The

Established May

FEBRUARY 6, 1988

John Cross will be our host For the Northeast Region meeting. (See other paye for map). John will have a Bar-B-Que Chicken dinner available though his church group. Dinner will cost $2.50 per person. So come prepared or bring your lunch!. Bill Dietzel will be demonstrating a Damascasblade. Y 1 l l come!

FEBRUARY 13, 1988 Jerry & Tycee Grice will be hosting the Northwest Region meeting (See other page for map). A small lunch fee will be charged for the usual good food that Tycee always produces. Jerry has a project planned for everyone to participate in, so bring your working clothes and your favorite hammer! Also, a film showing the FABA Conference, 1987 will be showing!

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1987 FABA CONFERENCE FILM

Herman Leukhardt has sent me the FABA Conference film. It is VHS. If interested, contact me. We will arrange concerning getting a copy. We want to thank Herman for taking the time to film the conference. (Our camera was there, but never got set up!!).

LETTER FROM BARBERV ILLE PIONEER SETTLEMENT

The Board of Directors and staff of the Pioneer Settlement in Barberville want to extend a sincere thanks to the Florida Chapter of ABANA for its kind, supportive donation tcxllmrds the construction of a new, working 1900's blacksmith shop. Our non-profit organization is dedicated to the preservation of the activities of our spirited forefathers. In preserving we are also educating and arousing the curiosity of q y , many children as well as adults in the "lost arts". With the nice Northeast Blacksmiths that help out the Settlement by volunteering lots of t h e materials, we can realize our goal of preserving a bit of the smith's art through their demonstrations. ?he new "smithy". will give their mrk an atmstphere of authenticity while offering security for the nice collection of .tools ard materials that the Settlement owns, Again, we thank Florida ABANA for its generosity and invite all of its members to visit the Settlement any time.' Sincerely, Milyn Breeze (Director)

Chapter of ABANA

Northeast Area News

Didn't it rain? The peafowl were calling for help. The ducks and geese were having a good old time. The feeling of the rest of us was somewhat between those extremes. I saw some flywheelers operating their engines without water in thewater jacket. It wasn't that cold was it? There was some excellent tool displays with some buying and selling taking place. Tool collectors flywheelers and early workers we enjoyed the joint meeting. Let's do it again. The blacksmith shop was a popular place. It was dry and some heat was coming from the forges with work continuing on the barn door hinges. During the business meeting there was a liveley discussion of business matters . Five hundred dollars from the general fund was approved for the Barberville blacksmith shop.Thanks. Let's see something happen now. I hope something comes of Alex Kluhms's idea of some portable work stations that can be taken to demon- strations sites so that those interested can have a chance at a hammer and some hot iron.

Bill Dietzel will demonstrate making a billet and shaping a knife blade at John Cross's shop. John will feed you for a couple of bucks or you had better bring you a lunch. (Note: All I have is John Cross's phone number 904-266-9092 RT.l Box 351, Bryceville, F1. 32009 ) Sorry no map!

Reported by : Thurmond Chaff'in

(typed by Jerry Grice) 1 have to stop now the typewritter is smoking got t o get some water. Be nice now

Northeast Meetings

February 6 : Bryceville ( John Cross host )

March 5 : Orange Park (alva Hebert host )

April 2 : Barberville (J.C. Hawkins Demomstrator )

SHORT NOTES:

We went to the Barberville joint meeting. We thought he were getting away from the cold, but instead found cold and rain! Had a fair turnout, even for bad weather. I got to see the tool collection that Lester has loaned to the Settlement. He really has a nice collection.

Tycee and I went up to the Birmingham ABANA Conference Committee meeting. Clyde, Skeeter and Ben also attended. It looks like everything is rolling right along. Everyhing is falling in place. This snould be a good conference for everyone to attnd. It'll be close enough that everyone should be able to drive. There will be some of the best blacksmith demonstrators in the world participating. Don't miss it!

I have had some good complements on the newsletter. Thank you very much. Tnis is your newsletter, so help me out with some input. Please complete the questionaire out and return to me as soon as possible (DO IT NOW!!!). I have some of the same people sending articles for the Clinker Breaker all the time *(don't stop, I appreciate it), but when the same team of horses pull the wagon all the time, they get tired and then the wagon slows down. So lets rzplace a horse every once in a while and give one a rest!!

We've got a new year started, so let's really buckle down and get some blacksmithing going. I would like to see the Buck in Bucket come back into play for FABA. I wuld like to see everyone that comes to a metting bring something they havemade or a tool for the "Bucket". If we have twenty items let all of them be given out! This way more fires will get lit and more hammers will hammer. How about it?

Has everyone gbot all the equipment they need? Has everyone sold everything they want to sell? Come on people, sgeak up! Let me know something!!

Something else I think (I sure am thinking a lot today, I'd better watch out). I think we need to yet people at the anvils when we have our monthly meetings. Whoever is host can nave two or three items set up in advance to make. Something that can be made and finished in a 2 hour span. Then these items can be set aside for our big auction or something. You are the people involved, tell your board members something, but lets do something in the fire. It never gets done just watching. If you have problems doing something at the meetings, then there arz plenty of good helpers to work toward solving your problem. At home, if you light a fire and have a problem, you get disgusted and quit. And that's not what wve want.

