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April 2024
Volunteer Op: Minnesota Zoo’s Farm Babies 2024-Days 1 and 2 of 8
We have been invited back to demonstrate at the MN Zoo for four weekends in April and May at the MN Zoo’s Farm Babies event. This is a venue we have demonstrated at before, and it is a really great setup. The demonstrations are April 27th, 28th, May 4th, 5th, 11th, 12th, 18th and 19th. The coal is provided, and we will have two and perhaps three forges set up. All you need is your hammer and some stock. You…
Find out more »Joinery One, 2-Day Class 2024, Day 1 of 2
Instructors: Derrick Phillips and others Class size: Maximum students: 8 Minimum students: 4 Class Description: This is Part One of Three in a Joinery class series. The overall courses are skills based, to incorporate all that was learned in a class taken by the instructors and taught by Mark Aspery. In this first 12 hours of instruction the student will learn the importance of proper tool making to accomplish successful joinery. We will concentrate this portion on forging tooling to…
Find out more »Volunteer Op: Minnesota Zoo’s Farm Babies 2024-Days 1 and 2 of 8
We have been invited back to demonstrate at the MN Zoo for four weekends in April and May at the MN Zoo’s Farm Babies event. This is a venue we have demonstrated at before, and it is a really great setup. The demonstrations are April 27th, 28th, May 4th, 5th, 11th, 12th, 18th and 19th. The coal is provided, and we will have two and perhaps three forges set up. All you need is your hammer and some stock. You…
Find out more »Joinery One 2024 2-Day Class-Day 2 of 2
Instructors: Derrick Phillips and others Class size: Maximum students: 8 Minimum students: 4 Class Description: This is Part One of Three in a Joinery class series. The overall courses are skills based, to incorporate all that was learned in a class taken by the instructors and taught by Mark Aspery. In this first 12 hours of instruction the student will learn the importance of proper tool making to accomplish successful joinery. We will concentrate this portion on forging tooling…
Find out more »May 2024
Volunteer Op: Minnesota Zoo’s Farm Babies 2024-Days 3 and 4 of 8
We have been invited back to demonstrate at the MN Zoo for four weekends in April and May at the MN Zoo’s Farm Babies event. This is a venue we have demonstrated at before, and it is a really great setup. The demonstrations are April 27th, 28th, May 4th, 5th, 11th, 12th, 18th and 19th. The coal is provided, and we will have two and perhaps three forges set up. All you need is your hammer and some stock. You…
Find out more »Hammer Class 2024
Hammer with anvil Instructor: Derrick Phillips and others Class size: Max 8, min 4 Description: It is recommended that anyone wishing to take this class have taken at least a few days long beginners class, and have several weeks of forging time. This will help ensure a certain comfort at the forge and with hot metal, as this class works with a larger hot piece. This class will teach you the skills you need to make a basic rounding hammer.…
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