Frank Turley Posted January 12, 2014 Posted January 12, 2014 Today, a story about Frank Turley and the forge were published on www.chasingsantafe.blogspot.com Quote
SoCal Dave Posted January 12, 2014 Posted January 12, 2014 Very nice pictures but the article needed more about Frank and what students do while in his class. Quote
ironsmith Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 Hey Frank, Thanks for sharing! my favorite part was your quote The most important skill for blacksmithing, says Frank, is mindfulness. If you're not there it doesn't happen. The pictures were great too! Quote
bigfootnampa Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 Nice article! I like it... it gives a glimpse of the spirit of the shop! Quote
ThomasPowers Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 Having met Frank in person I must remark on *his* "old world patina"! Pretty nice article and lacking many of the common mistakes they tend to have---did you get a chance to review it before it was published? Quote
Frank Turley Posted January 13, 2014 Author Posted January 13, 2014 Thomas, Cynthia Whitney-Ward phoned me five minutes before she published. She said that I should tune in and proof it. I did so and phoned back with five corrections, which she could change. She was able to edit in a 10 minute period after publication. Quote
ThomasPowers Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 Wow, what luck! After seeing some of the whopper's that have "crept" into reporters' stories about me; I tend to expect them in other's reports as well---so if it seems like someone has said something completely bogus I try to assume that it's another reporter gaffe. I guess my favorite was quite some time ago now when a fellow in Finland was asking on a medieval recreation forum about arts & crafts projects kids could do at his "viking summer camp". Having a write up on making simple penannular brooches using large copper grounding wire that I used when I taught people to make them at Pennsic, I sent it to him. He wrote back, to say that it was a big hit, the kids were able to make items accurate to the period, useful, pretty and that a local paper had done an article on it! He provided the translation it mentioning how the kids had made these viking items using the instructions left by the "ancient smith Wilelm" (my SCA name) So I guess I have a bit of old world patina too... Quote
divermike Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 Frank, you are a very well respected individual, glad there wasn't anything negative in the blog, they would have faced some blowback!! Quote
Jacques Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 Nice article, and I really like that clock. Maybe another project? Quote
Frank Turley Posted January 13, 2014 Author Posted January 13, 2014 I got the clock for $1.00 at Goodwill. It is plastic. Quote
Frosty Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Nice article Frank. I like the clock too. Frosty The Lucky. Quote
Dogsoldat Posted January 14, 2014 Posted January 14, 2014 Hi Frank, was curious about the cross pein hammer. What do you use the divot in the side of the head for. Is it decoration or or setting rivet head or something else? Quote
Frank Turley Posted January 14, 2014 Author Posted January 14, 2014 Soldat: The long version? I saw an engraving in an 1894 catalog of a "Horseshoers' Turning Hammer, Chicago Pattern." Nowadays, we sometimes hear it called a Cat's Head. The engraving showed a circular shape on the side which looked to me like and indentation. I made my indentations with a counterpunch. They serve no function except as eyewash. Years later, I purchased such a hammer on line, a V&B brand*, and the circular side was a flat place remaining from careful grinding and finishing. I have also seen a Heller Brothers Chicago Pattern which had the flat, circular sides, but was a little heavier than the V&B. Both companies used a rather small eye and quite broad cheeks either side of the eye. When you pick up the hammer, it's heft is deceptive, heavier than one might think. Working from the engraving, my hammer is similar to the manufactured ones, except I wound up with a broader peen and a larger, rounding face. It came out to about 2 1/4 pounds. The old catalog, "Manning Maxwell & Moore," termed our modern day rounding hammer, the New York Pattern. *Vaughn & Bushnell Quote
Dogsoldat Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 Thank you for the info Frank appreciate it. Quote
RogueRugger Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 Nice article, I'll have to dig up a copy. Brought back some great memories. Quote
Dan C Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 Thank you for sharing Frank, I enjoyed the pictures and the read. Quote
Randy Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 Very nice article, Frank. I love that first piece and it is good to see you again! Quote
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