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The Collaboratory
Hands-on metalworking for beginners, guided by friendly pros.
4.9
Business
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Hands-on metalworking for beginners, guided by friendly pros.
Located at 526 E University Dr in Mesa, The Collaboratory offers beginner-friendly blacksmithing and knife-making classes. Instructors are friendly and attentive, with safety first in mind. PPE (safety glasses, apron, gloves, hearing protection) is provided and sessions stay well organized. Projects include Kiridashi knives and plasma-cut designs, with about six participants per table. A welcoming spot for dates or team-building.
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Introductory session where you forge a small knife or metal item with full safety gear and instructor guidance.
Extended class to create a more complex knife, offering deeper skill development and personalized instruction.
Learn to use plasma cutters to design and cut custom metal creations, from drawings to finished pieces.
Custom group sessions for corporate or social teams, fostering collaboration through hands-on metalworking.
Specialized sessions for couples to create together in a fun, relaxed atmosphere with expert support.
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Overall rating
robert m
Sul Sul
An amazing mig welding class with amazing teacher. Highly recommend it to young and old. I feel comfortable making the staircase I need now. Thank you!
James Quinn
Wet to a great 90-minute blacksmithing course dor couples. My wife enjoyed it too! I can't wait to take another class!
Ryan Garrison
We had such a good time! Noah made the class enjoyable and educational. I will admit that it was intimidating once I saw the glowing hot steel but Noah helped us ensure we were in a safe and responsible position before doing anything. Highly recommend taking this course for something wildly different and fun.
Sonia Brant
My husband and I had a great time with the blacksmith knife making class. Instructor was very knowledgeable and helpful
Sarah Latas
Two of us took the 90 min knife making class on 2/14. There was a marathon that day so there were issues with getting to the location for several people in our group as well as the instructor. This caused our class to start 1 hour late. We were given the option to reschedule, but all 16 of us chose to stay. The overall class was enjoyable, but with two people to a station, and a full 16 person class it was cramped. I think the stations need to be a little further apart to accomodate such a large class, or the class needs a smaller maximum limit. It was informative and while our knives didn't end up looking exactly like the one the instructor did, it was fun to try something knew to us. My final note is that I think better pictures on the website would have let me fully understand what we were doing that day. The pictures that are shown for the knife class that I found online (not in reviews) were for the larger knives made in the 4 hour class. All in all, we would come back here and take another class at The Collabrattory like welding or plasma or even the longer knife class.
