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The Forge has a place for everyone, whether you are looking for a full table in a shop,
a community co-working space, or just want to support Nashville’s Makers.
To assist artists, makers, and creatives, The Forge depends upon the generosity of our partners and sponsors.
In-kind contributions, monetary gifts, and volunteer time are all equally important facets of our strength as an organization.
Lie-Nielsens’s Hand Tool Event® is coming to the Forge Nashville
Lie Nielsens’s “Our Hand Tool Event®” is coming to the Forge Nashville for the very first time on February 20-21, 2026!
Feb 20: 10am - 6pm
Feb 21: 10am - 5pm
Free to enter.
Lie-Nielsen Toolworks is a US-based company, founded in 1981 by Thomas Lie-Nielsen, renowned for crafting premium, heirloom-quality woodworking hand tools, especially planes, chisels, saws, and spokeshaves, based on traditional designs but with modern materials and precision, making them sought-after by woodworkers for their performance and beauty. They focus on making excellent hand tools available again in America, using materials like ductile iron, manganese bronze, and cryogenically treated steel for durability and superior results
ADVOCATING FOR ARTISTS AND MAKERS TO HAVE A PATHWAY AND PLACE TO PURSUE THEIR CRAFT IN COMMUNITY.
WELCOMING BEGINNERS TO ENTREPRENEURS, WOODWORKERS TO WELDERS, STUDENTS TO SENIORS, THE FORGE CHANGES LIVES.
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