This entry-level course is intended for the beginning woodworker. Students will be introduced to the how’s and why’s of woodworking, the use of hand tools, and the safe operation of shop equipment. Demonstrations and discussions will supplement hands-on learning as students each build their own one-drawer end table. Learn to edge, join, and glue boards; lay out joints; cut tapered legs; join rails to legs with mortise and tenon joinery; make breadboards; and fit, join, and make a drawer. Tools and materials will be provided and students are encouraged to bring their favorite hand tools.

Course start time: Sunday, 5pm
Course end time: Friday, 5pm

 

  • Competency Level: Beginner

Course Objectives

Through building a one-drawer, shaker-style end table we will learn.

  • Safe, proper, and accurate use of stationary and hand tools
  • Control of processes leading to an excellent product
  • About wood as a material
  • Accurate layout
  • Wood joinery- gluing, mortise and tenons, drawer joinery
  • Sanding, planning, scraping and finishing
  • Setting up shop
  • Woodworking topics of your choosing
  • Schedule

Class Schedule

We will start class at 8:30 each morning, take an hour for lunch when folks are ready, and work until 5:00pm. Optional evening sessions will run from 7pm to ???. These sessions give us time to work on our tables or to cover a specific technique or topic. The following schedule of topics for each day is quite flexible and we will adjust as we go.

Sunday Welcome and orientation to Yestermorrow

  • Welcome dinner
  • Project and woodshop introduction

Monday Introduction and Control of Processes

  • Wood as a material, wood selection and cut list
  • Table saw and chop saw demonstration
  • Jointer and planer demonstration
  • Glues and Gluing

Tuesday Wood joinery

  • Mortise and tenons demonstration
  • Router and router table

Wednesday Cutting tapered legs demonstration

  • Sanding, planning and scraping

Thursday Drawer construction and fitting

  • Drawer joinery demonstration

Friday Wood finishing

  • Class dinner and graduation
Start Date: October 20, 2013
Duration: 5 Days
Instructors:
Tuition: $875
Materials: $75
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