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2008 California Blacksmith Association Spring Conference

Above a sat view of our Museum with CBA sites labeled. Return to Blacksmith Shop

Above far left CBA Registration Trailer. Above and below Site 1 is in our Steam Tractor Barn. The program says this is the Sergiy Polubotka Forging Team Completing Decorative Ironwork.

Above far right and below Site 2 is in our Mike Ashbeck Shop Building. The program says this is Jay Burnham-Kidwell, but it is Erin Simmons.

Above and below a Blacksmiths Supply store, labeled Books on the above Sat View, located in what used to be our Clubhouse / Work Shop / Weavers / Show Breakfast and Bake Shop   We built ourselves a new Clubhouse and we built our Weavers a new building, so now we display elderly Ford trucks, among other things in this building.

Above and below labeled Gallery on the above Sat Map this is our Jack Collins Museum Building with examples of Blacksmith Art. Above far right, below far left and left this is quite a piece of art. Looks like a lot of work went into this. This caught my eye since once upon a time I was the Volunteer Webmaster for California Surf Museum in nearby Oceanside, California.

Above and below the program says these are brothers Brian and Ed Brazeal at Site 3 teaching Tools for Making Habermann Tools in our Robert T. Johnson Harvester Barn

Above and below the program says Blacksmith Shop Tool Try Out.

Above views from the east side of our Blacksmith Shop and below from the west side

Above right and far right this station is outside on the west side of our Blacksmith Shop. Below far left the fella back to camera wearing the red check shirt and below left in close up is Larry Thompson. Larry joined our Museum June 15, 1979 and is a Past President, has served on our Board of Trustees and has been a Mover And Shaker at our place all these years. Larry is among a group of men responsible for creating our Blacksmith Shop and for its success to these days.

Above and below Larry Thompson and Eric McConnon start our 1917 IH 15 HP Mogul that powers our line shafting.

Above and below Mobile Farrier Diana Nett, with her well equipped truck, re-shoes a horse.

Above far right Frank Matthies and the Blacksmith Bluegrass Band entertains in our Assembly Building  Below on the west side of our Assembly Building Tail Gate Sales area.

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