Classes in furniture making for woodworkers using traditional and contemporary methods.
Beginner courses offer a solid foundation in fundamental skills.
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Piper Tamler, Philip Sheton
12-Week Intensive for Beginners
Approved for VA Funding, Scholarships Available
Through a series of progressively challenging projects, this intensive course puts you well on your way to becoming a fine woodworker. All tools provided.
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Tim Lawson
5 Days, For Beginners
This weeklong course is perfect for complete beginners or folks whose woodturning skills have gotten rusty and need refreshing.
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Piper Tamler, Otto Kildegaard
12-Week Intensive for Beginners
Approved for VA Funding, Scholarships Available
Through a series of progressively challenging projects, this intensive course puts you well on your way to becoming a fine woodworker. All tools provided.
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John Edwards
Weekend, For Beginners
You’ll learn how to effectively tune and sharpen saws, and how to efficiently use western-style and Japanese-style handsaws.
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John Edwards
Weekend, For Beginners
This weekend course teaches you to sharpen, tune, and use hand planes.
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Brendon Hohmann
5 Days, For Beginners
This weeklong introductory course is intended to build confidence in your use of hand tools and get students excited to work with wood on their own.
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John Edwards
Weekend, For Beginners
In this two-day class, we'll introduce you to the techniques and steps to cut dovetails by hand using a handsaw and chisels.
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John Edwards
Weekend, For Beginners
In this weekend class, you’ll learn how to quickly and efficiently layout, cut and fit mortise and tenon joinery using only hand tools.
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Tim Lawson
Weekend Class, Open to All
In this two-day course, you will learn the basics of skillfully applying traditional finishes and how to bring out the beauty of the grain to enhance and protect a piece of furniture.
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Tim Lawson
Weekend, For Beginners
In this weekend course, you will learn the basic skills of woodturning by turning spindles and produce a French rolling pin & a candlestick.
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Piper Tamler, Owen Borges
12-Week Intensive for Beginners
Approved for VA Funding, Scholarships Available
Through a series of progressively challenging projects, this intensive course puts you well on your way to becoming a fine woodworker. All tools provided.
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Lacey Carnahan, Signy Svee
5 Days, For Beginners - Women & LGBTQ+ Students
The goal of this weeklong class is to learn and practice the safe and effective use of machine tools, and basic machine tool maintenance and adjustments. This class welcomes cis women, trans women and trans men, nonbinary, gender nonconforming, genderqueer and any woman-identifying people.
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