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Calling all artists, makers, crafters, woodworkers, welders, metalworkers, artisans, sewers, craft-persons, thrifters, re-users, and recyclers. Make Santa Fe is hosting a meetup group! We're looking to engage with our maker community, introduce our space to new members, and brush shoulders with existing members & those interested in making.
Well meet at MAKE Santa Fe, a 501(c)3 non-profit community workspace where people can access tools, resources, and workshops in order to make, repair, invent or create anything they can dream. MAKE is like a gym, but with powerful tools instead of exercise equipment and skilled craftspeople instead of personal trainers. We invite you to join us and exercise your creativity.
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Intro to Blacksmithing
MAKE Santa Fe, 2879 All Trades Rd, Santa Fe, NM, US#### Are you enthralled by watching glowing red-hot steel being manipulated and transformed? Have you ever wanted to try your hand at blacksmithing? Here’s a chance to learn the safety precautions, basic techniques, tools, and nomenclature to get you started.
#### What you’ll learn:
- Safety in the blacksmith shop.
- Basic Blacksmithing tool use, techniques, and nomenclature.
- How to avoid the most common blacksmith shop injuries.
- Discuss metal selection and using recycled scrap steels in the forge.
- Learn the fundamental forging processes of hammering or drawing a taper, forging from square to octagon to round and back again, scrolling, twisting, bending, and straightening.
- Learn simple finishing techniques to preserve and highlight your work.
- With no prior blacksmithing experience, you should be able to complete a minimum of two different projects to take home from this class.
#### Purchase tickets here: https://makesantafe.org/events/intro-to-blacksmithing/
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