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March 2019
Essential Joinery Skills 1 – PM Class
Essential Joinery Skills Joinery are vital skills for all woodworkers. There is nothing more valuable than being able to select and cut joints with skill and ease. This class will increase your joinery skills regardless of your starting point. You will learn how to select joints, how to lay them out, how to cut them accurately using a variety of hand tool and machine based methods. It is an incredible class no matter your skill level and will build your…
Find out more »Learn How to Make Picture Frames – Weekend
Beautiful Picture Frames Weekend Workshop While the digital age is upon us, we all have physical pictures of places and people that keep memories fresh for us. Framing them in a hand made frame makes them even more memorable. Come and spend a weekend learning how to craft a custom made frame for one of your treasured pictures. This class is perfect for beginners or for intermediates who want to build hand tool and basic power tool skills. Everything you…
Find out more »April 2019
Beginning Woodworking – Weekend Class
Learn Beginning Woodworking The Weekend Beginning Woodworking class provides a hands-on workshop experience and a condensed introduction to foundational woodworking techniques and tools. It is ideal for determining if you’d like to get more involved in woodworking, refreshing your skills, or familiarizing yourself with safe power tool use. It is a good first step in learning how to build furniture. You will learn and practice each step of the woodworking process: project design and planning, construction drawings, lumber, milling, joinery, construction…
Find out more »May 2019
Learn to Turn For Mother’s Day
Come and spend a fun, relaxing wonderful day learning how turn on the lathe! Students will learn the basics of spindle turning and then methods of end grain turning to create a small hollow vessels. Sounds complicated? Its not! Just come and have fun). Super easy. This is a great introduction to wood and woodturning in a supportive atmosphere. Because it's the day before Mother's Day we will be serving a British High Tea as a late lunch. Fees: Tuition:…
Find out more »Sharpening Clinic for Handtools
Sharp tools are an absolute joy to use while dull ones will leave you frustrated and your projects sub par. In this one day clinic you will learn how to sharpen your chisels, and hand planes using a variety of methods. This can be one of the most valuable skills you can learn this year. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn and improve this skill. Level:Open to All What You’ll Learn:Through a series of demonstrations and hands on practice, you…
Find out more »Saturday Funday | Make an Artisanal Chopping Board
Sunday Funday Except on Saturday!- Make an Artisanal Chopping Board Level: Open to All Starting with a block of wood, you will mill up and then glue together multiple strips to make up your artisanal chopping board. After its dried (good time to break for lunch) you’ll cut your wood to final length and width. You'll sand it to perfection and applied a lovely soy oil/beeswax finish and. you'll be set to go! Get creative and do a little burning designs…
Find out more »June 2019
Beginning Woodworking – Weekend Class
Learn Beginning Woodworking The Weekend Beginning Woodworking class provides a hands-on workshop experience and a condensed introduction to foundational woodworking techniques and tools. It is ideal for determining if you’d like to get more involved in woodworking, refreshing your skills, or familiarizing yourself with safe power tool use. It is a good first step in learning how to build furniture. You will learn and practice each step of the woodworking process: project design and planning, construction drawings, lumber, milling, joinery, construction…
Find out more »Wood Carving with Alex Grabovetskiy – Sunday
Learn How to do Classical Carving Sunday Class Traditional Carving Techniques for Beginners & Intermediates This traditional carving class, taught by world renown Alexander Grabovetskiy , will give you the skills to add creative, unique details to all your wood working projects. This class will advance your abilities, no matter if you are new to carving or have been working on your skills for a while. In this extended one day class you will practice of carving approaches, techniques and use…
Find out more »Introduction to Box Making – Evening
Learn to Make Boxes Evening Class The Beginner Box Making course builds on your woodworking knowledge and serves as a precursor to larger projects, like cabinets or drawers. Completion of Beginning Woodwork Foundation is generally required. In this four -day class, you’ll learn and practice box making techniques that include: design, carcass construction, resawing lumber, box joints, bevel cuts, setting hinges and hardware. The goal is to complete your pieces, aside from finishing. An oil wax finish is available. Tools…
