NRBA

Spring Conference, 2008        May 16 - 18, at Bill Moore's Bar Mill Iron Forge, Big Timber, MT           

Demonstrator: Dave Tuthill 

Forge welding a bar of wrought iron inside a tube of mild steel under the big press

   Forging with a striker.

  This iron is hot.

    Triple Striking

  Member, Martin Hildreth

A table top forged from wrought iron encased in mild steel

  Member, Mike Combs

Dave Tuthill forging a table leg.

   Forging a tenon

   Fullering a table leg under the power hammer

Section of a table leg made of wrought iron encased in mild steel

   Drawing out a plate under the power hammer

  Shaping a bowl

Members, Frank Donahue & Glenn Gilmore

Finished bowl forged from a piece of copper bar, 1 1/2" in diameter, 5 inches long, first squished lengthwise in the big press.

   President, Ben Lund, conducting membership meeting

  Jim Bolinger as auctioneer

Bill Moore's Bar Mill Iron Forge

Portion of the interior of a well-equipped shop.

Northern Rockies Blacksmith Association.  

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