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The Big BLU NC-ABANA Hammer-In is always a popular spring event and is well attended. For more details from the above see Doug Merkel making a jingle bell Part I.
Here the more than 3 hours of demonstrations is compressed into a little less than 1 hour of video.
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| | | | Making a bell using a pre cut blank. Hot forming in swages and with a makeshift stove bolt dap. Includes blank source and pattern.
Big BLU, NC-ABANA, Doug Merkel, jingle, bell
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| | | | Jingle Bell part II. Forging long smooth tapers, making smooth bends.
Big BLU, NC-ABANA, Doug Merkel, bell, handle
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| | | | Making a classic ancient cloak pin from mild steel. Showing how it works.
Big BLU, NC-ABANA, Doug Merkel, cloak pin
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| | | | Making a throwing axe from a farriers rasp. Preparation of the stock up to the welding point.
Big BLU, NC-ABANA, Doug Merkel, axe, rasp
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| | | | Working 2 inch square stock by hand with a volunteer striker and by power under a Big BLU air hammer.
Big BLU, NC-ABANA, Anderson Phillips, forging
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Big BLU, NC-ABANA, Doug Merkel, jingle, bell