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January 2024
Beginning Blacksmithing Classes Winter 2024, Class 3 of 3
Beginners Blacksmithing 3-day Class January 2024 Registration is now open for this series of 3 classes. Dates: The classes are held on the following Saturdays of January 6, 13, 20, 2024 Location: Minnesota School of Horseshoeing, 6250 Riverdale Dr NW, Ramsey MN 55303, just off Hwy 10 near the Anoka Vocational College (see map below). Class Description: This 3 day class covers the basics of: Safety, Tools, Fire Control, Forging Dynamics, Tapers (ribbon, fishtail, point), Twisting, Riveting,…
Find out more »Leaf Tongs Class 2024
Location: MN School of Horseshoeing Instructor:s Dave Gavin 715-821-9950 and Jesse Gavin 715-808-5891 Class Size: Maximum students: 8 Minimum students: 4 Class manager: Jesse Gavin, jagavin6273@hotmail.com Description: This class will have you making tongs that will hold on to leaves and other thin and curved shapes without marking the surface or flattening out the veins. This class is for beginners that have gone through and have had some additional practice beyond the basics class. You will be drawing out the…
Find out more »February 2024
Copper Jewelry Class 2024
Location: Jackson Street Roundhouse blacksmith shop (MN Transportation Museum), 193 Pennsylvania Ave. E., St. Paul, MN 55113 Instructor: Larry Nevin Cost: $65 members; $75 non-members Class size: 8 maximum (18years + ) Class manager: Kim Maas, 651-328-7219 , TGoMvolunteer@gmail.com Description: A Copper Jewelry Class will be held Saturday, February 10, 2024, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Jackson Street Roundhouse just in time for Valentines Day. Come and make a custom piece of…
Find out more »February 17 Membership Meeting 2024
Guild meeting Saturday, February 17 at 9:00 a.m. is ‘BYOC’ (Bring Your Own Coffee) Northfield Foundry & Mach Company 320 Water St N, Northfield, MN 55057 We will be hosted by Northfield Foundry. Herb Fick visited it prior to our meeting, and this is most of his report: “The Foundry dates to 1920 when Mike Machacek moved to Northfield after an argument with the priest in New Prague MN. He developed a line of industrial woodworking machinery that was accepted…
Find out more »March 2024
Scandi style/ bushcraft knife class 2024-Day 1 of 2
Instructor: Paul Widenhoefer Class size: 8 students max Are you afraid of being stuck in the wilderness with only a knife at your side? Or do you just want to carve some Dala horses with a Scandinavian blade? Well, we have the knife class for you! This class offering will be for making a scandi-style knife favored by woodworkers, campers, survivalists and woods men and women alike. We will be covering forging a blade, safety, grinding, knife steels, handles, heat…
Find out more »Scandi style/ bushcraft knife class 2024-Day 2 of 2
Instructor: Paul Widenhoefer Class size: 8 students max Are you afraid of being stuck in the wilderness with only a knife at your side? Or do you just want to carve some Dala horses with a Scandinavian blade? Well, we have the knife class for you! This class offering will be for making a scandi-style knife favored by woodworkers, campers, survivalists and woods men and women alike. We will be covering forging a blade, safety, grinding, knife steels, handles, heat…
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