Subject: Re: The most important tools for a blacksmith. Ox sling.

From: [email-masked] (Gene Olson and Chris Wilson)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 15:19:31 -0400 (EDT)

>>[email-masked] wrote:
>>> 
>>> Perhaps we could cooperate with a web site to collect a faq and have
>>> illustrated tools. I suspect some of the material in our libraries
>>
>> I can provide some web space to such an endevour, at two different sites 
>>even so we could `mirror' them (Helps cut down on outages)
>
>> Mike
>>
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>>Muralynd    Rev. Mike Martin     Hrothgar the Smith, SCA Blacksmith
>>http://www.networkamerica.com/~muralynd           Myers-Briggs ENFX
>
Hi Guys 

The MN Guild of Metalsmiths, Internet committee was discussing that very
thing at the last meeting, We wanted to set up a education section with
illustrated glossary and stuff.  

Hve you checked tha ABANA site lately? George has been a busy little beaver,
there are some nice illustrated lessons and other things.

The Mirror idea, is more robust?  Please explain how this works. Would it
make sence to work on this with George as coordinator/editor?

Gene

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From: "[email-masked] 415.855.5707" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 12:46:04 -0800 (PST)

>there are some nice illustrated lessons and other things.

Yeah, I second the idea in principle and connecting it to the ABANA site in
particular.

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From: Muralynd <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 10:17:48 -0500

Gene Olson and Chris Wilson wrote:
> I said 

 Yeah, it's not an original thought for sure ;)

> 
> Have you checked tha ABANA site lately? George has been a busy littlebeaver,

 Not in the last few days, but I've been busy, found some local smiths that 
meet pretty frequently just a few miles from my house, spent HOURS there last 
night and made my first hot cut hardie (Thanks Bill! Wish he was on this 
list) and has a generally kickass time, going back tomorrow night *grin*
 
> make sence to work on this with George as coordinator/editor?

 Okay, all this is really is a couple sites (2 or more.. no real limit but it 
could get ridiculous) with the same basic info and setup, that way I could 
put up a link to http://www.networkamerica.com/~muralynd/smith.html  and 
another link to http://www.netusa1.net/~muralynd/smith.html and (These pages 
are there by the way) say `This is the blah page, if the first don't work, 
try the second' and that way, even if ONE site is down for whatever reason, 
the other could still deliver the info. Also, someone might be really close 
Net-wise to one (Like netusa1.net is in Indiana with a T1 straight to Chicago 
so Chicago is REALLY close, networkamerica.com is in New York with a T1 to 
WestOrange.. ergo, all of the East Coast stuff is fairly close netwise). If I 
had a site in New York that linked straight to MCI (It does) and one in 
Chicago that was on Sprint (Mine isn't) then someone in Brazil linked to 
Sprint is closer to Chicago then to New York, someone in California, on MCI 
is closer to the New York site (Not really, MCI and Sprint meet in Chicago I 
believe but you get the idea).

 Damn... I've gotten long winded ;) sorry about that.

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From: Muralynd <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 03 May 1996 09:56:08 -0500

Morning ;)

 If everyone would send me their FAQ questions (and answers, I'm no genius) 
I'll start compiling them.

 What's the most comman question you hear? the best answer? I'll take the 
best formed question and answer pair and use those, along with supporting (Or 
opposing) views when clarification is needed, if the questions are sent 
directly to me (Please do) I'll repost that section to get the lists input on 
the answers. List comments might make it in too ;)

 I'll put the FAQ up on my web site as well as post it periodically to the 
list and make it available to George  for the ABANA sites as well as anyone 
who asks for it for their web sites. I'll probably post it to apropo 
newsgroups if I don't hear any complaint. (Might pick up some more list 
members from the *metal* groups).

 Thanks all!