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    Leaf Letter Opener
    Some Recent Projects From the Forge
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    Welcome to Our Community Forge at the Tom Kennon Blacksmith Shop in Donipha
    Chris Miller and Steve Eikerman, local BAM members working during our regular Saturday Morning demonstrations.
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    Welcome to Our Community Forge at the Tom Kennon Blacksmith Shop in Donipha
    Our Community Forge set up for weekly demonstrations and training classes for new blacksmiths.
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    Welcome to Our Community Forge at the Tom Kennon Blacksmith Shop in Donipha
    Our dual side draft masonry forge constructed three years ago; now manned by four local members of BAM who share the shop and its tools and the weekly demonstrations on Saturday mornings and local festivals.
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    Welcome to Our Community Forge at the Tom Kennon Blacksmith Shop in Donipha
    The Blacksmith Shop is open year round on Saturday mornings for demonstrations.
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    Welcome to Our Community Forge at the Tom Kennon Blacksmith Shop in Donipha
    The exterior of the Tom Kennon Blacksmith Shop one block South of the Courthouse in Doniphan, MO. Part of the Heritage Homestead Site consisting of a Pioneer Cabin, Barn and Blacksmith Shop.
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    The Tom Kennon Blacksmith Shop in Doniphan, MO
    The DNAP Community Forge is housed in the Tom Kennon Blacksmith Shop in downtown Doniphan, Missouri. The Forge is open most Saturday mornings staffed by one or more of our local blacksmiths. Anyone who is a BAM member can check out the shop for personal projects in return for taking turns demonstrating on Saturdays.
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    The Tom Kennon Blacksmith Shop in Doniphan, MO
    The DNAP Community Forge is housed in the Tom Kennon Blacksmith Shop in downtown Doniphan, Missouri. The Forge is open most Saturday mornings staffed by one or more of our local blacksmiths. Anyone who is a BAM member can check out the shop for personal projects in return for taking turns demonstrating on Saturdays.
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    Dr. James E. Price of Naylor, Missouri, wrote and published a monograph on the history of braces and bits while a member of the Midwest Tool Collectors Association about ten to fifteen years back. He probably has one of every kind known to man and could tell you everything you would want to know. The Midwest Tool Collector's Association may also have lots of info in their achives and newsletters.
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    Tom Clark Memorial Gate for Thelma Clark's Garden
    BAM Conference, May 2009 Demonstration by Bob Alexander and Pat McCarty working on hardware for the BAM Box shown as completed. Also the completed garden gate for Thelma Clark with leaves contributed by conference attendees.
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    2009 BAM Conference-Completed BAM Box
    BAM Conference, May 2009 Demonstration by Bob Alexander and Pat McCarty working on hardware for the BAM Box shown as completed. Also the completed garden gate for Thelma Clark with leaves contributed by conference attendees.
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    2009 BAM Conference-BAM Box Demonstrators
    BAM Conference, May 2009 Demonstration by Bob Alexander and Pat McCarty working on hardware for the BAM Box shown as completed. Also the completed garden gate for Thelma Clark with leaves contributed by conference attendees.
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    2009 BAM Conference-BAM Box Demonstrators
    BAM Conference, May 2009 Demonstration by Bob Alexander and Pat McCarty working on hardware for the BAM Box shown as completed. Also the completed garden gate for Thelma Clark with leaves contributed by conference attendees.
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    The masons who built our community dual forge also thought it would need a steel plate between the two firepots. They had never built a forge before but they knew fireplaces quite well and knew it needed a smoke ledge to draw properly. The attached pic is of the steel plate they installed.
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    Our community forge was built three years ago. It is a dual forge side draft masonry structure with a 12 inch diameter flue stack. A Vulcan Firepot is installed on each side of the central flue. This is just after construction before our first heat. It has had a lot of use since then. Three BAM members share it with more recruits hopefully on the way. It draws better when both firepots are being used.
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    The cupped tops for posts used in chain link fencing work pretty well and they are already cup shaped. You just need to texture them and punch a center hole. Expensive though, about $1 each from a chain link fence supplier.
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    My First One Piece Cross
    My first effort to unfold a 1/2 inch square stock with overlapping saw cuts in each end.
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    Cross From One Piece of 1/2 Inch Stock
    This is a more elaborate rendition of the typical one piece cross
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    A Recent Trade Item for the March, 2009 BAM Meeting
    A Barbeque Fork with a Copper Handle Made from a Plumbing Fixture (A anti-hammer air chamber)
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    Cindy: Just got back from a BAM meeting near Marshall, MO. The talk of the meet was the sale next weekend March 28, 29 of the stock of the Ozark School of Blacksmithing near Potosi, MO, which is closing due to the death of Tom Clark. I picked up a 113# Arm & Hammer Wrought Iron Anvil with stand and anvil tools. As of last week they had 4 more London Pattern anvils to sell but they are going fast and there may not be any left by this weekend. Check out the website for the Ozark School of Blacksmithing for a partial list of what they have left for sale.
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    Cindy: Just got back from a BAM meeting near Marshall, MO. The talk of the meet was the sale next weekend March 28, 29 of the stock of the Ozark School of Blacksmithing near Potosi, MO, which is closing due to the death of Tom Clark. I picked up a 113# Arm & Hammer Wrought Iron Anvil with stand and anvil tools. As of last week they had 4 more London Pattern anvils to sell but they are going fast and there may not be any left by this weekend. Check out the website for the Ozark School of Blacksmithing for a partial list of what they have left for sale.

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