Spring Conference, 2012   Jim Bolinger's St. Mary's Forge, Stevensville, Montana

Erecting our hand forged sign.

Grant Luark stoking the fire (above) and forging a foot (below).

   Joel Machler filing the shoulders of a tenon square.

Frank Donohue monkeying the shoulders of a tenon.

Steve Fontanini adding detail to a foot...                                                                                                                                              ... and checking for straightness using an eyecrometer.

  Upsetting the end of a bar to form a foot.

Jim Bollinger butchering the end of a bar with a top tool under a power hammer to establish the transition to a tenon.

   Scott Roberts helping out a new member with the basics of drawing out a taper.

Jim Bollinger auctioning a valuable piece of leftover slag from the coal forge for big money.

  Active bidding.

I guess Steve Fontanini didn't have to buy it---Glenn Gilmore did.

  Annette Lavalette studying.

Past president, Bill Kelly, has rejoined our association.

Our two wonderful cooks, Janie Luark and Jean Melton.

Our group project, finished:

Top of legs, appearing to pass through tabletop, are actually removable cap-nuts.

Leg detail: Cross-stretchers retained by square-section wedges driven through square holes in their tenons, permit disassembling table base into two H-form leg units for easier transport.

Overlapping tabletop rim---repeating the detail of our club sign.

Gallery:

Fencing section by Scott Espelin

  Detail: Frank Annighofer's guardrail section.

A new blacksmith with his high school senior project.

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