Blacksmithing Level 2 Class (July)

Class runs: July 22-25

Tuition: $550

Material Fee: $50

Skill Level: Seasoned beginner and up or previous NESM beginners course

This course is designed for someone who has completed a beginner level course and ready to continue in the blacksmith’s craft.

The course will be structured around several sound fundamentals of practicing the blacksmith’s craft; forging steel.

We will dive into the process of transforming steel, this wonderful and renewable material into the stock needed to work through the rest of the course. Working with various sections of mild steel and 4140. Bending, forge welding, stock size and shaping will be our primary goals; with that material in hand we will move into various exercises to promote hammer control, hammer swing technique and forging efficiently.

Items such as simple dividers, punches and drifts will be made as tools to help with other projects. We will also provide instruction in the safe use and operation of an Oxy-Acetylene torch as well as basic Power Hammer use and operation.

In addition to several standard exercises we will delve into the world of traditional joinery and tool making with some simple explorations of forging tongs and simple joinery tools.

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