Instructor: Jim Erickson TIG (short hand for Gas Tungsten Arc) welding has become the industrial standard when precise, neat welds are required. You will find it used on everything from bicycle frames to nuclear reactor coils. In this class Jim Ericksen will try to bestow as much of his many year of experience with TIG…

Instructor: Tom Sander Class size: Maximum students: 6    Minimum students: 3 If you have walked around rural Minnesota in the spring you have likely become quite a connoisseur of how different mud sticks to your boots. It is also likely this appreciation has also seen you banned from entering the house prior to shedding pounds…

Instructor: Susan Wood This class will include a lecture and images on how clock mechanisms are designed and built, including the influence of the blacksmith in early clocks and tools. We will cover the evolution of escapements from foliot to pendulum to balance wheel. How sources of power influence the mechanism with weights springs fusee…

Instructors:  Martin Pansch, Larry Wasmund, Rick Wessling, Marty Masters, other exciting guest instructors to be determined later. Maximum students: 8, Minimum 4 Tongs, while deceptively simple looking, contain a lot of considerations in making them. They should fit the work, fit your hand, be long enough but not too long, sturdy enough but not too…

Power Hammer Use-'Pre-pre-conference class' Class size: Maximum students:    10 Instructor: Nathan Robertson Class description: Do you want to get the most out of your power hammer? Or are you contemplating getting a power hammer but want to know more about them first? In this class Nathan will be taking students from the basics of driving…