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Frequently Asked Questions
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In a single day blacksmithing class, you can forge a hammer using a 25 tonne forging press, including punching the handle hole, shaping, heat treating (hardening and tempering), grinding, polishing, and fitting a spotted gum handle. Alternatively, you can make a copper serving spoon by forging and texturing steel for the handle, forming copper sheet, and joining pieces with copper rivets.
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A 3-hour introductory welding taster class covers MIG welding fundamentals, safety considerations (UV rays, burns, electrocution), machine operation, wire selection, and basic joints including fillet joints, butt joints, and lap joints with hands-on practice running beads.
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Yes. The Make a Ring in a Day Workshop teaches roller printing, soldering with jewellery torches, filing, finishing, and patinating techniques to create a complete sterling silver ring band designed and made by you in a single session.
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The Introduction to Woodworking Class teaches how to shape and finish a spatula using reclaimed timber and traditional hand tools over three hours. You learn basic woodworking principles while working with ethically sourced materials.
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Jewellery workshops provide sterling silver (one troy ounce included), solder, use of tools, and studio space. For ring workshops, materials include copper, silver, or gold options. The Make a Ring DIY Workshop includes instruction in hammering, sawing, measuring, annealing, soldering, filing, and polishing.
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Yes. The Continuing Jewellery Making Evening Course allows students to build on metalsmithing skills through guided projects and design development. The Beginner Spinning 4-week course (3 hours per week) teaches spinning wheels, mechanics, and adjustments for commercially prepared wool and raw fleece, with a $30 materials kit.