3 hour Blacksmithing Experience Workshop

3 hour Blacksmithing Experience / Teamwork activity

 ** Shorter version of the Blacksmithing Introduction workshop, forging a simpler bottle opener in 2 hours and then testing it on a beer or soda **

Come spend an afternoon with us on this practical introduction to Blacksmithing, and go home with your very own hand forged results to show for it!

You will experience shaping steel with hammer and fire, as well as learn a bit about the forge, anvil, tools and techniques used in blacksmithing.

Great workshop for a bit of teamwork, as you team up in pairs and help eachother hold and hammer to each create a bottle opener to bring home.

Get a group of friends together, as a company teamwork exercise, or an active bucks party/hens party before going on to one of the many breweries in Brookvale.

Included:

• Blacksmithing overview: Tools, processes, safety briefing
• All materials required (carbon steel, hammers, tongs, anvil, gas forge, PPE)
• Forging your own project with hammer and anvil
• All instructions and support required
• 2 hours will be spent forging with 30 mins for safety/process at the beginning, and a 30 min beer/soda break at the end.

Your day: 1-4pm.

The day starts with a Safety Briefing and then we briefly cover some blacksmithing concepts and tools before we get you guys onto the tools.

Together we all make a bottle opener to practise hammer control, tong selection and moving the steel to shape. 

**This is a small workshop of max 6 students. To reschedule your spot to a different date and not forfeit your ticket, requires 48 hours notice before the workshop is scheduled to start **

Suitable For:

• Anyone over 16 years old with an interest in blacksmithing
• Anyone able to lift a 1 kg hammer over the head and hammer "for a while" (we will help if you get tired)
• Anyone able to follow basic safety instructions as provided by your instructor who is with you every step of the way.

We recommend wearing full-length pants and closed-toe shoes on the day. We will provide leather blacksmith aprons and suitable eye and ear protection. Expect to get hit by some sparks, (long sleeves and pants is the way to go.)

The workshop will be held in the back yard of our location in Brookvale, Northern Beaches Sydney. This is an industrial setting outside, under roof with basic facilities. 

**The small text: We may need to assist on some of the steps to get it all done in one day. But we will aim to let you do as much as possible of this yourself. If you get tired of the hammering and we have to assist, we may have to help you with some decisions on how to complete your project, in order to finish on time **