Subject: THEFORGE

From: [email-masked] (Clay Spencer)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 23:46:48 -0400

The suggestion to have  a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) and
answers and to have a library of plans on how to make blacksmith equipment
and tools would be a great improvement to theforge and be of assistance to
all of us interested in providing resources for blacksmiths and education
of blacksmiths.

The frequently asked questions (FAQ) list and answers would answer many of
the questions we get from some of our members without our having to go over
these several times on theforge. Some of the threads such as fire starting,
which tools to make first, how to sharpen points and temper them, etc. have
good info which could be included in such a list.
Is there a volunteer out there who would willing to take on the setting up
a FAQ section?

A library of some of the things like how to build a tumbler, how to build a
forge,  and some of the other equipment we have concocted for our own use,
etc., would make a very valuable resource for blacksmiths all over the
world. With the Acrobat program, scanned drawings may be transmitted and
read. The Acrobat Reader is free and may be downloaded for your use.
Here again it would be wonderful if someone would volunteer to ride herd on
this library.

What do you think? What do you have that could be put in this library? Can
you volunteer?

Clay Spencer
Chairman, Internet Committee, ABANA Board

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From: Muralynd <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 09:09:53 -0500

> all of us interested in providing resources for blacksmiths and education

 I don't have access to an FTP site (Which would be ideal) but I can 
certainly help store them on the web and I will definetly put pointers to 
them at the very least.

> Is there a volunteer out there who would willing to take on the setting up

 Okay... stick me with a fork and turn me over, I'm baked... I'll volunteer 
to maintain the FAQ if no one else jumps to it.

> Here again it would be wonderful if someone would volunteer to ride herd on

 Probably the best place to actually keep all this is at the current ABANA 
sites. Actually maintaining the files would be fairly easy, the HTML isn't 
hard to write for a web page and keeping an FTP site is really easy but you 
need access to an account on the machine then or someone who has access 
willing to do the minor maintanance. The only problem I have with acrobat is 
it's a pain in the butt to get downloaded, this site times out on it, perhaps 
apple was just bogged badly that week...

> What do you think? What do you have that could be put in this library? Can

 I like the idea as a whole, I'll be scanning in drawings and things as soon 
as I can get over to a friends who has a scanner and I'll put em up on my own 
web pages, feel free to take what you want ;)

> you volunteer?

 I can do the FAQ and/or anything else, but I don't want to take on too much 
;) I could comfortably handle one or two things though I think.

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