Estrella war armourers meeting...anyone... anyone?

Chris Gilman · Post by **Chris Gilman** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:12 pm

Buller...Buller...?
I'll be there on wed. anyone interested in a get together?

Armoured Air Bear · Post by **Armoured Air Bear** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:45 pm

excuse my dumbness... :roll: but when/where is estrella war? cause if it's not too far I've got off all this week so....

Thanks,

Aaron

Konstantin the Red · Post by **Konstantin the Red** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:33 pm

Estrellawar.org seems to be down atm, but SCAToday.net has something on it:

http://scatoday.net/node/7915

February, and Arizona. Generally thought of as the opposite end of the year and of the country from Pennsic. As yet, it's a smaller affair, but it's still one of the bigger wars and it's been chugging along nicely for twenty-three years now.

Consulting the Kingdom of Atenveldt's website (Pennsic is located at the traditional border between the East and the Middle, btw) tells us Estrella begins on February 13.

http://www.atenveldt.org/Events/Calendar/tabid/93/Default.aspx

Thomas Powers · Post by **Thomas Powers** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 3:21 pm

I will have my forge set up at the Period Demo Center; sigh not all period equipment---yet.

Stop by and say Hi I should get there on Tuesday and fire up Wednesday---bring stock if you have a project you want to work on. I have a couple of billets to weld up and a pot to work on...

Master Wilelm the Smith

Chris Gilman · Post by **Chris Gilman** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:01 pm

Thomas Powers wrote:I will have my forge set up at the Period Demo Center; sigh not all period equipment---yet.

Stop by and say Hi I should get there on Tuesday and fire up Wednesday---bring stock if you have a project you want to work on. I have a couple of billets to weld up and a pot to work on...

Master Wilelm the Smith

Interestingly Styrbjorn (who has been in the period demo area more years than I can remember) and I where not included in the period area this year. It seems they â€œran out of roomâ€

Alcyoneus · Post by **Alcyoneus** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:03 pm

That is a tremendous idea.

Chris Gilman · Post by **Chris Gilman** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:27 pm

Alcyoneus wrote:That is a tremendous idea.

Thanks, I can use all the peer preasure I can get

Thomas Powers · Post by **Thomas Powers** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:01 pm

OK, you can add me to your "pressure list". I'll suggest it with next month's A&S report as well.

I used to have a nice renaissance double lunged bellows to go with my stake anvil but I had to leave it behind when I moved from OH to NM. I guess I need to make an earlier styled paired single bellows---I already have two seperate smaller single bellows but they require an apprentice to do much forging with...

If we stick with this new site for a while we can hopefully get things worked out more suitably. Who knows maybe I can do enough trades to get the rest of my kit up to snuff...

Thomas
SKA Master Wilelm the Smith, OL [OST, OLM, OSO, OE, eieio]

Chris Gilman · Post by **Chris Gilman** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:41 pm

I want to make a set of bellows. After watching Iron smelting at the Ribe viking center, I want to try it.

Thomas Powers · Post by **Thomas Powers** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:10 pm

We've smelted using small single action bellows at Pennsic---pre Y1K stuff.

It was a hoot but I remember having sparks from the furnace burn my back while pumping the bellows like a loony...Also your check valve must be very good or you can "inhale" small coals that quite like the high air flow inside the bellows....

Thomas