Joinery & Handtools Class Syllabus

Day 1

• Day 1
  Sharpening Tools
  • Wet stones, Grinders, Honing jigs
  • Demo and hands on practice sharpening and tuning:
  

  • Scrapers

  • Chisels

  • Handplanes

  • Spokeshaves
  Learn to mill up your rough lumber by hand.
  • Demo and hands on practice
  • Wood movement, grain, strength of wood
  Day 2
  Prep lumber for DT box with hand tools
  The Dovetail
  • Introduction to Dovetails – elements of joint, variations, application
  • Learn to cut through dovetails
  

  Day 3-5

  • Build a lidded, dovetailed pencil box