I'm starting to wonder, so I'll stop for now. I've got Tonya and Tycee on the typewriters today, so I'll close short notes today. I like to have burnt the typewriter up yesterday pecking at it! See you next time,

Jerry *X**

(Tycee's mother had open heart surgery this past week, so she has been busy! Hope we have everybody's name and addresses right for this newsletter. If someone says they haven't gotten it, call or have them write. The updated Blacksmith Address Book is being worked on)

John Cross ~ t . I , BOX 351 Bryceville, F1. 32009

February 6, 1988

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6 ) Sprebd t h e spill hi11i.e. itrid tkisl I I I op;)oslte drrec- ticins IBt. careful t o h c t p t h e number and tightness of t h e t w ~ c l ~ equhl on both lrLllic.s )

71 hi[!! [lie- V I L ~ , o r ~ u u d e r ~ 1i101It.i re re full) stra~gtiic-11 eo:h Iwlslcd sectlon

8) He, , : t::,!Ir I i ~ l v e s equ;~li! 2 n d ~J I . : I !< t he two ends bock togel t ! ~ r . l c , ~ ~ I a litllc. c. bet n w n the lwlsled por- tlonf;

9 j Cut o r sp11l t h e o the r erid wilt^ a notch about l I14 Inch deep and w ~ d e enough to f ~ l t he thickness of your bltqde blank Round u p Ihc .quart edges of t h e heavy. unspli! Ie1~g!11

10) T;Ae a hedt f r o r ~ ~ t h e tw~s lvd end up ?,./3 Ille length arid q u ~ c k l y clarnp l h e o the r 1/3 In t he vlre U'lth t he torrgs, pull l he ends of the l w s t e d halves over and down lo a pwnt just behlnd t h e notch In t he sarnr heat , use a wooden h;lrnmer t o hnoc.h most of t h e ~ r lenglh d o ~ n c l o e io t t i l , c lamped sectlor!

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16: He,:! tht. bl;ldt h r ~ d st;lml] I I I a t t ) ~ ~ ~ l t ) i l r l i l groo\.c on eoch srcic 31th 111e end of a 1.2 1nc.1~ rouri3 rod held st a very 1c;n brigle

11) Hedt t he full cul11n.g Ienglh ol t he blade just hot enough t c demagnet ize ~t a r ~ d qurrhly quench s t r a ~ g h t donn In n,ltt+r

18) Draw t h e terrrper s o tha t t h e c u t t ~ n g e d s e a n d w

yornt a r e dork yellow and the bark and but t of t h e blade a r e dark blue t o black ( I cheat on these small blbdt.5 and use a Irttle b e r ~ z - o - r ~ i ~ ~ t ~ t propane torch )

19) Beln: chrefull not l o overheat i t , f~ r i e n r ~ n d and hone t h e cut t ing e d p

20) Nil-e brush i t , 5t;lrnp on your ~ii;lrIi and viipe on an oll f1111:h

,.., -11; ';cF:;I l:~:ccl~t!.y ::r)q1!c~!.tjcrl. 11y Y11cl I',~n,rr t o pvic1.e coly 011 t h i s subject , 1 'l-illl.

7 've ~:nca~1iltcrccl i n th:is rezarrl over t h e last ten yecars, it Trns dec-i-derl t h a t a l i t t l e

. . cnr.rx, ;:c;n 'In o ~ ~ ; c x . rl'cx.Jc~Ln?.y i ts 21:tqs ezs i e r t o benef i t :r-mn zoaeone e l s e ' s

c:rxrj.ci~ce (zli l i s t t ' - e s ) , .hen I :rc?s l e a m i n z horr t o c?o -this the re rrere feir y o y l e

to O,E'I q~l.~~;.tioils o:? 2116. 110 :?~~l~licc?. t ions on bladesnithing.

m !. o b c ~ i i i 1:-ith, ~~1.1- rljr i1lz.6.~:: axe forged t o sha;?e in a coal fFre . Although I : . r i l l

,~1_:-1?t thezc: :?ze ?r.:;i.e?- ::?.?yz -'LO ,??~':e a blc71:11e, these nethocls lend cei-tain q ~ ~ a l i t i e s

ilot ~*voil,?,;,!.q :ri.-th o-Lhcx 2-teels ~lnd other methocls.

.;o<.c)~ Ilj.-;h c;;'1>01i -(i~01 :;teels such as 01, 10S)5, !12, mcl 360 are a l l r e l a t i ve ly

r,i.-!.:!-c: i i ~ ~o~??::i-l?.oil, 7116 col~e~i:?onciinGly easy t o heat t r e ~ t . I;y favor i t e s t e e l is

31-61?, fir,vfr_: i v r l c::ce!.l_en.'i i-er.;t?_-tr, v i th .this s t e e l iio:.r f o r over 5 yeass, I r a r e ly

a:,c ~11fllll.~1; o!-cc. 2:n nCS.i'i!.m, Wle rice is r i c h t , because 3 6 0 hayyens t o be what

. - :^:eno~r,?. . .otor:; -x:cn j.n >11- tl2ci.r ?,~lto?.o?~i!-e sic? talc!; spzinzs, both c o i l and leaf

