Traditional Craft
The old skills, taught the old way, with the science behind them made plain. Fire, hammer, chisel, and hand tools, using the wood, metal, and stone of these mountains.
Blacksmithing
Fire, hammer, anvil. Learn to draw, upset, bend, and forge-weld. Walk out with hooks and tools you made from bar stock.
- > Fire management & heat colors
- > Drawing, upsetting, bending
- > Forge-welding & simple tooling
Woodworking
Hand-cut joinery and green woodworking: the joints that outlast the glue, cut with saw, chisel, and plane.
- > Sharpening & tool tuning
- > Mortise, tenon & dovetail
- > Working green wood
Stonework
Dry-stone walling and basic carving using local granite and fieldstone: walls that stand for a century without mortar.
- > Reading & shaping stone
- > Coursing, hearting & batter
- > Basic hand carving
Metalworking
Sheet, weld, and finish. Cut and join steel into brackets, frames, and repairs that hold up to real use.
- > Layout, cutting & drilling
- > MIG/stick welding basics
- > Grinding & finishing
What You Leave With
01 Something you forged, cut, or built with your own hands.
02 The core techniques to keep practicing safely.
03 An understanding of why the material behaves the way it does.
Ready to strike while it's hot?
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