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Old 03-16-2010, 09:13 AM
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Howdy from Texas,
Well, we had our 2nd metal shaping gathering this year and from all who attended it was a success. Jason Ferguson of Texas Bike Works was the perfect host. Our hats off to him for opening up his shop and tools for us to use.
The participants ranged from older professionals in the trades to complete newbies who had never held a metal shaping hammer before. We had 7 attending in January and we had 19 attending this time. It was a time of learning and fellowship and good pizza.
It was quite fulfilling watching the younger guys when they reached that "Aha!" moment when they realized what they could do with shaping metal. They seemed to just soak up all the information thrown at them. These guys are our future and we should be proud of them!
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Old 03-16-2010, 10:32 AM
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looks like great time for all!

if i didn't know better it looks like you had the radio on with a Michael Jackson song "JUST BEAT IT"
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Old 03-16-2010, 12:07 PM
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Hi Rick,
Maybe so, maybe so! There was a lot of excitement and energy in the group. You could actually feel it in the air. Not much BS going on just pounding metal and soaking up the information.
Here are a couple of more shots of the Gathering.

Gordon (Don) Bartlett giving an orientation and the basics of making a bowl and teardrop blisters.
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Tim Young of Irrational Metal Works giving an impromptu lesson on annealing aluminum.
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Making a teardrop blister from aluminum
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Another aluminum blister
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John Varnell using the e-wheel
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Nice large and clean work area
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Old 03-17-2010, 12:14 AM
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I got there late and missed orientation,did'nt matter, could only observe until I get stitches out. Great fun and learned a lot. All the young men took pity on me and tried different techniques I could observe and told me which ones they thought worked best for them. Also ordered a martin dolly Monday, I fell in lust with that one of the men brought. Saw hammers I never knew existed. FUN FUN FUN. can hardly wait for the next one.
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Looks like it was a great Meet thanks for the photos
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Man that guy looks like he has some pretty serious concentration going on



I had a blast an learned a lot
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Were you scared to hold it while you were beating on it???
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I'd love to come to the next event.
And I'm not scared to hold it while I beat it
I'm right handed so I'm forcing myself to hold with the right and beat with the left, don't want my right forearm too much bigger than my left ya know
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Now that You mention it, that question could be taken out of context very easily!!!
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