Blacksmithing: J-Hook Rack

Friday, June 7, 2024 - 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM 
Saturday, June 8, 2024 - 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Tuition: $115  Materials: $30

You will experience the transformative process of heating rigid metal to a bright glow and shaping it into a useful tool! You will review the basics of forge management and safety. Students will learn to use more advanced tools and techniques like drifting, riveting, basic grinding and tempering. In this class, you will learn to make forged j-hooks for a hook rack. A forged iron hook has many practical applications. This is a beginner to intermediate level class that is very good for learning hammer control. 

Be prepared to have fun! 

This class is accessible to those that have previous forging experience and already know the basics.

Students need to wear rugged, non-synthetic clothing and tough boots. The Folk School does provide aprons, safety glasses and earplugs, but do bring your own safety equipment if you have it. You can bring your own bag lunch including something to cook over our charcoal fires or order in from nearby restaurants.

About the Instructors: The Forging Community is a Duluth-based blacksmith collective offering classes and custom metalwork on London Road. Forging Community exists to educate, to the best of our abilities, the general public about the art and craft of metalsmithing. They will teach all who wish to learn and practice the craft with us, deepening and broadening our knowledge of the art, thus ensuring the survival and sustainability of metalsmithing into the future.