-~y:c:. 'T;I;.Z :?rovj.c: cn :?or C? OO~,ECC of reaiii1y avai lable , j.nr3. .;ensive (if not f r ee )

:>?.c.i.~! ::-kc?-. [::,:,:I~OII ~ ~ ~ l ; ~ i l t ii;; .a aid- the 3 seiq.es c?eno.L. n ~ ' D O L I ~ 1 ge-rcent chromium.

r , l ~ , ; .A&_.,.. - -.'inol. ;~,?.T:o ::e?-c7.s C:~.C;.!.Y, .'i'_~crefoi.e, I a l so uce it i~i :y ;?attern ~rcldecl ~cznascus

;3?..,,(7.c: . I ::lloi?:'.~;. ..!.::[I --,n-i.i~-t. xri; @I?T.?L i-t i.5 not neccesn~zy -to fo::;.c hl.r,de t o use t he

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_l_ - ,?.r;.!cc, 1 r:-'iocy-. ~.-r.:>~vo!? Ili;ll c ~ z 3 o n s-teels ~ a c ? lle,n=t treate:' t he b l a3 . e~ Ln a ?:ood-

'31221;.11;; rtove t h a t :te h,-,ve i n oxr ?5--tchen. T21i.s stove is ~ c r l e r a l l y uaec? f o r heat i n

.L!lr: I:!LY)~c?:, (yes, it docs c e t colc? i n ~ l o r i d a ) but it dicl J.1-st f i n e f o r hea t t r e a t i n g

:~~~,:!_r.z. !J.1 you ne06. is 2, !...!--kt!.r; air 51~,st f ron your rrife'r; i3lor.r c?mjer. I shodcl add

i;h~;'i ::?vcr, rnzc!. '~ P~I joy r;ccliizz h1131)ies enploy Ynis nethocl., ccpecial ly jn t he sunmer-

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. . (.:nri.ee, c?:~:? ZI:LVCT;, 2~1':. -the li 'rc) a l l g e t heal edses nof ter b a c b . ,'JmJ.ler

30th methods follow.

After for,bing t o s ize and shape, mugh grinding, and stamping with my touch mar!^,

the blade is returned t o the f i r e . The blade is heated t o a du l l red, at which time

it goes non-magnetic. I n simple high carbon s t e e l s t h i s happens a t 1335 F. This can

be very easi ly checked with a small magnet on the end of a rod of come kind. The

t n e mechanics use t o pick up'small parts works well. Upon reaching t h i s temperature,

the blade is removed from the f i r e and held-with tongs, i n still a i r , u n t i l a l l heat

color is gone (belotr 1000 F.). This yrocedure is done three times f o r every blade,

2nd is called noml-ieing. This treatment refines the g a i n s t ruc t~we of the s t e e l

(i?~!,:es it z m l l e r ) and relieves s t resses due t o forging and stamping your touch-?c.

The increased uniformity of grain structure w i l l five a great increase in t ens i l e

strength, which is important i n th in items such as Imives. I n addition, a f t e r using

t h i s zrocedure, it w i l l be found tha t a blade w i l l seldom ever w a r p o r kink, when

quenched.

Upon the comyletion of the m o ~ ~ i z i n g process, the blade is ready f o r hardening.

.Is nost high cm'ooi s t ee l s are sui table f o r quenching at -:cound 1 4 9 F., it takes a

l i t t l e practice t o ze t the blacle heated t o the correct te:-1-;cmture. By running edge

ciorm, back cmd for th i n the f i r e , 1arc;e blades are nov broi~sht t o 1&9 F. - 1 9 0 7.

on the e d . ~ e mcl ti? only. This ta!res some -oractice, but is not rea l ly that - . . A

~ e n t l c a i r b las t is host, rrhen the rrhole ecl~e and t i p are a uniform color (cherry

red) , quench quic'dy i n l i z h t o i l . iIy favori te i s t r m s n i s ~ i o n f lu id , as it has a

hizh Ylcsh 7oint. It i c i n ~ o r t a t not t o l e t the blade go ?cad cold in the o i l . As

long 2,s the blade remains above 300 F. , it can be strai&tf:nod i f :raryed. I n such an

event, imedia te ly a f t e r removing f r o m the o i l and strilcb.; the e Q e ~ r i t h a f ine f i l e

t o enswe hzxdness, lay the blade : ; w e d s ide uy on the mvil znd straighten with a

lig11t tr'*?. Xenenber, t h i s is a hot blade and a l i g h t tap sees a long way.

