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Grizzly
Smith College
Tools
of the Trade.
A coal forge
An Anvil
Some
Projects
A Sheep Wagon
D Handled Bowie
Mountain Harp
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 The Grizzly
Smith College seeks to offer to the mountain community
old-world
styled instruction in basic craft skills that will enable most anyone
to live off
of the land in wilderness comfort.
David 'Grizzly' MH
Smith has served apprenticeships in; 1) Metal Working, Tool
Making and Blacksmithing, 2) Construction, Woods and Harp Making
and, 3) Alternative Energy Electronics. He holds degrees in
Music Theater (BA) , Education (MEd), Information Systems (MS) and
Theology (ThD). He has 18 years of teaching experience (Teacher
Certified by Deparment of Defense Dependent Schools) including
a wide diversity of classes taught at the University of Hawaii, Hawaii
Pacific
University, DoDDS (Japan), Heald College, ITT and currently teaches at
Westwood College. David's vision is to establish Grizzly
Smith College in Cripple Creek, Colorado.
Proposed Classes
Classes proposed include hands-on courses to train most anyone on how
to make different tools, machines, structures and items that assist in
living off of the land
in the high Rocky Mountains. The College preserves the
old-world approach in making what you need to live off of the land and
proposes to initially offer classes in the following areas:
- Mountainman Knife
Making: Learning how to make a simple yet trustworthy
mountainman knife that will be our best and most trusted friend in the
wilderness. This 15 contact hour course will enable a
student to come knowing nothing about knife making and then bring home
a knife made to their own design and tempered for years of use without
fail.
- Mountain Harp
Making: A mountain harp is like the design of a
10-stringed kinnor or lyre used by the shepherds of old. It is a
take-anywhere instrument and is very easy to play. This 15
contact hour class will enable a student with no wood working skills to
design and make a wood harp that will play the tune of your heart
and of the mountains.
 Sheep
Wagon Making: This is a canvas-topped sheep wagon design
built on a low-cost , light weight, car-pulled trailer frame that will
provide years of camping enjoyment. If you want to be off of the
ground but do not want to camp in a sterile white camper or in the back
of a pick-up, this is the solution. A student should come
to this 45 contact hour class with basic gas or arc welding and wood
working skills.
- Wood Chisel Tool
Making: Want to carve but do not have the right tools for
the job. Why buy when you can make your superior carving
tools from old coiled car springs? This 15 contact hour
class will provide the instruction to make 3 carving chisels that meet
your carving needs and how to make the handles for them that are
resistant to cracking.
- 12VDC Wind Generator
Making: This 15 hour class shows how to take an old car
generator or alternator and make it into a wind generator that will
work even in slow winds. A student is taught to design and
carve a wind blade and then mount multiple blades onto a
single generator/alternator shaft. Instruction also
includes tower design and methods to assure batteries are always
charged to their maximum when needed. Ways to convert from 12 VDC
to 120 VAC for powering small modern appliances will also be
discussed.
Tuition costs for these
classes are yet to be determined and will be based on cost of facility
and enrollment.
For more information for
supporting the Grizzly Smith College in coming to Cripple Creek,
contact Grizzly Smith at: info@grizzlysmith.com.
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Grizzly
Smith College