Saltfork Craftsmen

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Past Issues of the Saltfork Craftsmen Newsletter
Date:	Content Highlight
August 2008	Trading Post, Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, Public Demo's & Request, SCABA Tool Box, South/Central Regional meeting, Decorative Punch Workshop, North/East Regional Meeting, Demo-ing around the State, Francis Whitaker Scholarship, Sept. Meeting for the North East Region, Home Sweet Home, 12th Annual Saltfork Craftsmen ABA Conference, Bray Church Group Demo, Northwest Regional meeting Steer Head Horseshoe, Meeting Dates, SCABA Tool Box list, Pay Pal, Direction to Richard Simpson, Forge Welding and Membership Application.
July, 2008	Trading Post, Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, Public Demo's & Request, SCABA Tool Box, Forging Request, Knife Show, Texas Annual Chuck Wagon Cook Off, Mangum Oklahoma Frontier Days Art Show, Remembering Patrick Sain, What is your Favorite Time in History?South/Central Meeting, Meeting Dates, Splitting, Mortise and Tenon Joinery, Employment Opportunity, Memorial Cross by Joe Babb and Membership Application.
June, 2008	Trading Post, First Annual Frontier Family Day, Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, Bam Conference, Public Demo's & Request, SCABA Tool Box, Controlled Hand Forging, Member Spotlight, Punches for Making Faces, True Story "Forge Welding" by David Seigrist, Sketch Book, Meeting Dates, Tal Harris - Works Produced by his Pupils, Demo at the "Taste of the West" Chuck Wagon Cook-off, Fourth Graders in Duncan, Workshop Reports, New Forge by Tommy Dean, Tom Clark Update, Thank you Tony Cable, Historic Metalsmithing at MGP, Touchmark Workshop, Architectural Blacksmithing, South East Saltfork Craftsmen, Too Late to Classify, Upcoming Picnic, Employment Opportunity, Directions to Charlie McGee's & Making a Small Grille.
May, 2008	Trading Post, Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, Club Picnic Public Demo's & Request, Norman Medieval Fair, Knife Group Association, Sad News, Support of Local VRD, Saltfork Craftsman Support the Marshall County Antique Tractor Show, Minutes - Board of Directors Meeting, South/Central Regional Meeting, Meeting Dates, Touch Mark Workshop, Decorative Workshop, Election Results, SCABA Workshop Survey, Picnic/Hammer-In Schedule, Controlled Hand Forging Workshop Report, Sketchbook, and Membership Application.
April, 2008	Trading Post, Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, Club Picnic Public Demo's & Request, Membership Dues, Minutes - Board of Directors Meeting, I have an Idea, SE Regional Meeting, SCABA Tool Box for 2008, Board of Trustees Election, NE Regional Meeting, NW Regional Meeting, South/Central Regional Meeting, SCABA Regional Meeting, South/Central Regional Meeting, SCABA Workshop Survey, Oklahoma Farrier's Association Annual Clinic & Contest, NW Regional Meeting, and Membership Applications.
March, 2008	Membership Application, Trading Post , Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, SE Regional Meeting, NE Regional Meeting, South/Central Regional Meeting, NW Regional Meeting, Membership Notice, Drawing Out Contest, Treadle Hammer and Hand Held Tooling Workshop, February 16th South Central Meeting Highlights, NW Meeting Highlights, Reminder From the Librarian, Blacksmithing Class, and Demo season..
February, 2008	Membership Application, Trading Post , Club Coal, Meeting Schedule, SE Regional Meeting, NE Regional Meeting, Why Do I Go TO Monthly Meetings, Prayer Request, Public DEMO Dates, S/Central Meeting, and 100 Year Old Little Giant.
January, 2008	Membership Application, Trading Post, Club Coal, Library List, Meeting Schedule, SE Regional Meeting, Bois D'Arc Forge Participates in Art Walk 2007, NE Regional Meeting, S/Central Meeting, and Employment Opportunities.
December, 2007	Trading Post, Ty Rankin, Covington-Douglas, Membership Application, Club Coal, Library List, Meeting Schedule, SE Regional Meeting, Bray-Doyle Elementary Centennial Day, Marlow Middle School Demo, NE Regional Meeting, Centennial Demo's, January 2008 S/C Meeting, S/Central Meeting, Northwest Regional Meeting, Saltfork Craftsman Board of Director's Meeting and The Dove Tail Square Corner.
November, 2007	Trading Post, Membership Application, Club Coal, Library List, Meeting Schedule, SE Regional Meeting, Bois D'Arc Forge Garden Club, November SE Saltfork Meeting, Museum of the Great Plains School Encampment, S/Central Regional Meeting , Saltfork Conference, A Do-Better Talk from the Librarian, and Comments from the Conference 2007.
October, 2007	Trading Post, Membership Application, Club Coal, Library List, Meeting Schedule, SE Saltfork Demos at RRV Fair for 5 Days, Big Pasture Centennial Days, BOD Minutes August 26, 2007, Request for Demonstrators, Notes from the President, Tulsa Scottish games, Tools for Raffle, Email notice, Northwest Meeting, and Ntba hammerfest in Bridgeport, Texas.