This heat t rea t ing method frequently gives a very dis t inct ive hardness l i n e along

the e d ~ e of larze blades, Taintly reminiscent of the so called "temper line" (actually

a misnoner) on Japanese cutlery of ancient ori,rrins. Because the p l i s h i n g methods are

c:.i:r.fc?.-nn-l, -Lhe cl.ermxcc?.tion l i n e I)c?t?reen 1 1 2 ~ ~ 1 . ancl s o f t e r gra in s t r uc tu r e is not near ly

i?mn here i ts off t o t he d.r~,r.rin~ oven a t 11.50 l?. f o r one hour. After one hour I

.tl??:71 .1;11~: oven nml. I.et the b3.ntlc cool. r,l.orrly. IIorrcver, j.11 Lhe l i k e l y cvent t h a t

no (l-r:xri-~l:'; O V C ~ .is nva?.I.l?;[~l~e, a.11 P,!.~~;c?MI;I,I;~v I;IC.I;~OCI is i n common use mong knoule@e-

able blachsmiths. This is Jmown as t he 110-t o i l method. A l a rge container of quenching

o i l (sucli 35 transmission f l u i d , because of its high f l a s h po in t ) , is brought t o 400- F'

49 F. with the a i d of a propane appliance, such as a f i s h cooker. The temperature is

controll-ed qu i te s a t i s f a c t o r i l y by t h e use of a bluing thermometer of t he t y p e ' p -

smiths use t o control bluing tank temperatures. These handy devices can be suspended

i n t he oi.1 and read temperature r~anges from 200 t o 1000 I?. They +re avai lable from

T_lros!nell's Inc . , of I,lontezuma, Io~ra . Immediately a f t e r quench in,^ a blade, place it I#

i n the pro-heated o i l bath kor an hour and then l e t it cool slowly. This method has

,mo.thcr ,;reat aclvantqe, i n t h a t t he s~xrface of t he blade is impregnated with hot o i l

?.n(l 2. sJ . i . r : l l t , increase 3.11 c o r n s i o n rer,:i.zt,mce 1s obtained. This is def ini , t ly import;ani;

srith hl,yli carbon s t e e l s .

The sxnc: hardening procedure is bas ica l ly used f o r smaller blades too, with the

exccpti.on tl.1a-L t h e b1acl.e~ a r e heated. uniformly , a l l over, t o 1 4 9 I?. - 1 9 0 F . , then

quenchecl ;In11 cl.r.a~,m. h r t e r removal from the drawing oven, o r the o i l bath , a s o f t back

Is nchievnc? i n t he following manner.

( ! ! .em the bl-nr3e of heat sca le by ~ ; r i nd in~y down t o shiny s t e e l . Then heat t he back

of Lhn hLa,cl.e with a propane torch t o a royal blue co lor (600 F.), being ca re fu l not

t o n u 1 the color dorm t o t he e e e . This ? r i l l draw the hardness of t he edge and ruin

your he2.t treatment e f f o r t s . This dra~rin,rr procedure should be done at l e a s t twice,

~ r h i l e renovin,y t he col-oration from the s t e e l ea,ch time. The blade is now ready t o be

f inishsrl and polished. :lvoid hea t i n s the blade ,beyond IMO F. (straw brown) during

these 12.s-L; ste?:s.

Usin.; these pethocls, small blat7es c m be heat t r e a t ed with edges of 58-57 RC and

l)n.cT;r, 3f about 52-91 JIC. The method usecl :tor l a r g e r blades y i e ld s edges of the same

harclnezs 1 ~ 1 t h bxclrs considerably sof-ter (1G-50 RC). These blades prove t o be q ~ ~ i t e

r ; e ~ . ~ j q r ) n J h . ~ i.m(?c~ a vr?.(le mnge o : ~ conrli-t,i.ons. O r so my mmy sx t io f i ed dustgmem

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And contrary t o rrhat I ' ve recent ly seen in p r i n t by some stock removal. a r t i s t s ,

these bl.;rle-, cvlcl 3;tnancus hl.ad.es he2.t t r e a t e d by these nethocls, cio not ju s t 3cnd

rahen one is forced t o pr?~ ~ r i t h then. So it ~rould seem t o t h e ~minit ia-bed. One C ~ I

?>ry, i l o need be, with these b?-ac-ies, 2nd not have a !mire t h a t 100Iia l i k e i t ' s f o r

cuttin,- x r o ~ u l d comers . rJ;>xi ?-\er;sins xy Journeytm 'ol~~~-!.esmi.th t e s t i n the zho? of

- T . . " i,i,,,tcr s r l h t ; ~ :'.I-?mil ?nnic,-,;r, I for;;ecl a blade t h a t ~ r a s 7" :c 1 1/2" :: l/8" .tl~ic!:.

Prc-tty t h i n f o r nost 7 e o ~ l e s nee8.s. 3 u t i n the bend512 t e s t required by the ,';?ericzm

3lnriesmith :lociety, I lras not nb1.e t o Send t h i s blade, s e t i n a v i se , by hand (=and

3: 6, 61) :< 260 l'os .) . So, :re used a 36" sec t ion of 2" y i ~ e f o r levewe. The blade

bent 30 twice and both t i n e s s p a n g back t o a'oout 1!0 with no v i s i b l e d a r ~ ~ e t o the

edze o r bzc':. This rrns U t e r the I." rope cuttin; t e s t and whi t t l ing (not chopping)

through t;ro 2 :< :!," 2ine b o d s , mcl sti l l shaving. This blade could have e a s i l y been

straishtened c ~ l d used f o r &my years. I call. t h i s excel lent r e s u l t s .

The 2rocedures I have described, do, I arbnit, seem t o be crude and unsc ient i f ic .

