Subject: blacksmith apprentice

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 19:13:24 -0400

Looking for a blacksmith in the Minneapolis/St Paul area who would be willing
to teach a novice some of the basics of smithing.  Would be willing to
exchange work for info...clean studio, help with your work, type letters,
keep the forge hot, etc.  (don't do windows sorry) .  I have a good working
knowledge of metal casting (bronze, iron aluminum) including building and
maintaining furnaces, mold making, patination etc.

Can contact me at Cynthia5 @ AOL

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From: "Dr. Mark E. Williams" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 07:40:44 -0400

On Jul 25,  7:13pm, [email-masked] wrote:
> Subject: blacksmith apprentice
Try contacting Gene Olson,
8600 NE O'Dean Ave

Elk River MN 55330

612-441-1563
email:  [email-masked]  URL:  http://www.cris.com/~mettlewk/

He's with the Guild of Metalsmiths.

Mark

-- 
Dr. Mark E. Williams
Bldg N-159, Rm E-215
NASA/GSFC/WFF/EG&G
Wallops Island, VA 23337
804-824-1744
[email-masked]

Be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, lest ye deceive yourselves.
New Testament, the Bible

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 15:28:03 -0700

Cynthia,
  You could do a lot worse than calling Bob Walsh.  I regret I do not 
know his number, or even the name of his business, and can barely recall 
the small town near Mmpls where he holds forth.  (Curse this aged brain.) 
A little sleuthing with the phone book, and a couple of "sorry, Wrong 
walsh" apologies, and you might track him down.
   If you do make the connection, mention you heard this from one of the 
Prairie Blacksmith Gate builders, he might be better at the memory stuff 
than I.
   Bob Bigelow