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Tent Stakes and Open Smithy

A chance to make good solid tent stakes.

This is sort of a focused Open Smithy* time. The main intent will be to make, you guessed it, tent stakes.

Techniques: drawing-out, cutting,and bending. Minor coaching on form and technique will be available. We have four coal forges, so that many people (or groups) can be working at once. Some protective gear is available. If you're bringing a group you may need to bring some of your own eye and ear protection. We have aprons, ear muffs, and safety glasses enough to protect eight people. Bring your own stock or buy some from us, we have 1/2" square, 3/8" square & round on the rack.

*If you really want to make something else while everyone else is making tent stakes, feel free, you can do as you please with your forge time.

Gift Certificates for Tent Stakes and Open Smithy are available.

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Instructor: Carl West
$25/hour per student
Maximum of four groups; no more than four people per group.

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.

Some prior experience necessary, either one of our classes, or the ability to demonstrate that you can do the job with safety to you, others, and the tools.

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.
(To keep hot coals and bits of steel from getting down into your shoes. Which I hear is a bunch of No Fun.) Click here for more safety information.


Dates and Times:
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