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August 2013
Nowthen Threshing Show 2013
Guild smiths are invited to demonstrate at this event which begins Friday, August 16 and ends Sunday, August 18, 2013. Website: http://www.nowthenthreshing.com/ Contact Bob Fredell for details.
Find out more »September 2013
2013 Beginners Class Instructor Workshop
To all current and prospective instructors: The Education Committee requests your presence at The 2013 Beginners Class Instructor Workshop on Saturday, September 14, 2013 at the Minnesota School of Horseshoeing. We will discuss the curriculum we used for last year’s classes and the projects we created. We will do a short recap on how the three groups went. The Guild’s classes use bits and pieces of lessons 1-25 of the ABANA instruction manual "Controlled Hand Forging" (Some only briefly discussed…
Find out more »2013 Pre-Conference Class with Mark Pearce
Mark Pearce will demonstrate how to create this candelabra at the pre-conference class on Sept. 19 & 20. Students will make their own. This fall’s pre-conference class features Mark Pearce leading participants through making a highly decorative candelabra. Mark Pearce has been a professional blacksmith since 1983. He served an apprenticeship and attended several blacksmithing schools in England. The bulk of his work in England was on the restoration of historic wrought iron gates and railing of cathedrals and an…
Find out more »2013 Fall Conference September 20, 21, 22
The Madness Is Coming! Plan now to attend our 36th annual Fall Conference to be held at the Little Log House Antique Power Show grounds just south of Hastings, Minnesota from September 20 through September 22, 2013. Follow the Google map link above to see the location. The Conference Brochure 2013 is available to download and print to share with those who may be interested. Also available is the TGOM 2013 Fall Conference flyer to print and hang on bulletin boards. One item to keep a…
Find out more »October 2013
October 2013 TGoM Membership Meeting
The October 9 meeting at the MN Transportation Museum/Jackson Street Round House will be a joint meeting with the MN Wood Workers Guild. Looks like we’ll have multiple demonstrations set up, with Martin Pansch having a go with some simple chest hardware, probably having staged parts for expediency. Also, Bob Brown will man a coal forge and crank out nails for a while. Maybe Bob could also field simple requests from the audience that could be accomplished with 1/4", 3/8" stock.…
Find out more »November 2013
2013 Wire Inlay Class Now Full!
This is an example of Tom’s silver wire inlay on an axe head. Note: we will not be making or inlaying axes in this class. We have a real treat for you this time. Tom Latané has offered to take some time out of his busy schedule and teach us a thing or two. The class will focus on wire inlay in steel. Students will chase grooves in the metal and then chase the bottoms of the grooves square. The…
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