Beginning Blacksmithing – Making Blacksmithing Tools
(prerequisite any two Cuesta Blacksmithing classes)
This class continues a student's blacksmithing experience, reinforcing previously learned safety precautions and techniques, and developing the student's skill. The projects include a hot cut chisel, a round punch, a center punch and dividers. Handouts will be provided.
Students must wear fire-safe clothing (cotton, wool, or leather; no synthetics), closed-toe shoes (no synthetic uppers), and should dress for an open classroom. Long pants and short sleeves recommended.
Bring your lunch-there are no food sales available close by. Water will be provided.
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DATES: Saturday & Sunday: April 5 - 6, 2025
TIME: 9:00am - 4:00pm
FEES: $350 (includes materials)
LOCATION: San Luis Obispo campus 75 acres: 4803
INSTRUCTOR: Leif Bennett
QUESTIONS: Contact Shelly Ingram shelly_ingram@cuesta.edu
| Meet the instructor | |
|---|---|
| Leif Bennett | Leif Bennett has been blacksmithing and metalworking since 1993. He has taken a wide variety of blacksmithing courses and has been teaching blacksmithing for more than a decade at Adam’s Forge in Los Angeles. He has a B.S. in applied physics from the California Institute of Technology and currently holds Level 1 and Instructor certificates issued by the California Blacksmith Association. |