Find out more »Learn to Make Cabriole Legs – Weekend
How to Make Classic Cabriole Legs The single most distinctive feature of Queen Anne furniture is the use of the cabriole leg, which is shaped in two opposing curves that mimic an animal's leg (i.e. S-shaped) concluding with a foot also patterned after an animal’s anatomy. The Queen Anne style of furniture design was extremely popular among the upper classes in Britain’s North American colonies during the early 1700's but you will still see this lovely form in furniture today.…
Find out more »Essential Joinery Skills 2 – PM Class
Essential Joinery Skills Joinery are vital skills for all woodworkers. There is nothing more valuable than being able to select and cut joints with skill and ease. This class will increase your joinery skills regardless of your starting point. You will learn how to select joints, how to lay them out, how to cut them accurately using a variety of hand tool and machine based methods. It is an incredible class no matter your skill level and will build your…
Find out more »July 2019
Handtools & Joinery – Unplugged Woodworking
Unplugged Workshop Essential Skills The Unplugged Workshop provides furniture making students with a hands-on workshop experience to improve joinery and hand skills. This course is ideal for understanding the art and science of using hand tools to hand cut joinery and appreciating the much quieter and compact alternative to power tools. If you don’t have a huge shop or a ton of tools this stress free class will show you how with a few essential tools. You will learn how…
Find out more »Saturday Funday | Make an Artisanal Chopping Board
Sunday Funday Except on Saturday!- Make an Artisanal Chopping Board Level: Open to All Starting with a block of wood, you will mill up and then glue together multiple strips to make up your artisanal chopping board. After its dried (good time to break for lunch) you’ll cut your wood to final length and width. You'll sand it to perfection and applied a lovely soy oil/beeswax finish and. you'll be set to go! Get creative and do a little burning designs…
Find out more »Sunday Funday | Make Your Own Beer Cup
Sunday Funday - Make Your Own Beer Cup! Level: Open to All Come and have a fun afternoon learning how to make a beer cup errrr.......beer mug. We've teamed up with the Hidden Springs Ale Works, so at the end of the afternoon you get to go next door and test it out! If you have never used a lathe before - don't worry! This is super easy and is step by step. You can do this and your instructor is…
Find out more »Beginning Woodworking – Weekend Class
Learn Beginning Woodworking The Weekend Beginning Woodworking class provides a hands-on workshop experience and a condensed introduction to foundational woodworking techniques and tools. It is ideal for determining if you’d like to get more involved in woodworking, refreshing your skills, or familiarizing yourself with safe power tool use. It is a good first step in learning how to build furniture. You will learn and practice each step of the woodworking process: project design and planning, construction drawings, lumber, milling, joinery, construction…
Find out more »PM – Build A Natural Edge Mid Century Coffee Table
Build a Mid Century Modern Slab Coffee Table Evening Class Level: Open to All Mid-Century Modern architecture and furniture can be found in homes and designer showrooms around Florida and the rest of the US. It's clean lines, practical style and just all around "cool" promise to stay a part of the custom furniture and woodworking world for decades to come. That's why we've added this special evening class that will teach you some of the basics of woodworking featuring…
Find out more »August 2019
Saturday Funday | Make an Artisanal Chopping Board
Sunday Funday Except on Saturday!- Make an Artisanal Chopping Board Level: Open to All Starting with a block of wood, you will mill up and then glue together multiple strips to make up your artisanal chopping board. After its dried (good time to break for lunch) you’ll cut your wood to final length and width. You'll sand it to perfection and applied a lovely soy oil/beeswax finish and. you'll be set to go! Get creative and do a little burning designs…
Find out more »Sharpening Clinic for Handtools
Sharp tools are an absolute joy to use while dull ones will leave you frustrated and your projects sub par. In this one day clinic you will learn how to sharpen your chisels, and hand planes using a variety of methods. This can be one of the most valuable skills you can learn this year. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn and improve this skill. Level:Open to All What You’ll Learn:Through a series of demonstrations and hands on practice, you…
Find out more »Sunday Funday | Make Your Own Beer Cup