Iil f z c t I heax this all t h e .tine :?ran o ther ImifenaIcers. ' u t t h e r e s u l t s speak f o r

thexselves aid. once t h e smith f m i l i ~ i c e s himself with -;;llr: a!?>ro>riate incandescent

color r,mses, very uniform r e s u l t s can be obtained. ilftc?: a l l , t h e p e a t c u t l e r s of

the ~?orlcl l lave nade blades, of incredible qua l i ty , using these methods f o r the l a s t

1~00 yczi-s.

By: Charles F. Ochs I11

Charles we ~vant to thank you for telling us some of your secerts. That is one thing that helps everyone is the sharing of ones knowledge with others.

BOB MARTINEZ Governor

State of F lo r ida J I M SMITH Sccrctar) nt Statc

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES l,,,,,,,TTE,w,,R,. Attortlcy C,cncrdl

(;ERALI> LEWIS M.~rlory S ~ ~ I I ~ I I I . I ~ IIougl.t\ 1 lu1ld111~ Statc Co~liptri)llcr

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Dear M r . G r i c e ,

F o r t Cooper S t a t e Pa rk h o s t s F o r t Cooper Day i n A n r i l e v e r y y e a r . T h i s i s t h e commemoration o f t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n and o c c u n a t i o n o f F o r t Coo!>er, a Second Seminole War f o r t .

@ As p a r t o f o u r p l anned a c t i v i t i e s f o r 1958 , w e would l i k e t o have a n e x h i b i t i o n o f b l a c k s m i t h i n q and hope t h a t one o f y o u r members would b e i n t e r e s t e d i n p a r t i c i p a t i n q . W e have a s p e c i a l a r e a s e t a s i d e f o r v o l u n t e e r s who w i l l d i s p l a y t h e a r t o f cnadlemakinm, and an e x h i b i t of t o o l s t h a t would b e a p p r o p r i a t e t o t h i s era. I l o p e f u l l y w e w i l l h e a b l e t o i n c l u d e a b l a c k s m i t h t h i s y e a r .

P l e a s e c o n s i d e r t h i s a l e t t e r o f i n v i t a t i o n and l e t u s know w h e t h e r o r n o t one o f vour members would b e i n t e r e s t e d i n n a r t i c i n a t i n q i n F o r t Cooner Day on S a t u r d a y , A p r i l 9, 1385.

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UPCOMING STATEWIDE MEETING FOR APRIL 9,1988

On the second Saturday,April 9,F.A.B.A. will hold it's quarterly statewide meeting at the Junior Museum in Tallahassee,Florida. Our host will be Mr. Jim Lollis who works for the Junior Museum. Jim Lollis recently joined our Florida Artist Blacksmiths Association; after having attended our State C0nference.A map will be appearing in the Clinker Breaker to show you how to get to this unique place.

We have a rather outstanding program for you for the April meeting. We are very fortunate to have a lecture and slide show exhibit by our guest speaker, Mr. James 8 . Levy. Mr Levy is an F.S.U. graduate in the fields of Anthropology and Geology. He works for the Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources as a Historic Conservator. And guess what? he to joined our Association - how lucky we are to have such talent in our membership.

Mr. Levy is going to give a lecture, slide show, and display on Early Spanish Iron work In Florida. He states that for the past fourteet years he has been working on artifacts from Spanish shipwrecks and during that period of time he has cleaned and preserved a lot of wrought iron artifacts! Mr. Levey will be bringing a goodly number of these artifacts for our special viewing - the real things!

We will also have a couple of forge stations set up with blacksmithing demonstrators doing there thing. Please feel free to bring your portable forge,tools, and iron, and join in the fun too. If you have a special project or forging problem which you would like to demonstrate or need some help on, please come and present it too. I know that a few of our members wish to build portable forges so perhaps we could make up the hardware trappings for a portable forge? Or repair a vice? Sobring your plans and meterials and we will help you out.

Please bring the children; Along with Mr. Levy's presentation there is all ~ i n d s of animals to see, and just a good time to be had by all.So don't rnish this one.

TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE Jim Smith

Secretary of State DIVISION OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES

R.A. Gray Building Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0250

(%4) 488-1480

October 22 , 1987

M r . Clyde Payton Route 3 , Box 124-D l 'ayton Road Mont i ce l lo , FL 32344

Dear M r . Payton:

Here a r e some f a c t s a b o u t my background and t r a i n i n g .

AA deg ree from T a l l a h a s s e e Community Co l l ege i n 1969.

BA deg ree i n Anthropology from F.S.U. i n 1973, w i t h a minor i n Geo 1 ogy .

Three summers i n t h e f i e l d do ing archaeoloqy from 1970-72.

Two y e a r s a s an OPS l a b o r a t o r y a s s i s t a n t i n t h e Research and Conserva t ion Labora to ry from 1971-72.

I n 1973 I was h i r e d a s a Labora tory Techn ic i an I1 by t h e Research and Conserva t ion Labora tory . I w a s l a t e r prolaoted t o A s s i s t a n t H i s t o r i c Conserva tor and t h e n t o H i s t o r i c Conserva tor . To d a t e I have 14+ y e a r s expe r i ence working on a r t i f a c t s from Spanish Shipwrecks and i n t h a t p e r i o ? o f t i m e have c l e a n e d and p r e s e r v e d a l o t o f wrought i r o n a r t i f a c t s .

