Metalworking Fundamentals Workshop Class
TM Shop, Nevada City, CA

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  • Metalworking Fundamentals Workshop Class with Kent White

    Your Instructors

    Our Metalworking Fundamentals class is  taught by TM Founder Kent White, at right, and is often co-taught with the joyful Howard Booster, at left.

  • Metalworking Fundamentals Workshop Class with Kent White

    Intro to Handtools

    The class begins with an overview of the most commonly used hand tools, and quickly moves into metal shaping with these tools.

  • Metalworking Fundamentals Workshop Class with Kent White

    Class projects

    Several hours each session are spent working on shaping assignments geared to each student’s skill level or areas of interest.

  • Metalworking Fundamentals Workshop Class with Kent White

    Stretching & Shrinking

    The first two days focus on techniques for stretching and shrinking metal primarily using hand tools.

  • Metalworking Fundamentals Workshop Class with Kent White

    Mallets & Shot bags

    Still-life of mallets and sand bags, Day 2.

  • Metalworking Fundamentals Workshop Class with Kent White

    Classroom instruction

    Our Workshops are jam-packed with information, and include lectures, demos, slideshows and/or videos in addition to hands-on projects. Here students are watching an instructional slideshow during their lunch break.

  • Metalworking Fundamentals Workshop Class with Kent White

    Handling the Torch

    Learning the basics of oxy-fuel joining and the differences between soldering, brazing, and welding is crucial to developing solid metalworking skills.

  • Metalworking Fundamentals Workshop Class with Kent White

    Hands-on instruction

    When you can’t quite get the hang of it, the fastest way to learn is to hold onto the torch while Kent welds so you can feel the timing and rhythm of alternating between “dabbing” the torch and the rod.

  • Metalworking Fundamentals Workshop Class with Kent White

    Intro to the Wheel

    Metalworking Fundamentals includes an introduction to the most commonly used machines used for metal shaping — the English Wheel, Air Power Hammer, and Shrinker-Stretchers.

  • Metalworking Fundamentals Workshop Class with Kent White

    Metal cutting

    Using the stomp-shear to cut sheet metal for a group project.

  • Metalworking Fundamentals Workshop Class with Kent White

    Intro to the Air Power Hammer

    Students participating in a lecture/demo on panel-shaping with the Air Power Hammer.