julian Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Hi all, Stan Schwartz, aka trying_it, invited me out to southern Illinois for a couple weeks! Here are some pictures of the forge I'm using, a commissioned spear tip I finished a couple days ago, and the nice landscape around Stan's place. Tomorrow I get to go to the SIUC smithy and meet Daryl Meier, so I'll have pictures of that as well as Possum's hammerin this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmonds Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 His shop is almost as clean as mine!!! Great photos. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten Hammers Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Julian, tell the old guy and his wife hi for me. Quite a place. Wish I coulda spent more time when I was down there. Stan and wife are exceptionally nice folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rthibeau Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 hmmm....Stan looks shorter than I thought he was......darker too, but still sitting around.....:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchmancreek Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Julian....where in Southern Illinois are you? My shop and farm is located down between Goreville and Vienna. Is there some sort of hammer-in this weekend? If so, let me know and give directions and I'll try to attend. I'd like to meet other smiths around here. I'm the southern most member of the Illinois Valley Blacksmith Association and most of the guys I know are way north. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J W Bennett Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Possum's Hammer in is in Salem In. Friday-Sunday 27,28 & 29. The info is in the calendar of events. JWB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchmancreek Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Salem, Indiana is a little too far for me......too many hours of driving. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julian Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 sorry you can't make it Dutchman Stan's PC is pretty slow uploading pictures and most of my time is spent at the forge or in the shop, so I'll put off uploading pictures until tomorrow. Today I got some good ones of pattern welding...I think I fell in love with the gas forge :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten Hammers Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Julian, from one of the pics I see Stan has invested in a Henrob. This will be a future love affair for you as well. Really wish I could make the trip down there for the hammer in and Possums too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbrforge Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 born and raised in central Illinois. Vacation was always Carbondale and such reaches south. Anxious to see the pictures of SIU forge. If I were a younger man I would be there. Love Georgia much too much to go anywhere else for long now though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julian Posted July 29, 2007 Author Share Posted July 29, 2007 update: we decided to head out Saturday night from Possum's, it was fun my camera is still full of pictures but I'm sure someone there had a camera. I got to meet a bunch of folks from IFI and talked a lot about laminated/damascus steel, one of the main things I'm concentrating on right now. I only got about a week more here so I'll make the most of it. I'll start uploading pictures now, they'll be up sometime today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julian Posted August 9, 2007 Author Share Posted August 9, 2007 alright, I'm back home in Arizona now; Stan's computer didn't want to take the pictures from my camera, but I have them here. Here's pictures of doing powdered damascus as well as stacked layers, the SIU carbondale forge (they had a big press, several air hammers, a bunch of coal/gas forges, and lots of tools!), and a large smithy we visited with a 300lb Nazel air hammer (they were making a bronze gate). They're kinda mixed up, but mostly the pictures of welding and billets are before/after things. I'll have pictures of some finished products when they ship here. There's a couple big cans of powdered damsacus in the making there, they welded up nice Stan is the guy holding billets, I was doing the picture taking. I had a blast in Illinois, I learned a ton, made some fun stuff, met a bunch of people, and now have lots of ideas for college! Picture232.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image HostingPicture231.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image HostingPicture230.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image HostingPicture229.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image HostingPicture228.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image HostingPicture227.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image HostingPicture226.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image HostingPicture225.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image HostingPicture224.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image HostingPicture223.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image HostingPicture222.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image HostingPicture221.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image HostingPicture220.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image HostingPicture219.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image HostingPicture218.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image HostingPicture217.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image HostingPicture216.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image HostingPicture215.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image HostingPicture214.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image HostingPicture213.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_sandy_creek_forge Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Heavens to mergatroid (sp?) Julian. Wish I'd a know you were coming, you guys coulda headed up this way and helped me out....er...um... I mean, checked out my shop! Glad you made it to the SIU forge shop. One of these days I'd like to get downstate to check it out myself. Glad you had a good time in the Land of Lincoln and your welcome back anytime you wanna get away from that Arizona heat. -Aaron @ the SCF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trying-it Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 I tried my best to open doors within this region and let Julian have a good look inside of each. It was a real pleasure having Julian here! My family and I cannot wait until he returns here again some day. Many may think I just sit on my can all the time around here, but some of the pictures Julian posted above should disprove those misconceptions. My shop is located on Rt127 between Pinckneyville & Nashville, IL. Anyone wanting to visit here can easily reach me at this email addy: trying_it@hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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