Wrought Metals I. 4.0 Credits. Class-2.0. Clinical-0.0. Lab-6.0. Work-0.0

Catalog description

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the history and the multifaceted skillsets that are required to join and shape ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Topics include heating methods and fire control, hand hammers, hand tools, forging, manual heating, heat treatment, and shaping functional and decorative metal objects. Upon completion, students should be able to select proper alloys, heat and use a variety of hand tools to create simple tools, and shape basic metal projects to produce functional and decorative metal objects, collars, and mortise and tenon joints.