[mailto:london-hack-space@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Billy
Sent: 02 October 2012 22:20
To: London Hackspace
Subject: [london-hack-space] Re: Blacksmithing - Arc Furnaces!

I'll come along if there's a space going.

On Oct 2, 8:05 pm, "Paddy Duncan" <pad...@padski.co.uk> wrote:
> Anybody else up for blacksmithing tomorrow?

> From: london-hack-space@googlegroups.com
[mailto:london-hack-space@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paddy Duncan
> Sent: 28 September 2012 13:29
> To: london-hack-space@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: [london-hack-space] Re: Blacksmithing - Arc Furnaces!

> Hi All,

> The farm has not begun to advertise the Blacksmithing evening classes.
This may partly explain why I was the only attendee on Wednesday, and it was
cancelled..

> FYI Ian the only mention of it on their website is in the Info Pack PDF,
and links to the forge Facebook page.

> So, who's up for next Wednesday?

> Cheers

> Paddy

> From: london-hack-space@googlegroups.com
[mailto:london-hack-space@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ian Lowe
> Sent: 23 September 2012 10:54
> To: london-hack-space@googlegroups.com
> Cc: simonhowes...@googlemail.com
> Subject: [london-hack-space] Re: Blacksmithing - Arc Furnaces!

> Hi all,
>          Ian the Blacksmith here.  Induction heating of steel has until
fairly recently, been the domain of heavy industry.  I have seen and used
the new small, copper coil  type units when I was over in the States.  The
knife makers love them, but most general smiths over there view them as
impractical for general forge use.  Mainly as you have to make the coil/loop
to fit each specific task (simple for knives).  Great for spot heats but not
so great for longer heats.  Personally speaking a solid fuel forge is what
I'd suggest for simplicity, then a gasser, then an oil burner.

> On a seperate note:

> The Farm have begun to advertise the Wednesday evening classes on their
website and are pestering me for the ok to advertise on other websites too.
 That means that from now on its likely to be a bit of a free for all
regarding places so its been decided the best thing to do is to start
prebooking spots.  Its easy enough, all anyone has to do is register their
interest with me directly via email and then pay for the session they want
to attend in advance. To secure a place on the following session you'd need
to pay for that session at the same time.  Then at that session you'd pay
for the next session and so on.  Essentially paying a week in advance
secures your spot.
> Non attendee's would lose their automatic spot and the money for the class
they'd paid for in advance.  Dont get me wrong, if you've been run over or
your Mum died then we can talk about refunds and getting your spot back but
because of the Farms desire for more control over how I do things the
emphasis is on filling the five places consistently to ensure their cut of
the proceeds.  I hope it doesn't put anyone off, its not my idea but I can
see the point the Farm manager is making.
> Feel free to get in touch to talk about it, we can sort any problems I'm
sure.

> IAN

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