Create-Connect: Blacksmithing Basics

Name: Create-Connect: Blacksmithing Basics
Start: 2024-07-11T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-07-11T15:00:00-05:00
Location: Manitowoc County Historical Society

Schedule

Thu Jul 11 2024 at 12:00 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Manitowoc County Historical Society | Manitowoc, WI

The class is designed to give someone with little or no metal working skills as a hands-on, fun “be a blacksmith for a day” experience. Explore the basics of forge work in a blacksmith shop while making a decorative “S” hook or a bottle opener to take home. Topics will include safety, tools and equipment, and beginning techniques for shaping metal. Small class size guarantees lots of one-on-one instruction and lots of time at the forge!
All costs of materials are included in the cost of the class. Dress for working in a shop and for the weather (shop is heated by a wood-burning stove only).
Please bring heavy work gloves, eye protection, and water bottle.
Ages 16 and up
Fee: $65 per person. MCHS Members receive a 15% discount. Advanced registration required. Check in at the McAllister House Welcome Center by 11:45 a.m.