• Students learn:
  • The history and basics of forging
  • Different forges and fuels
  • How to start a forge fire
  • Where to find tools
  • What tools to look for; etc.
• Students begin forging in the first class
  • learns to "draw out a bar",
  • then bend a bar two ways
  • by making the bar into a spice hook.
• The student then progresses to
  • making a pair of tongs to hold a bar of steel.
  • With the newly made tongs, the student forges a piece of carbon steel into a cold chisel.
  • Once the chisel is made, the student will learn how to
    • anneal,
    • file,
    • harden and finally
    • temper the chisel.
• Forge welding, often called fire welding (welding without electricity) is discussed, and time providing, the student will perform a forge weld.

*Auditors are limited to workshop observation and discussion