OFFICE HOURS
M-F and Saturday 11am-7pm
Sunday 12pm-5pm

MEMBER HOURS
7am-11pm EVERY DAY

(913) 686-6562

5200 E 45th St
Kansas City, MO 64130

hammerspacehobby@gmail.com

Blacksmith Trade Tomahawk Weekend – War or Peace

Hammerspace Community Workshop & Makerspace 5200 E 45th St, Kansas City, MO

The Algonquian people first created the tomahawk. Before Europeans came to the continent, Native Americans would use stones, sharpened by a process of knapping and pecking, attached to wooden handles, secured with strips of rawhide. The tomahawk quickly spread from the Algonquian culture to the tribes of the South and the Great Plains. Other Native American tribes created a tomahawk’s Continue Reading

(PRIVATE EVENT) Pinewood Derby Build Clinic for Cathcart Tiger Scouts Only

Hammerspace Community Workshop & Makerspace 5200 E 45th St, Kansas City, MO

(This is a private event for a specific group) If your scout group is interested in scheduling a Pinewood Derby Car Build Clinic at our makerspace, please contact us for available dates: https://hammerspacehobby.com/ DETAILS: In this clinic we teach your scout group and their guardians how to use basic woodworking tools and machines to cut out and shape their car. Continue Reading

Intro to Blacksmithing – Viking forks!

The NEW HammerSpace Community Workshop 5200 E. 45th St., Kansas City, MO

In this fun and foundational class we will be forging square tapers, practicing our drawing out technique, developing general hammer control and learning to use anvils in synergy with your hammer strikes. We will also be learning make a simple scroll and a twist pattern. Our goal is to create unique steel skewers for roasting treats over a fire or Continue Reading

Blade in a day! – Forged Blacksmith Knife

The NEW HammerSpace Community Workshop 5200 E. 45th St., Kansas City, MO

This is a new class designed for the first time bladesmith who only has one day to make their first knife. In this class we will be forging high carbon blocks of steel into a very traditional knife commonly made by blacksmiths. This class covers basic drawing out, scrolling, and beveling using hammers, anvils, tongs and a hydraulic forging press! Continue Reading

Intro Blacksmithing & Welding: Forged Barbeque Swords!

Hammerspace Community Workshop & Makerspace 5200 E 45th St, Kansas City, MO

Defend your grill or campfire with honor and style with your own Barbeque Sword! This full sized sword shaped steel roasting skewer comes equipped with a hand forged bottle-opener pommel! In this super fun beginner class we will introduce students to the propane forge and the MIG welder and plasma cutter. Learn hammer technique to draw out a point, make Continue Reading

Welding For Everyone

The NEW HammerSpace Community Workshop 5200 E. 45th St., Kansas City, MO

WELDING FOR EVERYONE! In the Welding for Everyone class, the instructor will cover basic welding techniques. A variety of useful welding methods will be demonstrated and then repeated by the students. Open to beginners as well as those who have prior experience. Please bring a long sleeved, preferably denim shirt with you to protect your arms (NO FLANNEL). The class Continue Reading

Intro To Bladesmithing: DIY Railroad Spike Knife (2 Day Class)

The NEW HammerSpace Community Workshop 5200 E. 45th St., Kansas City, MO

The railroad spike knife is one of the first knife projects every bladesmith makes; it's almost a rite of passage on your way to becoming a bladesmith. You might hear many wits on the internet explain dismissively that railroad spikes don't make good knives... But they do when you use spikes custom made out of 1084 tool steel! NOTE: THIS Continue Reading

Blacksmithing Challenge – Fancy twists – Mumblety Peg

Hammerspace Community Workshop & Makerspace 5200 E 45th St, Kansas City, MO

This Blacksmithing class will involve using the forge and hammers to draw out and point a heavy square rod. We will then learn to create advanced fancy twists while you make your own "Mumblety-peg". Knives are not welcome in school yards today, but when grandparents, their parents and their parents' parents were young, one of their favorite recess pastimes was Continue Reading

Members only Meetup – Pi day Celebration!

Hammerspace Community Workshop & Makerspace 5200 E 45th St, Kansas City, MO

Members: THE TIME HAS COME. Bring a pie, or a few beverages or just yourself and head down to Hammerspace to socialize, celebrate the all mighty circle, and stuff our dental orifice with the transcendental! In memory of the late, weird, maker of things: David Lynch, we will be sampling Pie and Coffee while watching films from his imagination of Continue Reading

Silver Alloy Casting – Cuttlefish bone molds for Jewelry casting

Hammerspace Community Workshop & Makerspace 5200 E 45th St, Kansas City, MO

Cuttlefish casting is a quick and fairly accurate casting method. Its applications are limited only by the thickness and overall dimensions of the available shells. It is difficult to achieve fine details on the surface of the casting, but this is offset by the richly complex texture that is a natural by-product of this method. The back plate or cuttlebone Continue Reading

3D printing: How to draw and print 3D objects

The NEW HammerSpace Community Workshop 5200 E. 45th St., Kansas City, MO

If you've ever wanted to get into 3D printing, but don't quite know how to get started, then this is the class for you! 3D Printing & Design class, at Hammerspace. Learn how to design objects to be printed, as well as how to operate a 3D printer. No prior knowledge required. Be sure to bring your laptop so you Continue Reading

HammerSpace at Planet Comicon 2025

Kansas City Convention Center 301 W 13th St #100, Kansas City, MO

HammerSpace Workshop will have a booth at Planet Comicon KC, going on at the Kansas City Convention Center March 21st-23rd. Be sure to stop by and say hi if you plan on attending. We will be hosting FREE cosplay related demos all weekend long at this convention. Click here for more info about Planet Comicon KC 2025: https://planetcomicon.com/ **NOTE TO Continue Reading