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Forging contest

At each meet we have a forging contest, members make an item to the required specifications and the voting is right after lunch and "The iron in the hat" on Saturday. Attendees vote by putting tickets in a cup adjacent to the items and the one with most tickets wins!

The forging contest for the Spring 09 meet
is a nut cracker


There was no forging contest for the ACBC held in the Fall of 2008


The forging contest for the Spring 08 meet
was a Business card holder.
The winner was Dave Caccamo

business card holder


The forging contest for the Fall 07 meet was,
an item of your choice made from a
5" long piece of 1/2" square mild steel bar. There were dual contest winners with a candle holder by Frank Shaw and dinner ware by James Garvey

candleholder

dinnerware


The forging contest for the Spring 07 meet
was a napkin holder.
The contest was won by Frank Shaw
napkin holder


The forging contest for the Fall 06 meet
was a set of 4 napkin rings.
The contest was won by Rich Wansor
napkin ring


The forging contest for the Spring 06 meet
was a forged cooking spatula.
This was won by Tom Ryan
Spatula


The Forging contest item for the Fall 05 meet was a forged set of bookends and the winner was Jim Moran
Bookends


The forging contest for the Spring Meet 2005 was a fruit or vegetable. The winner of the contest was Bob Dederick with a bunch of bananas.

Bananas


The forging contest for the Fall Meet 2004 was a forged caliper.
The winner was Johnathan Nedbor, No picture available


The forging contest for the Spring Meet 2004 was a hinge suitable for a cabinet or light door.

The winner of the Spring 2004 Forging Contest was Bob Dederick with a pair of butterfly hinges.

Butterfly Hinge


The item to be forged for the Fall Meet was a forged container. The container must have a lid of some kind. The size was to be no larger than a shoebox but be able to accomodate at least a one cup bag of sand.

The Winner of the Fall 2003 Forging Contest was Larry Brown

Forged Vessel

Forged Vessel Open


The item forged for the Spring 2003 meet was a hammer. Congratulations to Eric Pateo for his winning entry
Winning Hammer



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