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Description
This class is an introduction to blacksmithing, including safety precautions and some techniques for working with hot steel. The project is a barn hook, a simple yet decorative hook that can be driven into a beam, wall, or wooden post and which can support a tool, garden pot, or similar object. A handout 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.
Water will be provided.
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Activity Category
Special Focus
Location
75 Acres
Instructor
Leif Bennett
Shelly Ingram
Map & Direction
San Luis Campus
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Cuesta College Highway 1
San Luis Obispo, CA
93403-8106
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