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New England School of Metalwork
The New England School of Metalwork is a full 501 C3 non-profit educational facility devoted to the promotion and strengthening of metalworking skills. Started in 2000 and located in Auburn, Maine, the concept of the school was developed by Maine Oxy, a local welding distributor and Dereck Glaser, a local artisan Metalsmith. After several years of individuals inquiring about welding skills and ornamental metalwork instruction the decision was made to build the dual purpose school for Metalsmithing and welding.
Available Programs
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Welding
Building Systems, Construction, and ManufacturingThe welding program at the New England School of Metalwork provides students with the skills and knowledge required to consistently produce high quality welds. Approximately 10% of each course is spent in the classroom learning the technical aspects of welding. Classroom topics include welding safety, electrode classification, weld metal transfers, process technique, shielding gases, and basic troubleshooting. Most of each program is devoted to hands on training in the welding booths. Here students learn how to strike and maintain an arc that results in a correctly sized and placed weld bead.
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Weld Shop
7 Albiston Way
Auburn, ME 04210 -
Blacksmithing
Building Systems, Construction, and ManufacturingThe Metalsmithing studio at the New England School of Metalwork has been designed to integrate both traditional and contemporary practices in both a Blacksmithing and Bladesmithing program. With full quantities of hand tools and equipment to accommodate up to eight students, each of the eight forging stations having both coal and gas forges, vise and anvil. Only a few steps away in any direction students will find treadle hammers and two pneumatic power hammers, hydraulic forging press, post vises, belt grinders and racks of hand tools. The ever growing assortment of traditional hand and power tools provide students with the tooling required for many processes. The diverse array of nationally known instructors provide students with many options and many disciplines of artistic metalwork.
Available at this location
Blacksmith Shop
54 Washington St.
Auburn, ME 04210