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March 2024
Scandi style/ bushcraft knife class 2024-Day 2 of 2
Instructor: Paul Widenhoefer Class size: 8 students max Are you afraid of being stuck in the wilderness with only a knife at your side? Or do you just want to carve some Dala horses with a Scandinavian blade? Well, we have the knife class for you! This class offering will be for making a scandi-style knife favored by woodworkers, campers, survivalists and woods men and women alike. We will be covering forging a blade, safety, grinding, knife steels, handles, heat…
Find out more »Beginners Blacksmithing 3-day Class March 2024-Day 1 of 3
Dates: The classes are held on the following Saturdays of March 9, 16, and 23, 2024 Location: Minnesota School of Horseshoeing, 6250 Riverdale Dr NW, Ramsey MN 55303, just off Hwy 10 near the Anoka Vocational College (see map below). Class Description: This 3 day class covers the basics of: Safety, Tools, Fire Control, Forging Dynamics, Tapers (ribbon, fishtail, point), Twisting, Riveting, Shouldering, Upset, Cutting, Splitting, Punching, Heat Treat, Scrolling, Bending, Forge weld. The beginners basic classes are designed to…
Find out more »Beginners Blacksmithing Class March 2024-Day 2 of 3
Dates: The classes are held on the following Saturdays of March 9, 16, and 23, 2024 Location: Minnesota School of Horseshoeing, 6250 Riverdale Dr NW, Ramsey MN 55303, just off Hwy 10 near the Anoka Vocational College (see map below). Class Description: This 3 day class covers the basics of: Safety, Tools, Fire Control, Forging Dynamics, Tapers (ribbon, fishtail, point), Twisting, Riveting, Shouldering, Upset, Cutting, Splitting, Punching, Heat Treat, Scrolling, Bending, Forge weld. The beginners basic classes are designed to…
Find out more »Beginners Blacksmithing Class March 2024 – Day 3 of 3
Dates: The classes are held on the following Saturdays of March 9, 16, and 23, 2024 Location: Minnesota School of Horseshoeing, 6250 Riverdale Dr NW, Ramsey MN 55303, just off Hwy 10 near the Anoka Vocational College (see map below). Class Description: This 3 day class covers the basics of: Safety, Tools, Fire Control, Forging Dynamics, Tapers (ribbon, fishtail, point), Twisting, Riveting, Shouldering, Upset, Cutting, Splitting, Punching, Heat Treat, Scrolling, Bending, Forge weld. The beginners basic classes are designed to…
Find out more »April 2024
April Membership Meeting 2024
Next TGoM membership meeting will be April 10 at Oxygen Service Co., St. Paul, MN Join your fellow Guild of Metalsmith friends on Wednesday, April 10 at Oxygen Service Co., 1111 Pierce Butler Route, St. Paul, MN. Oxygen Service will have a lecture for us on Safe Operating of Oxy Acetylene Torch and Alternative Gas Use. Potluck starts at 6:30 pm. Please bring a dish to pass. Keep in mind, as a Guild member you have a 15% discount on…
Find out more »Candle Chandelier Class 2024
Instructor: Don Hogenson Class size: Max 8, min 4 students Class Description In this class you will be forging, twisting, and riveting together a candle chandelier. You’ll be working with round, flat, and short sections of pipe. Students should have completed the basics classes. Side note: Don learned how to make this in a class given by Dave Marriette – far enough in the past that we couldn’t come up with what year it was. Class Champion: Jesse Gavin 1-715-808-5891…
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