Subject: Re: CoSIRA address.

From: Dave B <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 18:40:09 -0500

At 15:15 5/13/96 +0100, you wrote:
>
>For those seeking to get hold of books published by CoSIRA,
>I just looked them up in a (paper) directory.  Seems that CoSIRA
>was absorbed into a larger organisation, back in 1988.  Now
>known as the Rural Development Commission, their main
>address is:  Dacre House
>                       Dacre Street
>                        London
>                        SW1
>
>phone is 0171 340 2900, no fax given, add your own codes to
>reach UK.
>
>Kevin, Chester, UK
>(forget the formal  EVA. MR K. S/2 stuff in the header,
>it's Kevin or Kev to my mates, Kiv to the folks down under)
>[email-masked]
>
>

I was just down to the library and took a look at the CoSIRA book on
blacksmithing.  On the publication data page there was a reference to
MacMillian Publishing, New York.  MacMillian may prove to be a useful source
for tracking down copies of this book.

Dave B

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From: Jim McCarty <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 08:30:36 -0500

> for tracking down copies of this book.
The COSIRA Books (I still call them that even though the name has 
changed) are readily available from either Norm Larson or Centaur. I 
bought 2 of them at the Ozark Conference. They are great for beginners 
as they give a step by step lesson plan that will develop the skills 
you need to do about anything. The first book shows you how to make 
simple tools like punches and tongs and then leads you into forging 
slip hooks for chain and things you would use on the farm. The next 
book gets into scrolls i a big way, showing tooling to make it easier. 
There are four books --- I have three of them. The other one I have is 
a book of sketches on things like lighting devices, signs, brackets, 
firetools, gates, and even weather vane ideas, lots of handle ends. 
It's a great book for designing your own projects. Can't remember what 
the fourth book is about.