Its Back! And moving down south!
Limited Numbers for our November 2024 BABA event…..Keep an eye on the events section on the BABA website, tickets will be live 6 weeks prior to the event.
Click here to book your place!
Designing, measuring and making sure it stays put. An introduction to making site-work work for you at either end of a job! A workshop led by Adam Booth – Pipers Forge, Jim Whitson – The Blazing Blacksmith and Pete Hill – Ratho Byres Forge – over 100 years of collective experience and making mistakes, so you don’t have to! Hosted at the forge of Kelly Burton, located in the midst of the Northamptonshire countryside.
Old Dairy Farm, Upper Stowe, Northants, NN7 4SH. Saturday the 9th November and Sunday the 10th November 2024 (£100pp)
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This weekend event will be a chance to learn about some of the possible approaches to both the preparatory stages of a project and the final installation. The weekend will include discussion, demonstrations and hands on opportunities. First day topics will include designing for a specific location, site survey techniques and approaches, apps to make this easier, thinking ahead, looking for issues, problem solving and tools that can make the measuring process easier and more accurate. We will undertake a hands-on demo surveying existing openings with the opportunity to have a go. Discussion of design approaches will follow with a focus on identifying the site parameters and restrictions that might guide the design process.
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On the second day the focus will be on installing and fixing your work, fixing types and their uses, advantages and disadvantages with hands-on demos with tips and tricks. This will include most relevant fixing options, such as mechanical anchors, resin fixings and hot lead, with different drilling options and the chance to try these out.
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Time allowing there will be a couple of presentations showcasing past projects, showing how the site influenced the design and how they were installed.
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It is planned the event will take place from 10am – 5pm on Saturday and 10am till 3pm on Sunday. Hopefully folk can get together Saturday evening for a beer and to talk smithing.
Lunch for both days will be included at the onsite café (buffet style) and will be included in the ticket price, along with refreshments. The event will be limited to a maximum of 20 attendees.
While we are unable to offer camping at this time of year, there is limited parking for folk with campervans (6 ONLY) first come first serve basis at an additional £10 per night, who can park up at the venue. There is no shortage of budget hotels within 5 or 6 miles.