Will Bastas demonstrates how to prep the forge, start the fire, coke the coal, build the three types of fires, maintain the fire and properly shut it down. Explanation of fuel, forge tools such as the mop, Arkansas sprinkler, poker rake and more. Will Bastas, former artist-in-residence at the National Ornamental Metal Museum, founded the degreed Blacksmithing Program at Austin Community College in 1992, created all of the curriculum and taught for 26 years. He is also a CWI, CWE, and Certified Pipe Welder 6G SCH120.