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Blacksmiths Forging Hammer
5.0 (270 reviews) for this class
by Eveleigh Works
5.0 across all classes · 882 reviews

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🎉 Unforgettable Experience 👨‍🏫 Expert Instructors 🛠️ Hands-On Creativity 🏛️ Iconic Location

What better way to get introduced to the trade of blacksmithing than to craft your very own quintessential blacksmiths tool- the hammer!

In this class we start the morning by punching and drifting (enlarging) the hole for the handle on the 25 tonne forging press. We then move on to shaping and styling your hammer ensuring that each will be an individual, hand crafted tool

Following this we need to heat treat the hammer. Our instructor will introduce you to concepts like hardening, tempering and simple carbon steel metallurgy. This ensures your job is both beautiful and functional as a tool.

We finish the day by grinding and polishing the working faces of the tool and fitting a spotted gum handle.

Details

7 hours
Eveleigh Works, Australian Technology Park, Bays 1 & 2, Locomotive St, Eveleigh NSW 2015, Australia

You will learn

  • Steel selection: hard vs tough
  • Anvil forging of large billets
  • Heat steel using oil or gas furnaces and coke forges

You will get

  • All materials provided
  • Safety gear: leather blacksmithing aprons, eye protection and ear plugs
  • One forging hammer

Appropriate for

Beginners and practicing smiths

Preparation

What to bring

  • Just yourself!
  • Lunch and morning tea

What to wear

Please wear clothing appropriate for a workshop. This includes long pants and sleeves preferably natural fibre, solid shoes/boots

5.0 (270 reviews)
Didier
Sep 2026
Had an awesome time forging a hammer with Russ at Eveleigh Works! fully recommend
Rhys
Sep 2026
Russ was a great teacher today, patiently managing the entire class and giving everyone the skills and confidence to be able to forge their own hammer by themselves! Great birthday present for dad, he loved it.
Rohan
Sep 2026
Great experience with Russ! Would recommend
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