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BSD Friday Workshop with Ted Banning
May
16

BSD Friday Workshop with Ted Banning

  • 500 South Center Street Westminster, MD, 21157 United States (map)
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For the Friday BSD 2025 workshop, Mr Banning will be teaching a traditional Indonesian knife with a human-shaped handle, called a Majapahit Keris. The workshop will cover forging only; grinding and finishing of the knife will be left to the students. A picture is attached.

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BS 202 (Tong Making)
Aug
30
to Aug 31

BS 202 (Tong Making)

  • 500 South Center Street Westminster, MD, 21157 United States (map)
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- Learn hammer control, hardening and tempering, and riveting. You will forge a pair of bolt 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. Class time 9am-5pm each day.

Prerequisites: You must have taken Blacksmithing 101 or have equivalent experience equal to at least 16 hours of forging time.

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Knife Making Class (Weekend)
Sep
27
to Sep 28

Knife Making Class (Weekend)

  • 500 South Center Street Westminster, MD, 21157 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

In this class, you will learn to forge, heat treat, grind, handle, and finish a camping/utility knife. The knife will be made from 1075 steel and have a wooden handle with a full tang construction. All materials will be provided.

Prerequisites: You must have taken Blacksmithing 101, or have equivalent experience equal to at least 16 hours of forging time.

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Ring in the Season Jingle Bell Class
Nov
22
to Nov 23

Ring in the Season Jingle Bell Class

  • 500 South Center Street Westminster, MD, 21157 United States (map)
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Description: Make tooling to forge jingle bells for the holidays. Create your own designs, forge the bells, attach stems and ringers. Each student will have the opportunity to make five jingle bells. Class time 9am-5pm each day

Prerequisites: You must have taken Blacksmithing 101 or have equivalent experience equal to at least 16 hours of forging time.

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Punch & Chisel Making
Mar
29
to Mar 30

Punch & Chisel Making

  • 500 South Center Street Westminster, MD, 21157 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Learn to Temper High Carbon Steel. The student will make several chisels and punches and then harden or temper them according to their intended use.

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Forge Welding for Beginners (Weekend) Cancelled
Feb
22
to Feb 23

Forge Welding for Beginners (Weekend) Cancelled

  • 500 South Center Street Westminster, MD, 21157 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Class has been cancelled

Description: 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. Class time 9am-5pm each day. PREREQUISITE: BS 101 or equivalent.

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Dragon Head Making
Dec
28
to Dec 29

Dragon Head Making

  • 500 South Center Street Westminster, MD, 21157 United States (map)
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Learn to forge out dragon heads. The class will include making the tooling needed to forge dragon heads.

Prerequisite: Blacksmithing 101 or equivalent.

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Knife Making
Nov
23
to Nov 24

Knife Making

  • 500 South Center Street Westminster, MD, 21157 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

In this class, you will learn to forge, heat treat, grind, handle, and finish a camping/utility knife. The knife will be made from 1075 steel and have a wooden handle with a full tang construction. All materials will be provided.

Prerequisites: You must have taken Blacksmithing 101, or have equivalent experience equal to at least 16 hours of forging time.

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Super BS101 - Beginner Blacksmithing
Apr
8
to Apr 11

Super BS101 - Beginner Blacksmithing

  • 500 South Center Street Westminster, MD, 21157 United States (map)
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Super BS101 is an extended 4-day version of BS-101, students will learn blacksmithing safety, setting up of their own shop, evaluating equipment, an overview of forge welding, an overview of working with high carbon and tool steels, finishes and blacksmithing resources.

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Forged Flowers
Feb
10
to Feb 11

Forged Flowers

  • 500 South Center Street Westminster, MD, 21157 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

This class will focus on forming flowers. Students will create different flowers in time for Valentine's Day. This will include the sheet metal rose, rolled rose, and others. Stems and leaves will be forged from bar stock. We will explore textures, tooling, and techniques. All materials are provided. Students should have basic metalworking knowledge, but there are no pre-requisite courses.

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