Blacksmiths Collective Budget Spring 2009

Meeting Information

 * Meeting Frequency: twice per week
 * Number of Meeting: 28
 * Projected Attendance: 20

Meeting Expenses

 * Total Food: $ 240
 * Advertising: $ 1
 * Magic Board: $ 10
 * TOTAL: $251

Equipment Information

 * Name: Blacksmithing Tools (Tongs, Forge, marking equipment, and Storage)
 * Description: The tools we would like to purchase are: 6 pair tongs 6 Hammers 2 Pair scrolling pliers 1 Cayenne Chile Forge 1 Storage Cabinet 1 40lb propane tank 1 metal stamp for Blacksmith Guild logo -6 pairs of O-Tongs, Ozark School of Blacksmithing. Used to hold steel while working with 2300 degree steel. Really important. -3 500g German hammers, Blacksmiths depot. Small hammers used to work metal while forging, allowing individuals to learn greater hammer control. Additionally, recent increases in petite blacksmiths attending our meetings has generated a need for a number of new, light hammers that they can effectively lift. -3 630g French hammers, Blacksmiths depot. See 500g german description. -2 pair scrolling pliers, Ozark school of blacksmithing. Used to scroll hot metal and as a general manipulator device for hot metal. -Chile-forge (Cayenne model). This forge is a energy-efficient (30% better fuel efficiency than standard propane forges) that additionally reaches greater heats and cleaner burn that forges that we currently have access to. Additionally, all of our current forges are owned by the Lemelson center, and as such the student group is subject to the ongoing presence of Lemelson; owning our own forge will insure that the Blacksmiths guild continues in our community. -Cabinet, Home Depot. We currently store our items at Lemelson in the hot shop, with no storage separate from lemelson tools. In order to maintain the integrity of our equipment and our use policies, we would like to have physically separated storage for all of our equipment. -40lb propane tank for new forge. We currently have access to only two 40lb propane tanks, and current attendance level requires the burning of three forges - we need this tank to do this. -Blacksmiths Guild Steel Stamp: In order to differentiate between lemelson and Blacksmiths guild tools we need to mark our tools. As hammer handles and other destructible parts are non-permanent, we would like to purchase a metal stamp so we can permanently mark our hammers, tongs, etc. -6 pairs of O-Tongs, Ozark School of Blacksmithing. $40/pair x 6 pairs = $240 -3 500g German hammers, Blacksmiths depot. $15/each x 3 hammers = $45 -3 630g French hammers, Blacksmiths depot. $18.50/each x 3 hammers = $55.50 -2 pair scrolling pliers, Ozark school of blacksmithing. $30.00/each x 2 pair = $60.00 -Chile-forge (Cayenne model). 1 x $725 = $725 -Cabinet, Home Depot. 1 x $150 = $150 -40lb propane tank for new forge. 1 x $50 = $50 -Blacksmiths Guild Steel Stamp: 1 x $150 = $150
 * Purpose: With our vastly increased interest, we need more tools including a new forge, to accommodate the number of students we have been seeing at each open forge night. To this end, we are also hosting a second meeting per week to help alleviate the crowded room while forging. With the limited equipment we have, even with the great upgrades in equipment from last semester, we still do not have sufficient to meet the needs of students attending our meetings. We request this because our staff adviser Don Dupuis and our safety manager Alex Smith believe that given our shortage of equipment and increased numbers we are in danger of having to turn students away from meetings in order to maintain safe forging environments.
 * Storage Location:All equipment will be stored in the Lemelson Center hot shop. If we receive funding for a cabinet, we will store the tools in the cabinet which will itself be stored in the Lemelson Center hot shop.

Equipment Expenses

 * TOTAL: $ 1475.50

Other Expenses

 * Description: We are requesting 2408 dollars for expendable materials consumed during our twice-a-week meetings. We plan on having 28 meetings during the semester to allow access to this group for all interested parties, based on significantly increased interest generated via the JanTerm blacksmithg EPEC activity offered and significant all-community programming that was offered last semester by the Blacksmiths guild. Projected attendance is 20 people/meeting. Steel stock is used for week to week projects, sheet steel is used to practice fold-forming techniques demonstrated at our genuine forgery event last semester (and planned workshop this spring), pure iron is used for damascus/pattern welded steel (being taught this semester), titanium is used for experimental forging techniques. Propane is used to fuel our forges, and beeswax is used for finishing and foodsafing pieces. Expenses: Mild steel bar: 40 ft/mtg @$.50/ft = $20/mtg x 28mtg = $560 Sheet Steel: 4sqft/mtg @ $3/sqft = $12/mtg x 28mtg = $336 Titanium: 2 ft/mtg @ $5/ft = $10/mtg x 28mtg = $280 Pure Iron: 1 ft/mtg @ $10/ft = $10/mtg x 28mtg = $280 Propane: 1 tank/mtg @ $30/tank = $30/mtg x 28mtg = $840 Beeswax: 2 bars/mtg @ $2/bar = $4/mtg x 28mtg = $112 Semester Total for All Expendables: $2408
 * TOTAL: $ 2408.00