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October 2015
2015 Beginning Blacksmithing Class A4
Four sets of classes are held this Fall, Winter and Spring (A1-4, B1-4, C1-4, and D1-4. All four sets of classes teach the same information. All classes are full.
Find out more »November 2015
2015 Wire Inlay Class-2nd day cancelled
This 2-day class has been cancelled. First day was in October, but cancelled.
Find out more »December 2015
Handled Struck Tools 2015
Instructors: (Lead) Jesse Gavin, supported by Dave Gavin, Herb Fick, and others The tools made will be punches with a wire handle and chisels with a wire handle. We will use treadle hammers. (Find out if you really need one of these by trying them.) Tools for the treadle hammers will be supplied. Steel will be 5/8 and 3/4 inch round 4140 for the punches and chisels. Handles will be fabricated from ¼ and or 5/16 round CRS. The exercise…
Find out more »December 6 Membership Meeting
TGoM annual holiday meeting just around the corner! Join us for our Guild of Metalsmiths annual holiday meeting on Sunday, December 6. - No demonstrations - No tours - Always Show and Tell - Maximum social enjoyment - Huge potluck following annual meeting - Elections, and - Awards: find out who receives the Juaire/Hubler award this year What more could you ask for on Any Given Sunday? Where? CSPS Hall on the corner of West 7th St. & Michigan St.…
Find out more »February 2016
February 10, 2016 membership meeting
I hope you all can make it out to the The Guild of Metalsmiths February 10 meeting at Macalester College. Please note that there was going to be a Stainless Steel TIG Welding Demo, but that has now been changed to a Bronze Pour. A Bronze Pour sounds great to me, so I’m not complaining. The Bronze Pour is going to be taking place at 7:00 so we are going to have to start the potluck right at 6:30 if…
Find out more »March 2016
Bronze Pour 2016: Pattern Making Workshop-cancelled!
Bronze Casting, Pattern, and Mold Making is a 3-part class 1. Saturday, March 26, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm, Pattern Making Workshop 2. Saturday & Sunday, April 16 & 17, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm, Mold Making 3. Saturday April 23, 3:00 pm - Evening: The Pour Instructor: Marty Hicks Class size: 10 We’ll be casting silicon bronze into two-part (cope and drag) sand molds from your pattern. For beginners, a flat-backed clay pattern is recommended. However, if you have…
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