Heat TreatingA discussion about what's-going-on-with-the-atoms-in-there when annealing, normalizing,hardening, and tempering steel. A bunch of why and a fair bit of how, and a chance to play with it for a bit. With lots of time for questions.
Gift Certificates for Heat Treating are available.
One meeting, 2 hours dates×
Instructor: Carl West
Fee: $35 per student
Maximum 8 students, two per forge
Please wear proper clothing for visiting or working in the forge:
closed toe shoes (preferably leather, preferably high-topped. Sneakers are sufficient, sandals, crocs, pumps, mules... are not), natural fiber clothing, long pants that cover the tops of the shoes.
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This class is either: If you're interested in taking Heat Treating and it's not on the calendar, please tell us using our Notification-List Page.
Dates and Times:
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- not upcoming on our schedule,
- or we've fallen behind in our clerical duties and not entered it in the database.
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