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seldom (dick renker)

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  1. What did I do in the shop today? I lit my forge for the first time in 6 years. Did I make anything? No. Did I hit hot iron? Yes.

    The shop has been in storage for six years because we moved from near Rochester. NY to Taunton, MA. So the shop spent a lot of time getting rides from NY to MA and living in storage units on both ends. During all this I was working 5/6 days a week and it was a 6/7 hour drive to get to the storage in NY. I surely will not do that again.

    At any rate, its all here now and workable.

     

  2. On the weekend of May 6, 7 and 8 there will be a hammer-in at the Freetown Historical Society in Assonet, Ma.. the hours will be 9 am till ? except on Friday. The demonstrator is Brian Martens from the Rochester, NY area. Brian is one of the instructors at the Arc and Flame in Rochester.

    The Historical Society is located at 1 Slab Bridge Road, Assonet Ma. 02702. Assonet is located approx. 6 miles north of Fall River, Ma. off of Rt 24. There is plenty of parking space.

    Any questions contact Dick Renker PM

  3. After being missed for two years, the Freetown Hammer-in is back on the schedule.

    The first weekend of May, 6,7,and 8 will be the Freetown Hammer-in. Brian Martens and possibly his wife Candace will be the demonstrator.

    The hammer-in is located at the the Freetown Historical Society Blacksmith shop in Assonet Mass. Assonet is located approx 6 miles north of Fall River, Mass. off  of Route 24

    There is plenty of parking. Any questions, PM me.

  4. My current job is an EIC, employee in charge and formerly called a flag man on a railroad. Main job is to keep contractors and trains separate and still keep both working. it is not a physical job but mental and there are nights I come home exhausted. because if the trains and contractors get together it will be ugly. often time you end up juggling like a one armed paper hanger, many moving parts.

  5. Was doing a demo shoeing years ago and threw a hot shoe on the ground to cool. some dad who was watching went over a picked it up and dropped in same motion. I asked him if he had seen enough. he didnt say anything.

  6. Frosty ive got too many holes in my shirts and have had a fair share of pokes from the wire brush not to take note when its being done. I finally bought an apron that covers me front from neck down to knees. prior to that i used my old farriers apron the saved my legs but not much more.

  7. yesterday i started to unpack my shop. it has been packed and stored for 3 years while having a new job and moving. i wont move a shop again. had 6 boxes that were rescued out of a dumpster that were actually shelves that someone tossed, they made perfect packing boxes and yesterday i set them back up as shelves. took all afternoon but happy the way they turned out. had to unload one before could mount it so everything got handled at least twice.

  8. The third annual Hammer-in will be held at the Freetown Historical Society blacksmith in Assonet Ma.,the date is the May 2  nd weekend.

    Brian Martens from the Rochester, NY area will be the demonstrator again. Brian is one of the instructors at the Arc and Flame Center and a member of long standing

    of the New York State Designer Blacksmiths. 

    Assonet is a village in the Town of Freetown located approx. 6 miles north of Fall River, Ma. off of Rt 24. The museum is located on Elm St. right next to the railroad tracks.There is plenty of parking space.

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