/

,'James B. Levy ,/'

H i s t o r i c Conserva tor

Archaeological Research Florida Folklife Programs Historic Preservation Museum of Florida History (904) 487-2299 (904) 397-2192 (904) 487-2333 , (904) 488-1484

BOOK REVIEW

by Clyde Payton

Well, actually this is a review of three books. All three are about woodworking and woodworking tools. Yes, yes, I know. Your first question is. . . "Why do a review on a book on woodworking in a blacksmith's newsletter?" Well, I've got three good reasons:

1. The art craft of ironsmithing and woodworking are very compatable and they compliment each other better than any other two craft media that I know of--these two materials go hand-in-hand with each other and depend on each other.

2 . These three books are about traditional woodworking using the "old fashion" hand tools of the trade. And, here's where the blacksmith comes in. There are excellent pictures and illustrations of these woodworking tools in all three books. From these pictures and descriptions the blacksmith can learn about reproducing these tools at the forge. These books can help you with making a wide variety of genuine articles like a Froe, an adz, a hatchet, hammers of all types, log carriers, and cant hooks, or a jackhook, spike dogs, holdfasts, and draw knives of all sorts, shave blades and scorps, wood chisels and gouges, brace and bit drill, tine cutters, sizing plates, scribing knives, even saws, and lots more. These books are full of ideas regarding tools which the blacksmith can make either for his/her own use or to sell to woodworkers and carpenters.

3. Lastly, the first volume offers a whole chapter on blacksmithing per se. Naturally the author is making various woodworking tools in the illustrations in this chapter.

So you see, there are good reasons for woodworking books being on your shelf tool And now, here are the books:

The Woodwr&ht's Shop by Roy Underhill Chapel Hill Publishers, 202 pp $12.95

e Woodwr~aht's Co-ion by Roy Underhill Chapel Hill Publishers, 1 9 1 pp $12.95

The Woodwright's Work Book by Roy Undershill Chapel Hill Publishers, 248 pp $12.95

Yes, this is the same Roy Underhill who does "The Woodwright's Shop" on PBS Television. This Public Television series started in 1979 and is still going strong on most Public Television Networks. Check your local weekly TV Guide for the showing in your area if you would like to see the show--it probably airs on Saturdays in your area.

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The first volume covers the basics--tools and equipment of the trade, wood selection, and how to make a shaving horse, garden rakes, chairs, pitch forks, bowls, and log buildings. This is also the volume that covers blacksmithing for making woodworking and carpenter tools.

The second volume--a little more advanced--deals with where and how to find old tools and supplies, species of trees and their uses, how to make real pine tar, making tool handles, the various saws, finding natural whetstones in the wild, and how to make turkey calls and whimsy diddles.

The third volume--still a little more advanced and bigger too--covers a historical development of carpenters tools, wooden threads, making taps and dies to cut wood threads, lathe work on foot-powered lathes, the tool chest, weaving chair bottoms, making a row boat, making a barn, and building an old fashioned forge at historical Colonial Williamsburg. 7

In all three volumes Underhill pays good attention to explaining how to most effectively use these old tools of the trade. This is most fortunate because how many of us would even know what a hurdle maker's "twibil" is, much less how it is supposed to be used, for example. All three books are well written, easily comprehended, and contain many, many excellent photographs and illustrations. Also, Underhill has a very clever writing style, a good sense of humor, and quotes many interesting "shorts" (most of them centuries old) having to do with the trade. So, be prepared for much amusement as well as a wealth of learning.

William Clyde Payton Rt. 3, Box 124-D, Payton Road Monticello, FL 32344

(904) 997-3627 (h)

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b e u s e d t o f o r m i n t e r e s t i n g b o w l s , t r a y s , p i n s , e t c . , wt111-h e v e n t h e b e g i n n e r - c a n make e a s i l y . T h e m a t e r i a l c o s t s ver-y l i t i t l e ar-~d ~ C J C ~ o f t h e work c a n b e d o n e a t home a s ver-y f e w t o o l s a r e n e e d e d . T h e n , t o o , h a n d m a d e a r t i c l e s show t h e c h a r a c t e r - a11d 5 p i r i t o f t h e workman. H e r e is c h a n c e t o s h o w y o u r a r t i . c , t i c wor kmansh i p . I t i s t h i s t h a t g i v e s t h e work d o n e by h a n d d r e a l v a l u e , e s p e c i a l l y t o t h e o w n e r . T h e s e a r t i r l e s m a k e e x c ~ l l c n t C h r i s t m a s p r e s e n t s . I n d e e d , some b o y s e a r n money b e mal:ing a n d s e l l i n g t hem a t a p r o f i t .

WHO D O E S HAMMERED WORK Hammered work i s d o n e b y t h e " b l a c k s m i t h , c o p p e r - s r n l t h ,

g o l d s m i t h , j e w e l e r , o r n a m e n t a l i r o n w o r k e r , p e w t e r e r , s h e e t m e t a l w o r k e r , a n d s i l v e r s m i t h " . The " a u t o m e c h a n i c " bumps k i n k s o u t o f a u t o m o b i l e b o d i e s a n d f e n d e r s .

