Basics of Blacksmithing II
11 17 08
Forge welded chain (one link each meeting), eye-punch, high carbon steel hardened, tempered and broken, square-octagonal-round, welded basket s-hook, 2-piece weld, forging-to-a-drawing, scrolling-in-the-air.
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Rudiments III
02 05 08
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They have their own page There are too many pictures for here.
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A Taste of Blacksmithing: 'S' Hooks
02 02 08
We got off to a slow start what with finagling aprons and eyegear and such. And we ran over time. In the end we got six 's' hooks and two nearly 'j' hooks. |
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A Taste of Blacksmithing: 'S' Hooks
(neé Cooking Skewers)
1 16 08
The class had seven students but none were attached to the idea of cooking skewers, so we made S-hooks instead.
Lessons were learned, some ends were burned, but only two fingertips touched hot metal that I know of. |
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A Taste of Blacksmithing: 'S' Hooks (was Cooking Skewers)
1 11 08
The class was small and they chose to make S-hooks instead of the skewers.
Nate finished early and got a good start on making a long thin taper. |
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A Taste of Blacksmithing: 'S' Hooks
12 27 07
These guys moved along pretty well. The father and son finished with about 45 minutes to spare and managed to squeak out a second hook each. Tamara made a 90° hook. |
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Rudiments of Blacksmithing I
12 21 07
A long cooking fork, a pair of tongs and enough time left over to make a pointer and get a good start on the hardware for a felloe saw |
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Open Smithy
Denise made a pointer/steak-turner.
The polishing was done at Metalwerx. |
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Our first Basics of Blacksmithing class started on September 12 and finished on December 12
They get their own page.
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Open Smithy
Bob made a trivet of his own design |
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A Taste of Blacksmithing: 'S'-Hooks
12 10 07
Four hooks and a pointer-thing. |
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A Taste of Blacksmithing: Cooking Skewers
12 01 07
These two whipped right along and made some lovely twists on the way. |
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Simple Knives
11 26 07
Knives from automotive coil spring and from star-drills |
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Rudiments II
11 19 07
These guys made a bunch of stuff:
Welded flux spoons, Sharp right-angle bends, Hardened and tempered
centerpunch & chisel, Dragon/nightmare-beast heads,
Leaf-finials
(many open bottles), and an ornamental 'spike' |
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A Taste of Blacksmithing
11 09 07
'S'-Hooks |
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A Taste of Blacksmithing
10 30 07
'S' - Hooks |
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Rudiments 1
10 02 07 - 10 23 07
Cooking forks and Tongs |
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| Taste 10 22 07 Cooking Skewers |
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Taste 10 11 07
Leaf-shaped Bottle openers |
Sadly, the pictures
of
Jean, Brendan, Elissa and
their leaves have been lost |
| A Taste of Blacksmithing 09-28-07 |
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| A Taste of Blacksmithing 09-27-07 |
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A Taste of Blacksmithing 09-25-07
Two Students, two lovely s-hooks |
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Simple
Knives 09-08-07
Three students three knives, we sharpened the bottom one, it shaves. |
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The rest of Rudiments II.
Chisels, centerpunches, dragon-heads, forge-welded flux-spoons,
loop welds, square bends, round tenons.
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A Taste of Blacksmithing
090107 |
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Jeremy had to leave
Rudiments II early.
Centerpunch, chisel, forge-welded flux spoon, forgewelded loop, two
dragon heads, square right-angle bends |
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| Melissa with the firesteel she made and the fire she
made with her firesteel |
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| Rudiments I |
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Rudiments I
With forks and tongs and bottle openers
on July 8 '07
(It was a hot
day) |
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"A Taste..." June 15 '07 |
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The "A Taste..." class
on June 14 '07, with their hooks:
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| Hooks from the June
11 '07 "A Taste..." class |
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| Hooks from the June
8 '07 "A Taste... " class. |
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| These
guys worked their arms off in the first Rudiments I
class |
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