2008 Fall Courses
Quick Guide

Coopering: Make a Bucket
Starts on: Saturday, October 11, 2008 - 1 Day Course
Coopering is the traditional art of making barrels and buckets from staves of straight wood. Make a bucket with Port Townsend's Steve Habersetzer.

Outdoor Furniture: Make an Adirondack Chair
Starts on: Monday, October 13, 2008 - 4 Day Course
Adirondack chairs are one of the pinnacles of American chair making. Make your own with John Marckworth

Curved Work in Furniture
Starts on: Friday, October 17, 2008 - 3 Day Course
Curved pieces in furniture is the hall mark of a craftsman. Seth Rolland and Tim Lawson will guide you through shaping, laminating and bending wood.

Homeshop Cabinetmaking <Sold Out>
Starts on: Monday, October 20, 2008 - 5 Day Course
In this five day intensive workshop you will build a cabinet with face frames, doors and drawers.

Curved Panels
Starts on: Saturday, October 25, 2008 - 2 Day Course
Curved panels are one of the biggest challenges for the cabinetmaker. Vacuum bags apply great clamping pressure over a big area and make building curved panels much simpler. For advanced woodworkers with Michael Hamilton and Tim Lawson

Joy of Woodworking with Jim Tolpin <Three places left>
Starts on: Monday, October 27, 2008 - 5 Day Course
Woodworking without dust. No noisy machines just the hiss of a hand plane and sure touch of a chisel. Regain simplicity in your shop.

Basic Woodturning <Sold Out>
Starts on: Thursday, November 6, 2008 - 2 Day Course
Learn basic woodturning with Bonnie Klein. Bonnie focuses on good technique and sharp tools. Establish the basics with a master of her craft.

Threaded Boxes
Starts on: Saturday, November 8, 2008 - 2 Day Course
One of Bonnie's specialties is making turned boxes with threaded lids. During this class you will learn to use a Threading Jig to make boxes with threaded lids.

Woodworking for Women  <One space left>
Starts on: Monday, November 10, 2008 - 5 Day Course

A course for women who want to begin woodworking. You'll make a small Shaker-style Bench with joinery crafted using handtools. Taught by Martha Collins

Simple Finishing
Starts on: Saturday, November 15, 2008 - 1 Day Course
Getting a good finish on a piece of furniture is a simple art. We'll share some of the secrets.

Hollow Surfboard Workshop <Still Open Places>
Starts on: Monday, November 17, 2008 - 5 Day Course
Back to the future. Paul Jensen is the new master of high performance hollow wooden surfboards. Build your own surfboard under Paul's direction.

Setting up a Home Shop  <One space left>
Starts on: Monday, December 1, 2008 - 2 Day Course
Setting up a home shop can be tricky. In this course we cover machine placement, maintenance, power requirements, storage, dust collection, workstations and benches.

Making a Stool
Starts on: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 - 1 Day Course
Woodworking at its simplest and finest. Make a small stool with hand tools in one day.

Small Quick Boxes
Starts on: Thursday, December 4, 2008 - 1 Day Course
Christmas is coming. In this one day workshop we will show you how to make a variety of simple boxes.

At the Lumberyard <Sold Out>
Starts on: Friday, December 5, 2008 - 1 Day Course
Navigating your way through a lumberyard can be tricky. Together with the good folks at Edensaw we'll take the mystery out of choosing wood.

Edge Tools - Sharpening, Tuning and Using Handplanes & Chisels
Starts on: Saturday, December 6, 2008 - 2 Day Course
Learn to put a razor sharp edge on your plane blades and chisels. Tune your handplanes and then learn how to create a silky smooth surface without sanding, tune joints and create edge details. We'll also cover the sharpening and use of card scrapers.

Joy of Woodworking with Jim Tolpin (Merged with the October 20th course)
Starts on: Monday, December 8, 2008 - 5 Day Course
Woodworking without dust. No noisy machines just the hiss of a hand plane and sure touch of a chisel. Regain simplicity in your shop.

 

 

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