WHAT I S HAMMERII\IG OR PEENII\Iti tiammerir-19 o r p e e n i n g m e a n s t o hammer a p i e c e o f m e t a l w l t t l

t h e s m a l l e n d o f t h e hammer w h i c h is t h e p e e n . 7'1.iis maI:es Inany s m a l l m a r k s o r d e n t s i n t h e m e t a l , g i v e s a I - i c h . a r t i s t i c f i n i s h , a n d a d d s b e a u t y t o t h e o b j e c t . Many b e a u t i f u l , u s e f u l , a n d v a l u a b l e o b , ~ e c t s c a n b e made b y hammer ing f l a t p i e c e s o f s o f t s h e e t m e t a l .

Hammering s t r e t c h e s a n d b u l g e s t h e m e t a l . I t is t h i s b1.11giing w h i c h m a k e s a bowl o r d i s h . S o m e t i m e s t h e s u r f a c e o f a n o b J e c t is hammered o n l y t o g i v e i t a d e c o r a t i v e o r o l d a p p e a r a n c e ; t h i s is c a l l e d a hammered f i n i s h . I f t h e hammer-ed f i n i s h is d e s l r e d u n a f l a t p i e c e o f m e t a l , a s o n a bookencj . t h e b u l g e s may b e r emoved b y p l a c i n g t h e m e t a l u p o n a l a r g e , f l a t . s u r f a c e a n d t h e n l a y i n g a wooden b l o c k o n t h e metal a n d s t r i k i r ~ g h e a v i l y w i t h a hammer o n t h e wooden b l o c k .

HAMMERED FINISH

O r n a m e n t a l i r o n w o r k i s o f t e n g i v e n a hammered f i n l s h . T h e peenir ly) o n o r n a m e n t a l i r o n w o r k m u s t b e d o n e b e f o r e t h e p1ec:es a r - e b e n t i n t o shap t? . P u r ~ c h e s w i t h d i f f e r e n t p o i n t s or. r-our~decl c r . ~ d s (nay b e u s e d t o make v a r i o u s o t h e r m a r k s .

t-lammer- m , i r - k s a r - e s o m e t i m p s w a n t e d or) b o t h s i d e s o.f t ; h e m e t a l . T o dn t h i s , two hammers m a y b e u s e d . Fa t ; ten o n e hammer w i t h t h e p e e n up i n a v i s e , h o l d t h e trtetal o n t h e p e e n , a n d s t r i k e i t ~ i t h t h e p e e n o f t h e s e c o n d hammer.

A f t e r t-iammer-j n g , wr-ought i r o n , o r s t e e l may b e p a i n t e d b l a c k o r g i v e n a smoke f i n i s h . T h e h i g h s p o t s may b e p o l i s h e d o f f wit11 a b r a s i v e c l o t h . T h i s l e a v e s t h e d e n t s b l a c k a n d t h e h i g h p i a r e s p o l i s h e d . G i v e t h e e n t i r e work two c o a t s of wax o r two c o a t s o f c l e a r l a c q u e r .

BALL P E E N STRAIGHT OR CROSS PEEN

KINDS OF HAMMER MARKS T h e r e a r e m'iny k i n d s o f hammers t h a t a r t ? u s c d for- t \ c ~ ~ n ~ n e ~

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t h e ' , t t ~ p e o f ttte peel) o n t h e hammer. The r uuritl m,11 C c, P rn,itlt~ w l t h a b d l l - p e e n hammer w h l c h h a s a b a l l - s h a p e d p e e n . T I i e l o n g . n a r r o w m a r k s a re made w i t h a c r o s s - o e e n hammer o r w l t h a straight-peen hammer. O t h e r m a r k s may b e made w i t h different p e e n s o r b l u n t p u n c h e s o r c h i s e l s .

RAISING R a i s i n q 1s t h e f o r m i n g o f a f l a t s h e e t o f m e t a l i n t o a

cu r -ved o r h o l l o w e d s h a p e , s u c h a s a s a u c e r , b o w l , t r a y , o r s p o o n . Many b e a u t i f u l a n d u s e f u l t h i n q s c a n b e made o f s o f t m e t a l s s u c h a s c o p p e r , b r a s s , a l u m i n u m , p e w t e r , monel m e t a l . o r s i l v e r - . T h i s i s d o n e by hammer j r iq , t h u s t h i n n i n g o u t o r s t r e t c h i n g t h e m e t a l .

P i c k o u t a p i e c e o f m e t a l w i t h o u t s c r a t c h e s b e c a u s e t h e y a r e h a r d t o r e m o v e . T h e a r e a o f t h e f l a t m e t a l s h o u l d e q u a l t h e a r e a o f t h e f i n i s h e d o b j e c t . S m a l l p i e c e s o f m e t a l , such a s s c r . a p a n d w a s t e p i e c e s t h a t a r e c u t o r t r i m m e d o f f f r o m a r . t i c l e s s h o u l d b e s a v e d u n t i l t h e r - e a r e s e v e r a l p o u n d s a n d t h e n t h e y c a n b e s o l d .

I f t h e o b j e c t i s t o b e c i r c u l a r - , i t i s w e l l t o l a y o u t c i 7 - c l c s a b o u t 1 / 4 " a p a r t ; t h e y m u s t b e dr-awn l i c l h t . l y , n o t 5 r r a t c t - l e d . A f a i r l y h a r d p e n c i l may b e u 5 e d f o r d l -awlnq t i 1 l o t h e r l i n e s .

