Hey all:<br><br><b>Does anyone have anything that they particularly want to request from
FiCom for the coming year?<br></b>
<br>(Yes, I know, most of you are on FiCom already... shut up.)<br><br><u>First, STATUS REPORT:<br></u><br>
METAL: We are out of square A2, and are running low on 1/2"x1" 4140. We are good on most hot-roll steel (1/4" and 1/2" square mainly) and have no stainless or precious metals.<br><br>STUFF: I don't think anything important has been broken or has gone missing in the last semester. Everything I use is in good order... and I blacksmith a lot.<br>
<br><u>Second, REQUESTS:<br></u><br><b>GLENN'S/LEMELSON'S REQUESTS: <br></b><br>$10 to buy our very own 7/8" wrench <br><br>$40 or so to buy a 3rd propane tank <br><br>$50 or so to buy a plastic shed to put the tank in <br>
<br>$10 for a box of brass cutler rivets (for putting handles on things) <br><br> <u>subtotal... $110 or so</u><br><br><b>GUILD/EVENT REQUESTS:<br></b><br>$5 in advertising expenses, for us to put up some flyers.<br><br>$10 in printing expenses, for us to put together a binder containing all blacksmithing knowledge we have, to pass it along to future generations.<br>
<br>$300 for us to do bronze casting. I will be talking to Greg after the next Pizza Conspiracy to get more info on what is needed here, and Greg will be supervising this activity. (I know already like 5 people who want to get on this - "event"?)<br>
<br>$150 or so for a big start-of-term Open Forge (wings, mainly for those doing demos, and $ for metal)<br><br>$100 for when we do Iron Chef Iron (half in food, half in equipment - mini DV tapes, also the metal)<br><br> <u>SUBTOTAL: around 550</u><br>
<br>GENERAL REQUESTS:<br><br>$20 to buy 5lb of kosher salt, to bring our quench bucket up to 10% brine solution<br><br>$100 for new hammers (a 1500g and a 2000g, neither of which we have, and maybe a 2nd 1000g Swedish, so we don't always fight over it).<br>
<br>$1000 for new metal <br> -2 1/2" square O1 for hammer-heads<br> -A2 flat stock 1/4x1, 1/4x2, 1/2x1, 1/2x2 for beveling<br> -50' of 1" hollow square hot-roll, which I promise will be used<br>
-assorted other metals for us to play with<br><br> <u>SUBTOTAL: 1100 or so<br><br></u><br>Yes, we have room to store all of this stuff.<br><br>Yes, I expect all of it will be used in the coming semester.<br><br>No, not only by me. We have lots new interest in the guild and I would love to drum up new interest, so I can pass on what little I've learned.<br>
<br>Yes, you should all pass on what you've learned too, graduating people. Including passing it along to me :)<br><br><br><br>Any thoughts?<br><br>~~~~david axel baxl bobaxyl<br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br> "Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue <br>
que parce que je n'ai pas <br>eu le loisir de la faire plus courte."<br> -Blaise Pascal <br> Les Lettres Provinciales (XVI)<br> 4 December 1656<br>