Northwest Blacksmith Association

February 2014 NWBA Mentoring Center

Date/Time
Date(s) - 02/22/2014
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

NWBA Mentoring Center TONG MAKING WORKSHOPS

February 22, 2014, 9 AM – 5 PM
Cowlitz Expo Center, Longview, WA

Two Tong making workshops with instructor Tri Ficker.

9:00 a.m.- Noon  First Tong Making workshop
Tri will demonstrate and instruct the making of box jaw tongs.
Tong blanks will be provided with the reins pre-drawn out, so students will be able to concentrate on the breakout of the working end of the tongs.

12:00 p.m. LUNCH break

1:00 p.m. – 5 p.m.  Second Tong Making workshop
Tri will demonstrate and instruct the making of  Poz style tongs (v-bit).
Tong blanks will be provided with the reins pre-drawn out, so students will be able to concentrate on the breakout of the working end of the tongs

These workshops will be conducted like our hands-on classes at our conferences:

Eight names will be drawn at 9:00 AM for the morning class and at 1:00 PM for the afternoon class, the selected will be hands on students.
The cost is $30 for each hands on class (for those participating as a hands on student).

Everyone else is invited to audit the classes at no charge.


Location
Cowlitz Expo Center and NWBA Mentoring Center


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