At the Powderhorn art fair, there was an info group for the Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center.
I'm intrigued. I guess now as I think about it, they won't necessarily have metal tooling equipment, but even as a place to take a class on welding and on black smithing would be a heck of a lot of fun.
Still a work in progress, but I got myself put on their mailing list.
Whee!
www.cafac.org