating. So:- Pay your dues. Memberships expire on March 30 and newsletters will stop for those who
haven’t renewed their memberships.- Remember your tongs. Three Kings Day, January 6th was the agreed upon delivery date
for the participants in the Christmas Tong Exchange to deliver tongs. If you haven’t deliv-ered your tongs yet, do it now. Please don’t put your exchange partner in an uncomfortablesituation by having to ASK that you send your tongs.
- Schedule a meeting. Diana Davis keeps the calendar to schedule the 2010 regional meet-ings. She runs this list on a first come, first served basis so if you have a particular date inmind that you would like to schedule, let Diana know.
- ABANA Conference. The 2010 ABANA Conference will be held in Memphis in June.This is one of the closest locations to Oklahoma in recent years. Register early for a pricebreak.
One last thing: The staff at the Ft Towson Historic Site, near Hugo, has agreed to host ameeting on February 6. We have been trying to generate more interest and membership in thesoutheast corner of the state for quite some time so come down and help wave the SCABAflag. Also, it would be a good opportunity for you to see a neat part of Oklahoma history. Di-rections and meeting details are in this newsletter
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Christmas tong exchange.
This year there were 11 participants in the Christmas Tong exchange. Not only did Saltfork membersparticipate but there were some participants from other groups.
This pair of tongs were made by JamesAllcorn from Paris Texas. Not sure whothey were sent to.
This pair was made by Mark Williams of Snow Hill,MD
This pair was made by Nathan Robertson and was being sentto David Seigrist
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More tong for the exchange…
These tongs were made by Jim Carothers and are beingsent to Steve Parker
These tongs were made by Gerald Franklin and arebeing sent to Nathan Robertson
This is just 5 of the 11 sets of tongs that were made for the Christmastong exchange. This is our second year to do this and it had grown largereach year. These are all nice tongs and Saltfork wishes to thank everyonethat took part.
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Reprinted with permission from the New England Blacksmiths.
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North East Regional
Meeting datesJanuary 12, 2008Host: Bill Kendall 918-691-2173
February 9, 2008Host: Gary Gloden Letter opener 918-321-5015
March 8, 2008Host: Dan Cowart 918-534-0299Trade item something for the grillLunch:
April 12, 2008Host: Mark CoatneyPhone #: 918-476-6755
May 10, 2008Host: State meetingPhone #:
June 14, 2008Host: Charlie McGeePhone #:918-643-3299
July 12, 2008Host: Dwayne MossPhone #:918-260-3267
August 9, 2008Host:Phone#
Sept. 13, 2008Host: Dan CowartPhone #:918-534-0299Trade item is a tool to be added to the tool box
October 11, 2008Host:Phone #:
November 8, 2008Host: Mike SweanyPhone #: 918-245-8460
December 13, 2008Host:Phone #:
North West Regional
Meeting datesJanuary 26, 2008
Host: Ron LehenbauerPhone #:(580)758-1126Trade item: spoon
February 23, 2008
Host: Ron LehenbauerPhone #:(580)758-1126Trade item: fork
March 22, 2008
Host: Bob Kennemer (tool for cooking on a grill)Phone #: 580-225-3361
ShelfApril 26, 2008
Host: Mike George (pair of small brackets)Phone #: 580-327-5235
May 2008Host: State meeting –No regional meetingsPhone #:
June 28, 2008Host: Charlie ToddPhone #:580-242-0105
July 26, 2008Host:Phone #:
August 23, 2008Host:Phone #:
Sept. 27, 2008Host:Phone #:
October 25, 2008
Host: Gary Seigrist
North East Meeting datesJanuary 9, 2010Host: Gary GlodenPhone #Trade item; something made at meeting
February 13, 2010Host: Bill KendallTrade item. A heart
March 13, 2010Host: Dan CowartTrade items: a 4 leaf clover or something
April 10, 2010STATE PICNIC MONTH
May 8 2010Host:Phone #:
June 12, 2010Host:Phone #:Trade item:
July 10, 2010Host:Phone #:
August 14, 2010Host:Phone#Trade item
Sept. 11, 2010Host:Phone #:Trade item
October 9, 2010Host:Phone#
November 13, 2010Host:Phone #:
December 11, 2010Host: Charlie McGeePhone #: 918-245-7279Trade item: angel
North West Meeting datesJanuary 23, 2010Host: Charlie ToddPhone# 580-242-0105Trade item; anything forged
February 27th, 2010Host: Mandell GretemanPhone # 580-515-1292Trade item; tool
March 27, 2010Host: Mike GeorgePhone #: 580-327-5235Trade item; Flower
April 24, 2010STATE PICNIC MONTH
May 22, 2010Host: Gary SeigristPhone #:580-225-3007Trade item: hardy tool
June 26, 2010Host: Ron LehenbauerPhone #:580-758-1126Trade item; something western
July 24, 2010Host:Phone #:
August 28, 2010Host:Phone #:
Sept. 25, 2010Host: Gary Seigrist (Elk city)Phone #: 580-225-3007Trade item; something from a horseshoe
October 23, 2010Host:Phone #.
November 27, 2010Host: Tom NelsonPhone #: 580-862-7691
December 25, 2010
Merry Christmas
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South Central Meeting dates
January 16, 2010Host: JC BanksPhone # 580-482-3209Trade item:
February 20, 2009Host: Gerald FranklinPhone #: 580-252-6002Trade item: a riveted item
March 20, 2010Host:Phone #
April 17, 2010STATE PICNIC NORMAN OK
May 15, 2010Host:Phone #Trade item:
June 19, 2010Host:Phone #:
July 17, 2010Host:Phone #:
August 21, 2010Host:Phone #:
Sept. 18, 2010Host:Phone #:
October 16-17, 2010Host: : SCABA Conference Perry, Okla.
November 20, 2010Host: Bill and Diana DavisPhone #: 580-549-6824Trade item: door knocker
December 18 2010Host:Phone #:
South East Meeting dates
January 2, 2010Host:Phone #:
February 6 2010Host: Eddie HortonPhone #: 580-513-8370
March 6, 2010Host:Phone #:
April 3, 2010State Picnic Month
May 1, 2010Host:Phone #
June 5 2010Host:Phone #:
July 3, 2010Host:Phone #:
August 7, 2010Host:Phone #:
Sept. 4, 2010Host:Phone
October 2, 2010Host:Phone:
November 6, 2010Host: openPhone #:
December 4, 2010Host:Phone #
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Reprinted with permission from California Blacksmith.
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Saltfork CraftsmenArtist-Blacksmith Association
Membership ApplicationApril 2010 thru March 2011
I have enclosed $20.00 for dues to March 30, 2011
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