Sunday Funday - Make Your Own Beer Cup! Level: Open to All Come and have a fun afternoon learning how to make a beer cup errrr.......beer mug. We've teamed up with the Hidden Springs Ale Works, so at the end of the afternoon you get to go next door and test it out! If you have never used a lathe before - don't worry! This is super easy and is step by step. You can do this and your instructor is…
Find out more »Beginning Woodworking – Weekend Class
Learn Beginning Woodworking The Weekend Beginning Woodworking class provides a hands-on workshop experience and a condensed introduction to foundational woodworking techniques and tools. It is ideal for determining if you’d like to get more involved in woodworking, refreshing your skills, or familiarizing yourself with safe power tool use. It is a good first step in learning how to build furniture. You will learn and practice each step of the woodworking process: project design and planning, construction drawings, lumber, milling, joinery, construction…
Find out more »September 2019
Essential Joinery Skills 3 – PM Class
Essential Joinery Skills Joinery are vital skills for all woodworkers. There is nothing more valuable than being able to select and cut joints with skill and ease. This class will increase your joinery skills regardless of your starting point. You will learn how to select joints, how to lay them out, how to cut them accurately using a variety of hand tool and machine based methods. It is an incredible class no matter your skill level and will build your…
Find out more »November 2019
Setting Up and Using the Bandsaw with Michael Fortune
Michael Fortune Designer, maker, teacher and mentor, Michael is one of Canada’s most respected contemporary furniture masters. With 33 years of experience, he builds limited edition work and residential furnishing. His innovative work has been in numerous exhibitions worldwide. Setting Up and Using the Bandsaw with Michael Fortune This Saturday class taught by master furniture maker Michael Fortune, will help you get your bandsaw singing! The bandsaw can be one of the most versatile safe and accurate machines in your…
Find out more »Beginning Woodworking – Weekend Class
Learn Beginning Woodworking The Weekend Beginning Woodworking class provides a hands-on workshop experience and a condensed introduction to foundational woodworking techniques and tools. It is ideal for determining if you’d like to get more involved in woodworking, refreshing your skills, or familiarizing yourself with safe power tool use. It is a good first step in learning how to build furniture. You will learn and practice each step of the woodworking process: project design and planning, construction drawings, lumber, milling, joinery, construction…
Find out more »Finishing Furniture – The ABCs
Meet Your Instructor Diane Shattuck Diane has been finishing for over 38 years. Growing up in Detroit, she operated woodworking business as well as having a custom finishing shop where she did restoration work in many historical buildings. She has taught & demo’d at IWF, AWFS, Woodworkers, consulted with HGTV and blogs on FinishingIQ.com. She currently is the company trainer for Gemini Industries. Learn To Finish Furniture This weekend finishing class provides a hands-on experience on finishing techniques and tools. Come learn…
Find out more »Greenwood Spoon Carving with Jason Lonon
How to Carve Traditional Spoons Spoon carving! Come discover an addictive new hobby, or sharpen your skills in pursuit of the perfect spoon. Just think how impressive it will be when you're camping and hand carve everyone a spoon, or serve a beautiful meal with custom made utensils for your guests! Learn how to carve traditional spoons from green wood with a minimum of tools. Starting with a hatchet, a knife, and a bent spoon…
Find out more »Essential Joinery Skills 4 – PM Class
Essential Joinery Skills Joinery are vital skills for all woodworkers. There is nothing more valuable than being able to select and cut joints with skill and ease. This class will increase your joinery skills regardless of your starting point. You will learn how to select joints, how to lay them out, how to cut them accurately using a variety of hand tool and machine based methods. It is an incredible class no matter your skill level and will build your…
Find out more »December 2019
Wood Carving with Alex Grabovetskiy
Learn How to do Classical Carving Traditional Carving Techniques for Beginners & Intermediates This traditional carving class, taught by world renown Alexander Grabovetskiy , will give you the skills to add creative, unique details to all your wood working projects. This class will advance your abilities, no matter if you are new to carving or have been working on your skills for a while. In this extended one day class you will practice of carving approaches, techniques and use a wide…
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