Courses on offer

Meet Your Instructors

Your instructor is an experienced tradesperson who has years of experience under the belts. They are here to help you learn and focus on small class sizes so each student receives the individualized attention they deserve.

Welding/Blacksmithing - Patrick Cassady

Patrick is an IT professional by day and a blacksmith and welder by night.

Advanced Welding - Terry Louck

Terry has over 30 years welding, machining, and fabrication experience.

Leatherwork/Blacksmithing - Eugene (Gene) McDougal

Gene is an IT professional and personal trainer by day and a blacksmith and saddle (leather) worker by night.

Casting/Advanced Welding - Bill May

Bill has over 30 years welding, machining, and aerospace fabrication experience. He has taught basic lathe to the public since 2020.

Machining, Brewing, Owner - Geoff Shafer

Geoff is a jack of all trades and master of none. He previously had a career in biomedical research, mostly neurosciences, helping university labs advance their understanding of various brain functions. During his last stint as a lab manager, he was compelled to learn machining to make various apparatus for the lab and became dangerously preoccupied with his love for metal lathe.

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