Lesson Plan
Rudiments of Blacksmithing
A four week course meeting once a week in two hour sessions covering
safety, fire management, and enough basic techniques
(drawing, bending, cutting, twisting, punching,
riveting) to get through many of our project classes.
No prior experience necessary.
Offered evenings and days or as an intensive full-day session on a
weekend
Prerequisite to most, but not all, other courses.
Missed classes may be made up by appointment for an additional fee.
(I wonder how
optimistic I'm being with the speed of things happening. - cw)
First week:
Introduction to tools: their use, care, and anatomy
Safety gear
Anvil
Hammer
Tongs
Forge
Vise
Basic hammer technique
Forge fire theory
Lighting the forge
Drawing - flat, square, and round
Cutting - with the hacksaw
Bending - with the hammer, with a bending fork
Product: A
simple 'S' hook or two with scrolled ends
Second week:
Review of previous week by starting another hook (45min)
Punching - the flattened end of the hook for a nail/screw hole
Cutting - hot with the cutting hardy
Twisting - straight, reversed
Product:
A few more hooks for plants, coats, hats, &cetera.
More graceful than the last.
Third week:
Product:
Fourth week:
Product: