Build A Shaker End Table With Drawer

Part 1: Thursday, April 11, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 2: Thursday, April 18, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 3: Thursday, April 25, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 4: Thursday, May 2, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 5: Thursday, May 9, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 6: Thursday, May 16, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 7: Thursday, May 23, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 8: Thursday, May 30, 6 PM - 9 PM

With its simple but elegant lines, the Shaker End Table is an excellent example of American history that complements furniture from all periods. This eight-part course is designed with the intermediate, as well as the more advanced woodworker, in mind. We will explore several elements including design, tool maintenance, milling, joinery, assembly and finish. Students will learn to cut dovetails, mortise and tenon joints and tapered legs. Participants will learn tool setup and maintenance, with a heavy concentration on safety. Additional lessons will cover wood movement, where and how to purchase quality materials, and what to expect as you continue as a woodworker. This intermediate level course is hands-on as well as demonstration and will prepare the student for more advanced classes.

Woodworking I

Part 1: Wednesday, April 24, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 2: Wednesday, May 1, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 3: Wednesday, May 8, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 4: Wednesday, May 15, 6 PM - 9 PM

Get started woodworking with this beginner level class. Students will learn to safely use essential woodworking machines such as the jointer, planer, table saw and band saw. Also covered in this class are basic but critical points including understanding how to purchase materials at a lumber yard and calculating board footage. Students will build a wall-hung cabinet that will satisfy many storage needs, constructed from quality hardwood. This class will prepare you for the Woodworking II and Joinery classes.

Build a Shaker Sewing Table

Part 1: Monday, May 6, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 2: Monday, May 13, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 3: Monday, May 20, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 4: Monday, June 3, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 5: Monday, June 10, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 6: Monday, June 24, 6 PM - 9 PM

This recreation of a 19th century sewing stand is a classic example of Shaker furniture. This style of table fits in any room and any setting. It’s a rectangular table with a pedestal and three curved legs. The legs are fitted to the pedestal with sliding dovetails. There is a drawer, with dovetail construction, that can be opened from either side because the table was designed to be used by two Shaker Sisters at the same time. The sewing stand is constructed with solid cherry and a secondary wood for the drawer sides. Students will be using power tools as well as hand tools. Experience cutting dovetails will be helpful but not necessary. Students will also execute sliding dovetails with a combination of a router, template, and hand tools. Characteristics of wood, particularly the way it reacts to changes of seasons and humidity, will be covered in depth. Required Tools: Tape measure Combination square Pencil

Make a Marking Gauge

Saturday, May 18, 9 AM - 3 PM

The importance of some woodworking tools is sometimes under appreciated. Anyone new to woodworking probably hasn't ever used one and might assume differences between different models don't affect the quality of the scribe lines it creates. once you start cutting and fitting joints like mortise and tenons or dovetails you see the difference between a clean cut shoulder line and one that is ragged and torn. In this class we will make a marking gauge that is comfortable to use, attractive and will work as well (or better) than any one on the market. The class is open to all levels of woodworking experience. Attention will be given to gaining understanding of methods and techniques and how they relate to woodworking.

Woodworking I

Part 1: Tuesday, May 21, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 2: Tuesday, May 28, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 3: Tuesday, June 4, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 4: Tuesday, June 11, 6 PM - 9 PM

Get started woodworking with this beginner level class. Students will learn to safely use essential woodworking machines such as the jointer, planer, table saw and band saw. Also covered in this class are basic but critical points including understanding how to purchase materials at a lumber yard and calculating board footage. Students will build a wall-hung cabinet that will satisfy many storage needs, constructed from quality hardwood. This class will prepare you for the Woodworking II and Joinery classes.

Woodworking 2

Part 1: Wednesday, May 22, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 2: Wednesday, May 29, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 3: Wednesday, June 5, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 4: Wednesday, June 12, 6 PM - 9 PM

This class will build on skills learned in Woodworking I, although that class is not a prerequisite. Students will build a cherry hall table with a "floating top", tapered legs and mortise and tenon joinery. Students will learn how to safely use various hand tools and power tools. Participants will be required to bring a tape measure and combination square. Optional tools are a hand plane and ¼", ½" and 1" chisels.

