Thank you for your input.
Based on the responses, I’m realizing I should have been more specific.
We are members of both MABA & IBA (Michigan & Indiana). We have the basic equipment already, and Lilly has a blacksmith teacher that she is seeing for her industrial arts credit and loving it. However due in part to her dyslexia, it’s her English and Math that I'm having issues keeping her involved with. What I trying to teach her in this exercise was basic statistical research, to take the responses and come up with the 12 – 15 most common tools that appear on all of the lists.
I also want her to see how the list might change based on how long a person has been working as a blacksmith, or what they are trying to accomplish.
We have e-mailed a number of blacksmiths and have received replies from most, however those I know are limited and from a statistical viewpoint the data is not yet valid. I was trying to get more data, for her to work with.
Again, thank you for the responses
Henry E. Davis
Homeschooling dad to 4 kids
henryd@mcetoner.com
(574) 274-0633 cell