5 Day course <One Space Left>
Monday, November 10, 2008 to Friday, November 14, 2008   
(Code:WF081110)


We're offering this class to women only and we're delighted that Martha will teach the course. Martha is an accomplished woodworker and innovative turner. See Martha's bio for more information.

We assume that you have little or no experience of woodworking and that you are keen to learn. During this project based course you will build an elegant, Shaker-style sitting bench featuring traditional mortise and tenon joinery.

This course offers you an introduction to building furniture from the initial design, through working drawings with basic hand and hand-powered tools. The stock will be pre-dimensioned in width and thickness.

Skills you will learn:

• Understanding a working drawing and creating a cutlist
• Laying out components on the stock
  
• Cross-cutting stock to length with a handsaw
  
• Smoothing and truing components with handplanes
  
• Creating a wedged, through-tenon joint
  
• Creating a dovetail joint.
  
• Cutting and smoothing curved edges with a bandsaw and spokeshave
  
• Assembling a relatively complex piece of furniture with square, tight-fitting joints
  
• Applying a traditional oil and wax finish
  

Cost: $575

Material charge: $<TBD>

Starts at: 9:00 AM
Class size: 8

What to bring:
You should bring a notebook and a pen or pencil.

There is no need to bring any tools for this class. Each bench is equipped with a high quality set of handtools.