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Class: BS-101 (Beginner's Blacksmithing)
Instructor: Albin Drzewianowski
Assisting: Ken Strosnider
Dates:
6-7 Jan 2007 (Sat/Sun)
Fee:
$175
Learn safety, hammer control, fire building and maintenance, and how to make
small items.
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Class: BS-101 (Beginner's Blacksmithing)
Instructor: Ted McNett
Assisting:
Bob Nagle
Dates:
27-28 Jan 2007 (Sat/Sun)
Fee:
$175
Learn safety, hammer control, fire building and maintenance, and how to make
small items.
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Class: BS-101 (Beginner's Blacksmithing)
Instructor: Bill Clemens
Assisting: Ray Neubauer
Dates:
3-4 Feb 2007
(Sat/Sun)
Fee:
$175
Learn safety, hammer control, fire building and maintenance, and how to make
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Class: BS-202 (Intermediate Blacksmithing)
Instructor: Ted McNett
Assisting: Bob Nagle
Dates:
10-11 Feb 2007 (Sat/Sun)
Fee:
$175
Prerequisite: BS-101 or
equivalent
Follow up to BS-101. Learn tool making and
steel tempering.
Make tools that you use to finish your projects
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Class:
Basic Knifemaking
Instructor: Walter VanAlstine
Assisting:
Bucky VanAlstine
Dates:
3 - 4 Mar 2007 (Sat/Sun)
Fee:
$175
Prerequisite: BS-101 or
equivalent
Learn the basics of knife making and complete a
knife complete with handle.
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Class:
Tool and Jig Making
Instructor: Tim Beachley
Assisting: Ted McNett
Dates:
10-11 Mar 2007 (Sat/Sun)
Fee:
$175
Prerequisite: BS-101 or
equivalent
Concepts-
Basic heat treating (may touch on case hardening and Superquench)
Mig and stick welding basics (depending on the experience of the students)
Projects: Punch and/or Chisel Name Stamp / Touchmark / Date Stamp
Scroll Jig Bending Hardy
Bending / Scrolling Fork 3 Legged "Square" |
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Class:
Cable Damascus
Instructor: Ted McNett
Assisting: Ray Neubauer
Dates:
30 Mar -1 Apr 2007
(Sat/Sun)
Fee:
$175
Prerequisite: BS-101 or
equivalent
Striking with a partner is highly recommended
and will be demonstrated.
Saturday we will forge a cable damascus billet
in the morning and make what ever project they want in the afternoon, or
forge a second billet.
Sunday we will forge a traditional twist pattern billet in the morning, and
create a project or forge a second billet in the afternoon.
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Class:
Super BS-101 (Beginner's Blacksmithing)
Instructor: Albin Drzewianowski
Assisting: Bill Clemens
Dates:
23 -26 Apr 2007
(Mon/Thu)
Fee:
$300
In this extended 4 day version of BS-101,
you will learn safety, hammer control, fire building and maintenance, and
how to make small items.
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Class:
Forge Welding
Instructor: Bill Clemens
Assisting: Ray Neubauer
Dates:
28-29 Apr 2007
(Sat/Sun)
Fee:
$175
Prerequisite: BS-101 or
equivalent
Learn basic forge welding techniques and make a small project
incorporating forge welds
Forge welding or Fire Welding is a
technique for joining two pieces of iron or steel by heating them in a forge
and then fusing them together with hammer blows.
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Class:
BS-101 (Beginner's Blacksmithing)
Instructor: Bill Clemens
Assisting: Ray Neubauer
Dates:
16 -17 Jun 2007
(Sat/Sun)
Fee:
$175
Learn the basics of blacksmithing from forge and fire
control to hammer control. You will learn to forge a fish tail scroll, pig
tail scroll, tab hook, drive hook, forge poker, water can handle, and other
student selected projects as time permits.
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Class:
Traditional Joinery
Instructor: Matt Harris
Assisting: Ted McNett
Dates:
30Jun - 1 Jul 2007 (Sat/Sun)
Fee:
$175
Prerequisite: BS-101 or
equivalent
Learn traditional joinery techniques; riveting, mortise and tenon, collars,
as well as making the necessary tooling. These processes will be taught
through the completion of a project.
