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A DIY Off-the-Grid Guerilla Patternwelded Billet
Laminated steel, the stuff many folk call Damascus Steel

We'll be making a small (~1/2" x 1/2" x 5") billet or two of pattern-welded steel, what many call "Damascus Steel".
We will work with readily available steels (mild, strapping, hacksaw, transformer, bandsaw, bedrail...) to create a billet of layered steel that can be used to make any number of ornamental items (cufflinks and studs, door handles, buckles, forks, spoons... maybe the side plates on a San Mai Knife perhaps? Just... sayin'.)
We'll discuss various ways of affecting the pattern... twisting, drilling, grinding, folding, cutting... then choose one to try.

The expected 'product' of this class is... a chunk of metal. With which something cool may be done.

Note: We'll be spattering molten borax around the room, dress appropriately.

Gift Certificates for A DIY Off-the-Grid Guerilla Patternwelded Billet are available.

9 hours in 3 three hour meetings    dates&times

Instructor: Carl West
$375 per student
Maximum 4 students, one per forge

Prerequisite:

Required: A rapid Covid test that day.
Yes, really, we're still asking for it in 2025.
It's still out there, and no fun at all.

The student will have finished at least Rudiments 1, preferably Rudiments 2 The more experience, the better.

Please wear proper clothing for visiting or working in the forge:
- closed top shoes
(preferably leather, preferably high-topped. Sneakers are sufficient... but sandals, crocs, pumps, mules... are not. If you can see the skin of your foot, or the foot of your socks, it's not good enough)
- natural fiber clothing
(Synthetics are a risk because: IF a hot thing touches them it's likely that the material will melt and stick to your flesh, making the burn even worse than it would be through a natural fiber.)
- long pants that cover the tops of the shoes.
Click here for more safety information.


Dates and Times:
If none of the dates below work for you (or are already full), we suggest you
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(The notification list gets emailed soon after classes are put on the schedule.)

Ongoing:

Weekly on Mondays, June 9 to June 23
6:30pm to 9:30pm
(2025)

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Upcoming:

This class is either:
- not upcoming on our schedule,
- or we've fallen behind in our clerical duties and not entered it in the database.
If you found it on our calendar page, we are planning to offer it on that date.

If you're interested in taking A DIY Off-the-Grid Guerilla Patternwelded Billet and it's not on the calendar, please tell us using our Notification-List Page.

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