Fundamentals of Woodturning

Part 1: Saturday, June 1, 9 AM - 3 PM

Part 2: Sunday, June 2, 9 AM - 3 PM

Begin the week learning the fundamental techniques of spindle turning and shift to bowl turning mid-week. Students will be trained in fundamental chisel and gouge spindle-cutting techniques and developing an eye for making the shape desired. Using these techniques, turners cut wood efficiently and leave a smooth accurate surface in their work. We learn how to use the bevel gracefully to guide the knife edge along a smooth curve and why this technique allows such smooth tool control. We sand to perfection and add a quick oil finish to bring out the luster of your work. This class focuses on practicing proper techniques and we make a series of totems that serve as a reminder of the techniques that you learned. Beginning by roughing the blank to a cylinder, we practice the planing, chamfer and peeling cuts with the skew chisel. We proceed to the detail gouge and learn coves and beads. The results of your practice are your totems for use as reference when making other projects. After practicing the fundamental cuts, we discuss what items can be made your new repertoire such as a candlestick, mallet, cooking flipper, bud vase, spurtle. We then choose a project for you to make—each student makes items of their own design so think of a couple spindle pieces that you would like to make. By adding one more gouge technique, students learn to orient wood grain across the axis and make bowls. The spindle experience makes this new technique quick and easy to learn. We start with a simple bowl design and move to bowls with a bit more style. Think of bowl designs that you like and bring your ideas—we will make them in wood!

Woodworking I

Part 1: Thursday, June 6, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 2: Thursday, June 13, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 3: Thursday, June 20, 6 AM - 9 PM

Part 4: Thursday, June 27, 6 PM - 9 PM

Get started woodworking with this beginner level class. Students will learn to safely use essential woodworking machines such as the jointer, planer, table saw and band saw. Also covered in this class are basic but critical points including understanding how to purchase materials at a lumber yard and calculating board footage. Students will build a wall-hung cabinet that will satisfy many storage needs, constructed from quality hardwood. This class will prepare you for the Woodworking II and Joinery classes.

Woodworking I

Part 1: Saturday, June 8, 9 AM - 3 PM

Part 2: Sunday, June 9, 9 AM - 3 PM

Get started woodworking with this beginner level class. Students will learn to safely use essential woodworking machines such as the jointer, planer, table saw and band saw. Also covered in this class are basic but critical points including understanding how to purchase materials at a lumber yard and calculating board footage. Students will build a wall-hung cabinet that will satisfy many storage needs, constructed from quality hardwood. This class will prepare you for the Woodworking II and Joinery classes.

Box Building

Part 1: Wednesday, June 19, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 2: Wednesday, June 26, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 3: Wednesday, July 3, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 4: Wednesday, July 10, 6 PM - 9 PM

Making a box is a useful and fun skill to develop. Box building is a great way to learn layout, joinery and assembly. In this class, we will build a lidded box that that can be used for pencils, crayons, layout tools, and countless other uses. To accomplish this, you will use power tools as well as hand tools.

Hand Tool Fundamentals

Part 1: Monday, June 24, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 2: Monday, July 1, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 3: Monday, July 8, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 4: Monday, July 15, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 5: Monday, July 22, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 6: Monday, July 29, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 7: Monday, August 5, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 8: Monday, August 12, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 9: Monday, August 19, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 10: Monday, August 26, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 11: Monday, September 9, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 12: Monday, September 16, 6 PM - 9 PM