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Class:
BS-101 (Beginner's Blacksmithing)
Instructor: Albin Drzewianowski
Assisting: Ted McNett
Dates:
28-29 Jul 2007
(Sat/Sun)
Fee:
$175
Learn the basics of blacksmithing from forge and fire
control to hammer control. You will learn to forge a fish tail scroll, pig
tail scroll, tab hook, drive hook, forge poker, water can handle, and other
student selected projects as time permits.
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Class
Full
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Class:
BS-101 (Beginner's Blacksmithing)
Instructor: Ray Neubauer
Assisting: Bob Nagle
Dates:
4-5 Aug
2007
(Sat/Sun)
Fee:
$175
Learn the basics of blacksmithing from forge and fire
control to hammer control. You will learn to forge a fish tail scroll, pig
tail scroll, tab hook, drive hook, forge poker, water can handle, and other
student selected projects as time permits.
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Class Full
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Class:
Forging more than steel bar stock
Instructor: Randy McDaniel
Dates:
11 -12 Aug 2007 (Sat/Sun)
Fee:
$175
Prerequisite: BS-101 or
equivalent
Forging sheet, pipe, bronze, copper,
aluminum and titanium. Including forge brazing.
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Class: BS-202 (Intermediate Blacksmithing)
Instructor: Ted McNett
Assisting: Bob Nagle
Dates:
25-26 Aug 2007
(Sat/Sun)
Fee:
$175
Prerequisite: BS-101 or
equivalent
Learn hammer control, hardening and tempering, and rivet
making. You will forge a pair of pick up tongs and all the tooling necessary
to punch, drift, rivet, and assemble them. Projects will include a top rivet
set, bottom rivet stake, center punch, scribe, round punch, and a punch
plate or bolster.
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Cancelled
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Class:
Decorative Forging
Instructor: Tim Beachley
Assisting:
Dates:
29-30 Sep 2007
(Sat/Sun)
Fee:
$175
Prerequisite: BS-101 or
equivalent
This class will include twists, textures, tooling,
punches, and chisels. It will cover basic welding for making spring swages,
jigs, and dies.
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Postponed Until Spring 2008
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Class:
BS-101 (Beginner's Blacksmithing)
Instructor: Albin Drzewianowski
Assisting: Ken Strosnider
Dates:
13-14 Oct 2007
(Sat/Sun)
Fee:
$175
Learn the basics of blacksmithing from forge and fire
control to hammer control. You will learn to forge a fish tail scroll, pig
tail scroll, tab hook, drive hook, forge poker, water can handle, and other
student selected projects as time permits.
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Class:
BS-101 (Beginner's Blacksmithing)
Instructor: Bill Clemens
Assisting: Ray Neubauer
Dates:
27-28 Oct
2007
(Sat/Sun)
Fee:
$175
Learn the basics of blacksmithing from forge and fire
control to hammer control. You will learn to forge a fish tail scroll, pig
tail scroll, tab hook, drive hook, forge poker, water can handle, and other
student selected projects as time permits.
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Class:
Colonial Style Fire Shovel
Instructor: Ken Schwarz (Head Blacksmith
at Colonial Williamsburg)
Assisting: Ted McNett
Dates:
3-4 Nov
2007
(Sat/Sun)
Fee:
$175
Prerequisite: BS-101 or
equivalent
This class will focus on using traditional hand-forging techniques to make
an eighteenth century style fire shovel. Several reproduction and antique
examples of common period forms will be available for examination and study.
Students will have the opportunity to forge and finish a fire shovel during
the class. Skills emphasized include forge welding and use of the cross peen
hammer for spreading material.
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Class: BS-202 (Intermediate Blacksmithing)
Instructor: Ray Neubauer
Assisting: Bob Nagle
Dates:
10-11 Nov
2007
(Sat/Sun)
Fee:
$175
Prerequisite: BS-101 or
equivalent
Learn hammer control, hardening and tempering, and rivet
making. You will forge a pair of pick up tongs and all the tooling necessary
to punch, drift, rivet, and assemble them. Projects will include a top rivet
set, bottom rivet stake, center punch, scribe, round punch, and a punch
plate or bolster.
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Class:
Forge Welding
Instructor: Bill Clemens
Assisting: Ray Neubauer
Dates:
15-16
Dec 2007
(Sat/Sun)
Fee:
$175
Prerequisite: BS-101 or
equivalent
Learn basic forge welding techniques and make a small project
incorporating forge welds
Forge welding or Fire Welding is a
technique for joining two pieces of iron or steel by heating them in a forge
and then fusing them together with hammer blows.
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