Spin It! Intensive Flex-Shaft	9:00 - 4:30 Friday
	Thomas Mann	$145

This workshop is filled
Student Level: Beginner - Intermediate
Type of Workshop: Process
Prerequisite: None

Let Thomas Mann be the one to introduce you to the tool that wins the contest for the most VERSATILE tool on the metalsmith’s workbench — The Flexible Shaft Machine. It is also one of the most INDISPENSABLE tools that a serious artisan must master in order to MAKE at an elevated level, but one that jewelers rarely use to its maximum advantage. From burs to buffs to burnishers to bits, you’ll learn the basics & also a few secrets that only Mann can bring you from his 40+ years as a jewelry artist.

 Your finished projects include a custom drill index & a carved object in your choice of material uniquely designed by you.*

*Tom will also have designs to choose from.

Kite Fee: $25 payable to Instructor at class time includes:
20g brass or bronze sheet
1/8” x 2” machine bolts with nuts & washers, 4 each
1/2” brass or aluminum tubing with 1/8” ID, 4 each
nylon spacers, 4 each
drill bit packet, 1 each - 1/8”, 1/16”, #65, #60, #55, #52, #48
2/0 saw blades

Students should bring:
Make sure to bring your notebook and if you have them, your own basic set of metalsmithing tools:
pliers
jeweler’s saw
files and rivet
chasing hammers

All of the tools that are peculiar to the techniques we will be exploring will be provided for use in class, as well as for purchase.  If you have your own flexible shaft machine, feel free to bring it. There will be machines available but not necessarily for each student, so if you don’t like sharing, please bring one along. If you have a collection of bits or special materials you want to explore during your workshop, bring them with you!

If you'd like to place an advance order for supplies & tools for pick up at the on-site store when you arrive at AU, contact: The Occasional Artist - Email your order to: theoccasionalartist@cox.net or call 623-847-2215

Questions? email Tom at tom@thomasmann.com
Website: thomasmann.com