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IN-BOOTH DEMONSTRATIONS
Saturday and Sunday

All Day All Display Booths are open.

Raffle Tickets are on sale all day for the Saturday raffle, Sunday raffle
and for the Special raffles.

Practice Barrels in Demo Area 4 are available for hands on practice with different instructors and hitches throughout the day. Come practice the Box hitch, Walker hitch, Manti Packing hitches and the Salmon River Sawbuck hitches until you’re comfortable with them.

Ride and Pack Mules on display in Spaces #MP 1-10. They will be auctioned off Saturday evening at the dinner.

10:00 a.m. A Blacksmith Shop in Action in Space #218 with Dave Atwood.

In 1980 Dave started blacksmithing to support the Wilderness and Trails Program for the USFS, Ukonom Ranger District. Since then he has gone from tempering picks and bars to creating life-like flowers and anything in between. He especially loves to share his craft with others.

This is a live demonstration of a Blacksmith shop in operation. Watch Dave from Salmon River Forge demonstrate this old art of making tools and other useful items including real works of art. He will have a hands-on trail sign workshop showing how to utilize on site materials, prepare the board using simple tools and how to lay out the destination to Forest Service specifications. Branding the lettering will complete the project.

3:00 p.m. Saturday
12:00 p.m. Sunday
Cross Cut Saw Maintenance and Training in Space #110 with Arden Corey.

The Oregon Experience, a crosscut saw sharpening business, is owned by Arden who is a retired USFS Timber Manager. He has worked for years perfecting the saw sharpening technique. Also a world champion crosscut saw competitor in his collegiate days. Jim has a varied career background having worked for the USFS, ODFW and in construction. Arden and Jim teach crosscut saw skills and certify trail clearing personnel as far away as Yellowstone National Park. They work on trail contracts themselves as well.

Learn how a crosscut saw is sharpened and learn to use the old misery whip while you’re at it. Misfiling a crosscut saw makes a good tool basically ineffective. A good sharp saw is an efficient tool and in some cases more convenient than a chain saw.