New England Blacksmiths Workshop Schedule
Brentwood Teaching Center (directions below)
Brentwood North, Portland
The Brentwood North program will be held on Feb. 27,
2010 at the Ball & Chain Forge in Portland Maine.
From Bob Menard: I am pleased to announce the
instructor line up for this year. Carl Close is going to be teaching
some reposse techniques including the use of pitch. Russell Pope will be
showing techniques of forging cusps and their uses in leaf development
and other home products. Richard Spreda is doing a fire place poker and
incorporating some forge welding, upsetting, tapering, overall design.
John Hodgdon makes another appearance working on simple wall and S hooks
with less then simple twisting designs. This is a great group of
talented blacksmiths.
The program will run from 9A to 4P. Coffee, breakfast
goodies, and lunch will be provided.
For those who have not experienced this program it is
four 90 minute stations thru the day. Students complete a project at
each station that they can take home. Every 90 minutes the entire group
rotates clock wise to a new station and a new project.
The cost of the day is $70.00 with all funds
supporting the Brentwood Teaching Facility. Sign up early as there are
only 8 spots on a first come first served basis. This 2 to 1 ratio gives
the best learning environment.
Payment up front guarantees your spot.
Contact Bob Menard
Ball & Chain Forge
56 Warren Ave.
Portland, Maine 04103
207-878-2217
ballandchainforge@yahoo.com
This is the schedule for the BTC Workshop
events to be held in 2009 at the Brentwood Teaching Center:
OPEN FORGE DATES
Last Saturday of the Month
Be sure to check back in the sping when the teaching
center starts it's schedule again for the 2010 season.
The facility will be open and staffed from 9am to 4pm
on these dates (read below about half days)
"Open Forges" - further defined....
The Brentwood Teaching Center in Brentwood NH will be
open and staffed one day a month for members to get some fire time. You
can show up with a project in mind or some ideas can be suggested by the
instructor.
This is a perfect opportunity to do that project you
always wanted to tackle but didn't for lack of tooling, space, extra set
of knowledgeable hands.
The cost will be $10.00 for the day. If one's project
includes using substantial resource, IE. considerable steel or expensive
fuel gases, an additional lab fee may be assessed.
For information please contact Cory Conway,
1-603-929-3536. Each posted session will have a member in attendance at
least to noon. If no one shows up this member may leave for the day. If
you are only able to show up in the afternoon call Cory. That insures
someone is there.
SAFETY GLASSES ARE A MUST + BOOTS or suitable shoes, pants & long
sleeves
NOTE: All events will run from 9AM to 4PM unless otherwise
noted.
Instructors and forgemasters reserve the right to limit class size.
Please
call ahead to reserve your spot.
!!!Important
- Safety Glasses are required at all times in the shop
!!!
Feel free to bring your favorite hammers and tongs.