Mike Gillespie's shop January 12, 2008

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Mike decided he wanted to do a group project at this demo.  The idea was to make up some hammer rack/stands he saw at one of the meetings held by the Blacksmith Guild of Virginia.  The round parts to hold the hammers were originally made from pieces of pipe that were welded together, but Mike had a CNC plasma system so he designed the circles to be cut from one piece of steel. 

Mike added a few extra pieces of tubing to his rack to hold the angle grinders and air tools.  A set of casters was added to the bottom and the rack can be rolled around as needed or pushed back to free up floor space.

1   Mike Gillespie's hammer holder project.	2  Mike explaining the project to the group.	3  Mike giving a cnc plasma demo.	4  Guild members welding up the legs for the hammer rack.	5  Members discussing the welding process.
6  Daniel Gillespie trying to "sample" the food before chow time was called.	7  George Smart conducting the "iron in the hat" ticket drawing.