FordPrefect Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Sorry guys I am on vacation, and no lap top only phone...Stan you are the man, Clara and you are the most increadable hosts, all of us had a great time, I enjoyed meeting all the people that I ineteracted with on IFI for the last year or so, thank you Stan, and see you next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 ...and pictured above from left to right are Richard Thibeau, two other guys, Steve McCarthy, two more other guys, Stan Schwartz, George Curly Spallinger, Jamie IronBudd I-don't-know-his-last-name, and some other guy. Down in front L to R are I-met-him-but-forgot-his-name, and-two-others-I-never-met-but-guessing-one-is-Ford-P. (Bet Blake is wishing he'd done this part :lol: ) Anyway, regrets. Looks like another fun one. Maybe next year :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 OK, Let's see if I can get some of these pics to load in here. Back row L to R: R Thibeau, Aaron Cergol, Dusty Dog, Steve McCarthy, Bigfoot Nampa, David Gaddis, Stan, Curly George, Iron Bud, Brian Pierson Front: Ed Soule, Unforgiven, Ford Perfect Ford Perfect (Michael) Richard (RT) and Iron Bud (Jamie) havin' a little fun. :wacko: Bigfoot Nampa shaving some wooden handles. Some mysterious "Interior Decorator" paid Stan a visit. Wonder who that was!! B) RT saw smoke coming from Ford perfect's leg. Hot scale will do that. :o Aaron made a real nice axe head and punched/slit the eye/ One of many projects from the weekend. Ed Soule wanted some help with a split cross from 1" square stock. So he and I worked together on it and got it made, with guidance from RT. :ph34r: "I need another beer!!" Grumpy looking ole fart. :rolleyes: Dave Gaddis just couldn't handle all the excitement. Had to take a break. :D Michael working on the 100 lb Little Giant. Blake and Dave taking a break. Food!!! Stand back and nobody will get hurt!! :ph34r: CHOW TIME!! Stan and Clara held a raffle of several items that were donated to help with expenses. And the winner is............... :P Don't remember who all of the winners were. But the tension was wild!! :D Bigfoot's wife Linda drew the tickets, while Stan's Daughter Susan held the jug. Everyone had a really GREAT time. Lots of stories (lies) were told and a lot of friendships made and renewed. Thank you Stan and Clara for being such gracious hosts. Can't wait for next year. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trying-it Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Ed's finished cross and more from the mysterious interior decorator We want to thank each and everyone that attended as it also takes you here to make these fun for all by sharing some of your experience, wisdom, and hot air. :rolleyes: We also deeply thank all for their gracious donations and raffle items! We tried to conduct a raffle that was fair and an equal opportunity for all and I believe we did. We know those who won items smiled when their numbers were drawn for each of the prizes. We wish all could have been taking clones of that cherished Rich Hale knife home! Stan and Clara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimsShip Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Just a question- A few pics were posted on the Tuesday night tutorial, including a few of a bottle being cut using a hot ring to make some sort of candle holder. How is this done? Does anyone have a pic or two of the finished item? I'd love to see it, I need to make a wedding present and that looks like fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Seems like that was done in a bp some time back,,might try looking in pages fro it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trying-it Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Yes I did a BP on the hot glass bottle cutter, but you know. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimsShip Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Yeah, someone last night thought so as well and I did, in fact, already search the threads and have gone through all the blueprints in the section prior to asking here. I even asked about it a few times during the actual chat, but got no response. This was a last ditch attempt to find out how to do it before trying it blind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rthibeau Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 forge a piece of round bar 5/8" to 1" in diameter into a circle about 5" across (bigger than the bottles you want to cut), leave a long handle on it for convenience, heat the circle in the forge to yellow or so, place the hot circle on the anvil and turn the bottle around inside the circle a few turns (one can hold the handle and turn the bottle at the same time or hold it down somehow). The glass bottle will heat at the line it contacts with the hot circle. Sometimes the bottom of the bottle will break off easy sometimes you need to dip it in water where it will break off. Practice makes perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimsShip Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Thank you! I'll have to give it a try and see how it goes. Much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron J. Cergol Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Stan, Thank you so much for being so hospitable and opening your shop to us. It was a pleasure meeting all of you, and being picked on. I learned quite a bit, and I was quite impressed by all the fun gadgetry and tooling and jigs Stan had come up with. It's got the wheels turning for me...also that 100#er is real nice to work on, it has made me start troubleshooting my little giant to run better. Hoping to swing by again sometime soon! Thanks Stan, Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 We had a lot of fun there too Stan! Sorry I missed you yesterday. I am looking forward to next year and some informal get-togethers between now and then. I am definitely planning to come and fish at Pyramid Park... that looks almost like Paradise to me! Do you want a mess of fish? BTW the food was incredibly GREAT!!!!! Thanks for inviting us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve McCarthy Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 One of the best thing I accomplished at Stan's was cutting a set of dies for my power hammer. Stan has lots of toys and he put in a lot of time on these dies. I heat treated them at home and forged my first project with the hammer. A fuller/flatter from a big leaf spring. The die work great. Also while there, I forged my first pattern welded billet. Had some coaching from several of the guys. It was 7 layers of bandsaw blade and pallet strapping cut and folded 3 times for a total of 56 layers. At home I forged it into a cork screw. It wasn't the best looking billet, and I didn't make the best looking cork screw, but it was my first try at pattern welding and am happy with the result. This afternoon I tried out Stan's demo on bottle cutting and Jeremy's candle holder. The first two bottles failed miserably. The 3rd turned out better but still has a couple of cracks. The actual holder inside the bottle was much easier than cutting the bottle. I don't like wine very much so it may be a while before I can try it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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