A r a i s r n q b l o c k , a h o l l o w e d b l o c k o f h a r d w o o d o r m e t a l , may 7 b e u , - , ~ d ; i t s h o u l d h e h e l d i n a v i s e . T h e e n d o f t h e woocler~ blclck may he h o l l o w e d o u t w i t h a c h i s e l 01- I-lammered w i t h t h e p e r r i o f the b a l l - p e e n hammer.

Ho id t h e m e t a l o v e r t h e r a i s i n g blo(:k a n d hammer- w i t h a I - a i s l n q hammer o r t h e p e e r ) o f a b a l l - p e e n hacn~ncr-. B c q i r i b y hammer ing l i g h t l y a n d e v e n l y o n t h e o u t s i d e c i r c l e . L i f t t h e hammer- o:.il y a b o u t 2" . T h e m a r k s s h o u l d o v e r l a p or ie c ~ n o t . h e r - . S t r i k l n g h a r d e r i n some p l a c e s t h a n i n o t h e r s w i l l make t h e o b j e c t l o p s i d e d . E v e n l y s p a c e d hammer m a r k s a d d b e a u t y o f t h e o b j e c t . I f w r i n k l e s for-m a t t h e e d g e , hammer them o u t c a r e f u l l y a t o n c e . Af te r - t h e f i r s t c i r c l e h a s b e e n hammered , c o n t j n u e by hammer ing t h e s e c o n d c i r c l e , t h e n t h e t h i r d , a n d s o o n u n t i l t h e o b j e c t i s t h e d e s i r e d s h a p e .

H a m m e r - i n g m a k e s c o p p e r drtd b r a s s h a r d , st l f f , a n d s t r ~ b b o r - n s o t h a t i t i s h a r d o f w o r k ; i t w i l l e v e n c r a c k . I t m u s t b e s o f t e n e d o r a n n e a l e d . Aluminum h a r d e n s a l i t t l e ; p e w t e r d o e s n o t h a r d e n .

ANNEALING COPPER OR BRASS C o p p e r arid b r a s s become h a r d a n d st i f - f f r o m hammer l n q ,

s t r e t c h i n g , p r e s s i n g , a n d b e n d i n g . They may b e a n n e a l e d t o m a k e them s o f t a g a i n . T h i s is d o n e b y h e a t i n g t h e m e t a l u n t i l r . a inbow c : o l . o r s b e g i n t o show a n d t h e n c o o l i n g i t q u i c k l y i n w a t e r - . 01- , bef-or -e h e a t i n g , t h e c o p p e r o r b r a s s may b e w i p e d w i t h a n o i l y c l o t h , h e a t e d u n t i l t h e o i l b u r n s o f f t h e m e t a l , a n d t h e n q u i c k l y c o o l e d i n w a t e r . >

A n n e a l e d c o p p e r or- b r a s s is d a r k a n d d i r t y a n d s h o u l d b e c l e a n e d t o y e t a n i c e , b r i g h t f i n i s h .

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PLANISHING P l a n i s t ~ i r ~ y m e a n s t o m a k e s m o o t h . T h i s m a y b e d o n e wi 1.h a

hammet- w h i c h t~~ is a s m o o t h , f - l a t ( o r a l m o s t f l a t ) C a c e ; I L i s r d l l ~ d a p l a n i s h i n g h a m m e r . I t r e m o v e s the had l u m p 5 n~acle t )y r a i s i r ~ q . c l o s e s t h e y t - a l n o f t h e m e t a l . st; i f f e n s ~ t , k 1 c 3 ~ - ~ 1 ~ L ~ ~ 1 5 , i t,, and m a k e s a b e a u t i f u l h a m m e r e d f i n i s h .

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CMOQSE YOUR OWN DECORATIVE

With some creative think- fabricators have or can order all kinds ing and the help of a willing welder, you can assemble old-style iron fencing from stock pieces.

Once, wonderful old ironwork could be uncovered in scrap yards and pur-

more than random pieces, which they Standard fencing stock usually con- price like rare artwork. sists of variations on a basic theme: a

of newly minted decorative castings from specialty foundries. All you need to do is seek out the shop (check the Yellow Pages under Ironwork), and choose the elements from inventory or a catalog. Then the fabricator (or weld- er) adds the castings to stock iron fenc-

chased by the pound. No more. Old iron, when it can be found, now rests in the warehouses of salvage dealers. Their stock hardly ever amounts to

Ironworking companies, however, repeating pattern of vertical posts and can weld oldatyle scrolls, arcs, circles, a twist. Depart from the basic pattern

ing to produce your design.

DESIGN YOUR OWN ORNAMENTAL IRONWORK

balls, spears, caps, knobs, leaves, and by adding an extra cross member, put- swirls to new fences, gates, railings, ting in a row of circles, or using inter- and window guards. Decorative parts esting castings for balusters, posts, and can add a new dimension of style and panels. The cost might run two or three character to ironwork. I times as much as for a basic iron fence,

Few people realize that local iron but the effect looks much richer. @

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