bitsandspurs

M, we will try to work that in. Any other ideas are welcome.The conference is about a month away so start making your plans now to attend.

Larry

I just wanted to give all attending an update. The local VFW, which is just across the street from the spur conference does have RV hookups. The hookups are $15 per day and they include water and electric. Sorry, there is no sewer, but for all interested they are available. Also, there is a tentative schedule posted on here and so far there is only one change. The Friday morning demonstrations with Mike Pardue have been cancelled. He will not be able to join us, so if any of you want to fill in for him please let me know.

Thanks,

George Blackwood

A new demonstrater not listed will be Tom Balding. Tom will be doing a talk and demonstration on welding. He is one of the best out there and I'm sure you will learn some great tips on how to get those perfect welds we all look for.

Be sure and contact George if you would like to demo buckle making.

If you are looking for a room I booked one through Exredia for $40 a night at Super 8 Motel in McKinney, TX.

Larry

will there be anything on design layout , lelttering, fonts , or anything tip wise on computer help etc? just curious.
Michael

Not that I know of.... maybe at another conference in the future.
Larry

Michael, if you are looking for a really good tutorial on lettering and such I would highly recommend "Easy Computer Lettering" by Sam Alfano. On a side note he uses a program called Coral Draw which is really good for layouts and you should be able to find a older copy cheap on ebay or somewhere like that. I hope that helps.
Mark

My wife finally gave in to all my whining and is letting me come down!!!! That is if theres still room?

Is the agenda finalized yet?

The handforging of a spade mouth piece demo has been replaced with the welding demo with Tom Balding. I will be glad to talk to anyone about forging a spade mouth piece but I thought the group would get a lot more important info that they could take home and use with Tom's demo and lecture. Also there has been a lot of talk lately about forming some type of group and maybe on Sunday morning we could discuss that instead of the talk on building a Mona Lisa mouth piece since we don't have anyone lined up for that. What does everyone think about that possibility? Since Mike can't do the buckle and concho demos we thought we might have something on high and low temp soldering . Let George know if you would like to share your knowledge and do this demo. We need your help to make this conference successful.

Larry

Revised SCHEDULE for the Conference - November 20 -22
Friday
9-10..... Low Temp soldering...George Blackwood and Ryan Edmonds
10-11... High Temp Soldering... Wes Griffin
11-12... Making Rein Chains..... Rod Teuscher
12-1..... Lunch break
1-3 ...... The Anatomy of a Horses mouth..... Greg Darnell
3-5....... Handforged 1 piece spurs............. Larry Fuegen
5-6 ...... Building a Belt Grinder................. Rod Teuscher

Saturday
8-9........ Silver Inlay..............................Russell Yates
9-10...... Silver Overlay.......................... Russell Yates
10-11... Layout for successful engraving....... Wilson Capron.
11-12... Brightcut Engraving ..... ...............Wilson Capron
12-1..... Lunch break
1-2:30.. Bits & How they work................... Greg Darnell
2:30-4.. Welding for the Bit &Spur maker......Tom Balding
4-5....... Spur bending and Other Jigs ......... Rod Teuscher
5-6....... Show what you brought.....
6.......... Bar-B-Que

Sunday.....
8-9... Making a Spade Mouth Piece............ Chris Cheney
9-10... Making Your Business Successful...... Panel to be announced
10-11.. Critique of makers work .............. Panel made up of the presenters
11-12.. Open Question and Answers

Please contact George Blackwood to pre-register.
gbspurs@sbcglobal.net
469-767-1035. SPACE IS LIMITED

I want to thank all of these talented makers for offering to share their knowledge with all of us. This line up of presenters is amazing and shows their commitment to the advancement of bits and spurs. This will be a great weekend and I'm looking forward to meeting all of you who can make it.
Larry

i live a few hours away in oklahoma but i am more than willing to come early to help set up or run errands or whatever if you need some help getting things ready for the conference. Just say the word i can be there tomorrow or a few days early if you need some help.

Count me in also George if you need any help just let us know!

Mark

Well the conference is getting closer and if any of you have questions now is the time to ask. Hope you have your travel plans made by now. Be sure and bring some eye protection for the demos that will be in the shop where there will be any power tools used.

Larry

Hey George, what is the street address of where this will be held for the GPS?
Thanks
Mark

I know it is a little late, but I am flying into Dallas at 6:56 on Thurs. and flying back out Sunday night at 6:20 pm. If anyone needs a ride back and forth from the airport at that time or around then, I have a rental. You can give me a call I will be home all morning and I will check my messages before I leave the Dallas airport. cell: 208-940-0101 Home: 208-359-5860