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April 2018
2018 Wire Inlay Class IS FULL!
Instructors: Martin Pansch, Stephen Olivo The class will focus on wire inlay into mild steel. This is a technique that can be used to add decorative elements to many of your projects. Students will chase grooves in the metal and then chase the bottoms of the grooves square. The two corners thus created will be chased to form an undercut channel. The upper edges of the channels will be chased and filed to create grooves of even width. Copper wire…
Find out more »Wheat Stalks Class 2018
Instructor: Dave Gavin Learn to make wheat stalks w/leaves as elements of a sculpture. Full sculpture can be completed depending on time. Required tools: gas forge, anvil, leg vise, hand files, scrolling tongs, tongs to hold 1/8” – 3/8” round stock and 1/8” flat stock, forging hammers, small sharp cross peen hammer, grinder w/ grinder wheel, cut off wheel and sanding wheels, wire brush, brass brush, veining tool for leaves, diverging ‘V’ tool, needle nose pliers or vise grip 6LN,…
Find out more »May 2018
Hammer Class 2018
Instructors: JimMoenck, Stephen Olivo and Rob Murrray Class size: Maximum students: 8 Minimum students: 6 This class will teach you the skills you need to make a hammer. With this knowledge you will then be able to expand your tool chest with other handled tools. All handled tools such as top fullers, punches and flatters start with this same process. We will begin with a piece of steel, punch the eye, shape both striking ends, heat treat and put the…
Find out more »June 2018
TIG Welding Class 2018 is FULL!
Instructor: Jim Erickson Max students: 6 TIG (shorthand for Gas Tungsten Arc) welding has become the industrial standard when precise, neat welds are required. You will find it used on everything from bicycle frames to nuclear reactor coils. In this class Jim Ericksen will try to bestow as much of his many year of experience with TIG into a day. After a little bit of basic theory we will jump right into welding coupons of stainless steel using some top-of-the-line…
Find out more »Joinery Class – Part One 2018
Saturday & Sunday, June 2 & 3, 2018, 8:30 am to 4 pm, both days Maximum 8, minimum 4 Instructors: Wayne Olson, Dan Osadchuk, Jim Ricci This is Part One of three of the Joinery class series. The overall course is project based to incorporate all that is learned in this three part series. The final project is a hanging bracket. One part of the final project will be introduced during each course. In this first 12 hours of instruction…
Find out more »Build a gas forge 2018
Cost: Approximately $200. At the time of this publication, all the parts have not been procured yet. Final price will be determined in the May issue of the Forum, and/or by contact with participating members. Class size: maximum of 6 students Instructor: Jim Moenck This is a one day workshop during which we will make a venturi burner style gas forge, single burner model. The body will be approximately 10" diameter by 12" deep, made from a round steel tube.…
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