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T R summer open weekend

Doug

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Just wondering what time the folks who are attending are planning on getting there :nooidea:

I'm hoping to be there around 11:00 :banana:


PS Billy, it's THIS coming Saturday :bwink:
 

Doug

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Just back from the open day & what a glorious day it was, it was great to meet up with Billy from the forum & a few members from my local woodturning club.

Nic Westermann was demonstrating his blacksmithing skills, it was really interesting to see a rectangular blank of steel being forged into an axe head.

After punching a hole through the blank Nic started by shaping the neck

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He then moved onto the heal keeping the hole open with a former whilst shaping it for the handle

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Finally shaping the blade.

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This photo shows the head standing on the anvil, shaping finished & also a blank the same size from which this head was forged.

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I also met & had a long chat with a very nice lady turner Lesley Churton from Sheffield who was demonstrating acrylic pen turning.

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A couple of her really excellent pens

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I managed to control my spending to just a couple of Cocobolo blanks, an Olive wood blank, a countersink, 2 Liberon wax sticks & a extendable magnetic thing-e-ma-bob
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chas_41_uk

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Having handled a Nic Westermann axe, I can honestly say they are a superb piece of kit and one is on my "want list" :thumbs:
Great photos Doug :thumbs:
 

GeordieB

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Gutted I couldn,t make it but had other things to sort out and with having to spend on new work tools I couldn,t have bought owt anyways :sob::sob:
 

billyb_imp

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Good to see you there Doug and nice weather, seemed a bit quieter in general than the other two events i've been to there, plenty of room to move about & no long queues at the till, maybe it's just got to expensive on the last point
 
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Just back from the open day & what a glorious day it was, it was great to meet up with Billy from the forum & a few members from my local woodturning club.

Nic Westermann was demonstrating his blacksmithing skills, it was really interesting to see a rectangular blank of steel being forged into an axe head.

After punching a hole through the blank Nic started by shaping the neck

FullSizeRender_zps190748b7.jpg



022CC62E-97CF-477C-AF09-936D8EA552A4_zpsd8522b92.jpg


He then moved onto the heal keeping the hole open with a former whilst shaping it for the handle

FullSizeRender_zps191e2536.jpg


Finally shaping the blade.

0D49FEBC-EA04-4EBB-B02C-BEDF69FB8CB2_zpsed22e7a5.jpg



FullSizeRender_zps43560e10.jpg


This photo shows the head standing on the anvil, shaping finished & also a blank the same size from which this head was forged.

FullSizeRender_zps56f2c076.jpg


I also met & had a long chat with a very nice lady turner Lesley Churton from Sheffield who was demonstrating acrylic pen turning.

5B952A3F-40E5-4D61-BA9F-FB86C7DB07B9_zps2c1c93d6.jpg


A couple of her really excellent pens

702F8780-18A3-4B7B-8184-61119CDCFCEF_zpsf3b93d12.jpg


I managed to control my spending to just a couple of Cocobolo blanks, an Olive wood blank, a countersink, 2 Liberon wax sticks & a extendable magnetic thing-e-ma-bob
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Lesley is a lovely lady. She is Secretary for Sheffield woodturners.

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Penpal

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Cheap blacksmith the sign says 12.00 perhaps that meant time, I had no idea axes were still made one on one as this one was. Thank you for the education its at least 60 yrs since I expected to get even a towbar made by the blacksmith here in Canberra.The lady was the cleanest worker of plastic I have ever seen and I agree her work was excellent thanks for the pics.

Peter.
 
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