7:13 pm
February 27, 2013
Hello everybody.
I'm Kirk Andrews. I just became a member last night; it's been on my to-do list for awhile. I took a blacksmithing class some 30 years ago while completing my BS in Industrial Education from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. I taught metalworking and power mechanics at the high school level for a few years, then went and got a Masters in Education from the University of New Mexico. Then, a ~20 year career at Intel got in the way.
That ended in 2006, I built a house with my new wife Susan in 2007-08. I've completed a general purpose shop over the past three years (rule: no one is allowed to comment on my drywall skills if they come over) and this year I am going to outfit the "blacksmithing porch".
I have tools collected over years of collecting, and now it's time to put them to use. Gotta build a forge this spring and get the anvils set up.
Looking forward to meeting you guys some day soon.
1:02 pm
NWBA Member
July 18, 2010
[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] QUOTE=Kirk Andrews;17493]Hello everybody.
I'm Kirk Andrews. I just became a member last night; it's been on my to-do list for awhile. I took a blacksmithing class some 30 years ago while completing my BS in Industrial Education from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. I taught metalworking and power mechanics at the high school level for a few years, then went and got a Masters in Education from the University of New Mexico. Then, a ~20 year career at Intel got in the way.
That ended in 2006, I built a house with my new wife Susan in 2007-08. I've completed a general purpose shop over the past three years (rule: no one is allowed to comment on my drywall skills if they come over) and this year I am going to outfit the "blacksmithing porch".
I have tools collected over years of collecting, and now it's time to put them to use. Gotta build a forge this spring and get the anvils set up.
Looking forward to meeting you guys some day soon.[/QUOTE]
9:49 pm
NWBA Member
January 15, 2013
You are located near our meeting place in Longview, WA where we have our monthly Demo and Hammer-In (4th Saturday of the month) and where will will be having our Spring Conference, April 26-28. You can find more about that at this link:
http://blacksmith.org/forums/c.....rence-2013
Check the Home page under Announcements for information about this month's Demo & Hammer-In, on March 23rd.
Come on out and make some new smithing friends and see some great demonstrations.
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