Fe-Wood Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I was so bummed when I finally had to throw in the towel about making it to ABANA. I had a ride, likely a place to stay but no money for the ticket. If you have pictures, I sure would like to see them. Videos of team Claudio would be most excellent too. I have friends on the team and I helped make some of the tools... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinton Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I have lots of picks of the Claudio team I will post when I get home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fe-Wood Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 COOL!!! Thanks Clinton! Hope to see LOTS of pictures from the whole conference.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kube60 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 I haven't taken my pictures off my camera yet but here's a video I took of Brian Brazeal's young blacksmiths making a giant thumbtack. Sorry about the quality. That's as close as I could get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinton Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 I have tons of photos of what I could get to. I will sort them out when I get home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside forge Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Anyone know who won the drawing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fe-Wood Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 I haven't taken my pictures off my camera yet but here's a video I took of Brian Brazeal's young blacksmiths making a giant thumbtack. Nice video- Watching them getting wound up... Then the misfire. I don't know how many times I have done that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wroughton Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 A couple shots from Rapid City. The lock is from the gallery and the viking door was the sample for the Patient Order of Meticulous Metalsmiths. It was so hot most everyone just turned off their forges and used the new black asphalt to heat up their metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy k Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Here is a very impromptu demo item I did in the vendor area at the ABANA conference. I made about 99% of this with Ken Zitur's KZ100 power hammer. All the stamping and chiseling was done with the hammer with the exception of the nostrils, the only hand work was the riviting of the parts together, setting the nostrils and scrolling of the hat, the rest was done with Kens hammer. This was a good way to show what can be done with a power hammer that has good control. The wizard started as a 1 inch round bar The hammer is one piece from a 1 inch round bar The anvil and stand is one piece from a piece of 1-1/4" square The base was forged from a 1-1/2" cube The whole thing is 12" tall and the anvil is 3" long Many people stopped to watch as I was working on this, and I would like to thank those of you who gave me compliments while I was forging this. Nice Hammer Ken!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KYBOY Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Man thats great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Hale Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Awessome...when you mentioned it in chat I did not grasp it was with hammer and anvil! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinton Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Ok I have started to sort out the photos I have over 1000 from the trip. Here is day 1 The Young Smiths demohttps://picasaweb.google.com/117189861053173344754/Abana2012Day1# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinton Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Here is some of day 2 Thursdayhttps://picasaweb.google.com/117189861053173344754/Abana2012Day2# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fe-Wood Posted July 28, 2012 Author Share Posted July 28, 2012 Hey Clinton- I went to look at the pics and it says "page not found" ???? Nice work Jeremy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinton Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Ok I think I fixed the problem, I forgot to make them public. Let me know if it works now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fe-Wood Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 Access DENIED! Same thing Clinton "page not found" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Miller Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 I got this photo . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fe-Wood Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 Nice Tim Up close and personal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinton Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I give up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Ravizza Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Tim, Great photo! We had fun that day. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Miller Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 We did, I will remember that drive for the rest of my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronAlchemy Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 It was a fantastic trip to South Dakota. Wow. Now I understand why people choose to live out west. It was great to see new people and ideas at the forges as well. Thanks to all the folks who worked so hard to put it on. I primarily shot pictures of the Gallery items. I am not a professional photographer but I do take it seriously just like I do my blacksmithing. I learned a lot about shooting product shots so I am happy. Next time I will be more prepared and, I hope, produce better results. I posted my pictures to a collection on my Flickr account linked to below. I am still annotating them. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ironalchemy/collections/72157630931258072/ - Doug Wilson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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