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Hi Folks I thought I would share a few photos I took while at Bill's Hammer in. if you do not know Bill has a new toy a very nice 165# air hammer and no sooner then he got it set up in the new shop he ask some of his friends to come over for a play date.
Lots of folks showed up on Wednesday, Bill was still moving stuff from the old shop so they jumped in to help. Bill's good friend Gary House had been there earlier helping out, you could tell by all the elk hanging in the shed. There was still plenty to do when I got there Thursday afternoon. Everywhere someone was working on something, building the press, mounting the vise, setting up hammers, finishing up the electrical. We got a lot finished up finally the forges where lit and we began to play some making damascus some making blades some a mess of things but all having fun. Bill's place is very cool with years and years of farm stuff all around. I was chatting out behind the shop with Gary and I looked down and saw an old tractor seat and said we should make a chair for Bill I was just thinking something simple like a big spring on a plate with the seat welded to it. Well Gary he had something else in mind and started looking through all the stuff I got tried of this very quickly but Gary kept at it and keep finding all kinds of little treasures. and the pile got bigger and bigger. Gary really wanted to do something Nice for His friend and would soon have all of us involved. So When Bill went down to make dinner for all of us the boys jumped into action we brought all the crap in throw it on the floor and started brain storming. Well if your going to do a project like this it helps if you have a designated welded like Kelly Cupples. he never blinked as GaryShane and myself started telling him where we thought things should go. and the smile on gary's face just keep getting bigger as did the chair we would all be very lucky to have one friend like Gary, even though he did want to keep the chair for himself after it was done I am sure he was joking! All and all it was a great time hanging out with friends, eating great food, teaching each other and most of all celebrating the good move by Bill to buy that little hammer and set it up right. it made me happy to see the joy in his face as he got his foot into some real power. I would like to thank Mike Q for breaking away from the fun to give me some pointers on dagger handles.
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Lots of folks showed up on Wednesday, Bill was still moving stuff from the old shop so they jumped in to help. Bill's good friend Gary House had been there earlier helping out, you could tell by all the elk hanging in the shed. There was still plenty to do when I got there Thursday afternoon. Everywhere someone was working on something, building the press, mounting the vise, setting up hammers, finishing up the electrical. We got a lot finished up finally the forges where lit and we began to play some making damascus some making blades some a mess of things but all having fun. Bill's place is very cool with years and years of farm stuff all around. I was chatting out behind the shop with Gary and I looked down and saw an old tractor seat and said we should make a chair for Bill I was just thinking something simple like a big spring on a plate with the seat welded to it. Well Gary he had something else in mind and started looking through all the stuff I got tried of this very quickly but Gary kept at it and keep finding all kinds of little treasures. and the pile got bigger and bigger. Gary really wanted to do something Nice for His friend and would soon have all of us involved. So When Bill went down to make dinner for all of us the boys jumped into action we brought all the crap in throw it on the floor and started brain storming. Well if your going to do a project like this it helps if you have a designated welded like Kelly Cupples. he never blinked as GaryShane and myself started telling him where we thought things should go. and the smile on gary's face just keep getting bigger as did the chair we would all be very lucky to have one friend like Gary, even though he did want to keep the chair for himself after it was done I am sure he was joking! All and all it was a great time hanging out with friends, eating great food, teaching each other and most of all celebrating the good move by Bill to buy that little hammer and set it up right. it made me happy to see the joy in his face as he got his foot into some real power. I would like to thank Mike Q for breaking away from the fun to give me some pointers on dagger handles.
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