September, 2007	Trading Post, Membership Application, Club Coal, Library List, Meeting Schedule, 2007 Demo Request, Southeast Regional Meeting, South/Central Regional Meeting, Conference Toolbox, Book Review, Northwest Meeting, Cover Story Ray Clontz Tire Hammer Plans and Raffle Tickets.
August, 2007	Trading Post, Membership Application, Library List, Meeting Schedule, 2007 Demo Request, Southeast Regional Meeting, South/Central regional Meeting, SCABA Board Meeting, Conference Family Classes, Herb Chopper, Dutch Oven Lid Lifter, Crescent Historical Museum Fall Fest, Oil Patch Jamboree and Enid camp .
July, 2007	Meeting Schedule, 2007 Demo Request, Duncan Founder's Day Celebration, Marietta Frontier Days, Pioneer Exposition, South/Central Meeting, Tire Hammer Plans, Oklahoma Celtic Heritage and Music Festival, Northwest Meeting, Tire Hammer Class, Centennial Gate Project, JC Campbell, Kansas Demo, and Blacksmithing in Blossom TX.
June, 2007	Meeting Schedule, 2007 Demo Request, Heat Treating Steel - Quick Guide, School Demo at Fort Sill, Sad News, Horse Show Nail Cross, Western Spirit Celebration, Tractor Show and School Kids, Rural Heritage Festival, South/East Meeting, Northwest Meeting, South/Central Meeting, BOD Minutes, Conference Toolbox Update and Tools for Box.
May, 2007	Marshall Antique Tractor Show, Meeting Schedule, Learning From A Master, South/Central Meeting, Southwestern Ironworks Tailgate Swap Meet, Medieval Fair, Book Review, Oklahoma Pioneer Exposition, and Horseshoe Rasp Snake.
April, 2007	Meeting Schedule, 2007 Demo Request, Center Finder/Bisecting Gage, Bill Epp's Workshop, Southwestern Ironworks Tailgate Swap Meet, 16th Annual Ozark Conference, Bennett's Trivet, and South/Central Meeting.
March 2007	Trading Post, Membership Application, Library List, Meeting Schedule, 2007 Demo Request, Northwest Regional Meeting, Northeast regional Meeting, A Word of the President, Updated President's Message - 2008 Conference, David Seigrist attends John C. Campbell Folk School, Spark Testing for Mystery Metals, Special Blacksmithing Meeting Notice and North Texas Meeting .
February 2007	Conference 2007, Saltfork Craftsmen Artists-Blacksmiths Association History, Smithing 101 class for Boy Scout Troop 850, Map and directions to Gary and Dianne Gloden’s shop, Heart Hook Demonstration, Tool Making, Balcones Forge Bluebonnet Workshop, Centennial Living History of the Chisholm Trail and Northwest Regional Meeting.
January 2007	2007 Demo Request, South/Cental Regional Meeting, BOD Minutes Dec. 10, 2006 , Workshop Accents Pieces with Bill Epps, Welding Flux, Broomcorn, Directions to J.C. Banks Meeting and Making Wooden Wheels.
December 2006	Demonstrations for the Veterans by Gerald Franklin, Wagon Camp, S/C Regional Meeting, Northwest Regional Meeting, Charcoal Making for the Blacksmith and Ring Project 2008 and Beyond.
November 2006	Library List, Trading Post, Calendar of Events, 2007 Demo requests, Board of Directors Meeting, Bill Pieh Resource for metalwork at Pieh Tool co., Inc.
October 2006	Conference Time Details, Oklahoma Scottish Games, Demonstrations for the Veterans by Gerald Franklin, "What is it"? NTBA Hammerfest. S/C, NE regional meeting reports
September 2006	National Ornamental Metal Museum Tour by Gerald Franklin, Rocky Mountain Smiths Conference. Multi-Position Bending Fork Tool Tips by Jim C. NW, S/C meeting reports. Members Handiwork. Demo Opportunities, Articulated Connections, Making Ladles & Spatulas
August 2006	2006 Demo requests. Members handywork (Teresa Gabrish). Tool Box Pics and info. Conference Details & Menu, NE, S/C, NW meeting reports, August Notes from Jim C. Stratford Peach Festival Report, Pawnee Bill Ranch Recognition of SCABA. Books For Sale, Scroll types, Controlled Hand Forging (Making a ring)
July 2006	Drawknife + Bandana Slid by Jim C. Demonstration reports from Gerald Franklin. Old Time Medicine at the Pawnee Bill Wild West Show, Meeting reports from NE, S/C, NW regions. Conference Reminders & Notes
June 2006	Meeting Schedules/Highlights, 2006 Demo Requests, Tool Box Highlights & Pictures, Western Sprit Celebration, A Piece of the Editors Mind, Robb Gunter 2006 Class Schedule, Classes at Pawnee Bill Ranch
May 2006	Election Results, Meeting Highlights, Notes from Jim Carothers, Norman Medieval Fair, "Courtin' Candle" How To, Anvil Tools by Gerald Franklin, ABANA Affiliate Liaison Letter, SCABA Tool Box Pictures and Info
April 2006	2006 Public Demo Request List, Kansas News, Really Good meeting highlights, South-Central Meeting at Franklins, Northwest Meeting at Lenenbauers, Northwest Region Meeting
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