by Paul Garrett, the Folk School's resident blacksmith on June 24, 2009
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Well, another Blacksmith’s Work Week has come and gone here at the Folk School. This invitation only event has been going on for a long time, and most of the major pieces of iron work to be seen on campus such as the [...]
A slideshow of the building and raising of the entry bent.
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During the two weeks that the timber framers were here building the frame for the new forge building, I had the privilege of taking photos of the entire project, from the preparation of the timbers to the assembly [...]
Last week 20 blacksmiths were on campus for our annual Blacksmith Work Week. It was a very special week because the Timber Framers Guild was also here building the frame for the New Forge building. Emotions ran deep as the blacksmiths witnessed magnificent timber frame bents being hoisted into the air by cranes and fitted [...]
Folk School instructor and timber framer Charles Judd describes the careful process of preparing and cutting timbers for the New Forge Building.
by Paul Garrett, the Folk School's resident blacksmith on June 10, 2009
in Blacksmith Shop
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Although I first thought “Argghhh, the timber framers have one-upped the blacksmiths again,” it was really not that way at all. For an instant though, my competitive auto racing background, had passed my current and much more relaxed thought process and life here at the Folk School. I will never be able to suppress that part [...]