Note: This class is cancelled

Around Christmas Martha had a pretty bad accident in her shop at home. She lost her  thumb and parts of some fingers on her left hand. THe good news is that she expects that reconstructive surgery will be able to give her a usable stub of a thumb and use of some of the fingers on the hand so that she will be able to work and teach in the future. We'll publish more news soon.

Introduction

"Working with Hand Tools and Small Power Tools"

Our Woodworking for Women program is run by Martha Collins. Martha runs a successful business making wonderful turned jewellry and tableware; in a prior life she ran a furniture shop.

Martha's classes provide a supportive well equipped environment for women to explore woodworking. 

Class Description

Martha's aims to give you a good basic knowledge of woodworking by focusing on techniques.

This class starts by teaching you joinery with hand tools. You learn to use chisels, handplanes and Japanese hand saws to create lap and mortice and tenon joints.

As the week progresses Martha adds working with hand power tools into the mix. You can explore techniques and approaches for projects that you want to work on at home.

The course content is open ended and you can discuss with Martha what you'd like to learn. The course includes a trip to Edensaw (our local lumberyard) to demystify the process of buying good wood.

The school's workbenches are fully equipped with hand tools and there is an extensive collection of teaching tools. You do not need to bring any tools along. However if you do have some tools feel free to bring them along. Check with Martha if you have questions. 

Tools:

• You do not need to bring any tools for this class

More about this class

• Class Notes
• Blog Entries

Prerequisites

Enthusiasm and a passion to learn woodworking. And smiles!

Class Information and Registration

Class starts at 9:00am on the first day.

Please read our What to Expect page for general information about the School.

Please also read our Registration Policy.

Coming Classes:

When you click on the Register link you will be able to register for the class or, if the class is full, sign up for the wait list.