If you would like to use hand tools more and be less dependent on machinery, this is a great opportunity for you. Take advantage of this class to create a hand tool foundation that you can build on. Learning to use hand tools correctly will open an entirely new woodworking experience, one that is enjoyable, very satisfying, and not as loud or dusty. Not many things in woodworking are more discouraging or frustrating than trying to use dull or neglected tools. In this twelve-week, one night per week class, you will learn how to use a handsaw and tune-up and use a hand plane, chisels, marking gauge, and marking knife. This is a skills-based class with a heavy emphasis on fundamentals, proper technique and safety. Students will be taught how to layout and execute fine joinery such as mortise and tenon, through dovetails, and half-blind dovetails. The instructor will also talk about wood movement and what can happen if you don't allow for it. During this class, students will build a traditional wall-hung cupboard with dovetailed casework using quality hardwood. Students will be required to bring some hand tools and they will learn how to make these tools perform at their optimum. Some of the lessons are: Sharpening chisels and plane irons Hand tool tune-up Sawing to a line Proper use of a chisel Using marking gauges and marking knives for accurate lines Using a hand plane Mortise and tenon joinery Dovetail joinery Wood movement Where and how to purchase furniture grade lumber Required Tools: Hand plane (number 3 or 4) ***** If you purchase a Stanley #4, the instructor suggests that you choose a vintage plane instead of a new one. Consider thevintagetoolshoppe.com ***** Chisels (1/4", 1/2", 3/4", 1") Marking knife Tape measure Combination square Mallet Students are encouraged to bring the following tools but they are not required: Dovetail saw (western, Japanese, or gent) Marking gauge ***** Consider supporting a local tool maker - masswoodworks.com *****

Essential Joinery

Part 1: Tuesday, June 25, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 2: Tuesday, July 2, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 3: Tuesday, July 9, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 4: Tuesday, July 16, 6 PM - 9 PM

Take your skills to the next level. This class is a must for those who want to develop fine joinery skills. You will learn how to layout and execute mortise and tenon joints as well as through and half-blind dovetails using power and hand tools. This is a great class to take in preparation for more advanced classes. These sample joints are meant to be used as a reference by the students when they perform these techniques in their own shop. While laying out joints in woodworking projects, you are able to look at and manipulate these samples to refresh your memory.

Open Shop

Part 1: Thursday, July 11, 12 AM - 12 AM

Part 2: Thursday, July 18, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 3: Thursday, July 25, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 4: Thursday, August 1, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 5: Thursday, August 8, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 6: Thursday, August 15, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 7: Thursday, August 22, 6 PM - 9 PM

Join us for six consecutive Wednesday nights and receive advice and assistance building your project. You will have access to the shop’s tools once you have been checked out. What you build is completely up to you but you should keep your skill level in mind. Challenge yourself, step outside your comfort zone, and expand your skills. You can bring your own materials, or the instructor can assist with estimating your materials. Materials can then be purchased on your own or at Woodcraft. Instructor suggests taking Woodworking 1 or Woodworking 2 in advance of this class, but prior woodworking experience is also acceptable. Bring plans or photos of your project to the first class and be prepared to develop a plan of procedure.

Woodworking I

Part 1: Saturday, July 13, 9 AM - 3 PM

Part 2: Sunday, July 14, 9 AM - 3 PM

Get started woodworking with this beginner level class. Students will learn to safely use essential woodworking machines such as the jointer, planer, table saw and band saw. Also covered in this class are basic but critical points including understanding how to purchase materials at a lumber yard and calculating board footage. Students will build a wall-hung cabinet that will satisfy many storage needs, constructed from quality hardwood. This class will prepare you for the Woodworking II and Joinery classes.

Woodworking I

Part 1: Wednesday, July 17, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 2: Wednesday, July 24, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 3: Wednesday, July 31, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 4: Wednesday, August 7, 6 PM - 9 PM

Get started woodworking with this beginner level class. Students will learn to safely use essential woodworking machines such as the jointer, planer, table saw and band saw. Also covered in this class are basic but critical points including understanding how to purchase materials at a lumber yard and calculating board footage. Students will build a wall-hung cabinet that will satisfy many storage needs, constructed from quality hardwood. This class will prepare you for the Woodworking II and Joinery classes.

Build a Serving Table

Part 1: Tuesday, July 23, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 2: Tuesday, July 30, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 3: Tuesday, August 6, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 4: Tuesday, August 13, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 5: Tuesday, August 20, 6 PM - 9 PM

Part 6: Tuesday, August 27, 6 PM - 9 PM

Shaker furniture is well known to be very functional. Add to that functionality some simple but graceful lines and you will have a beautiful piece that will never be outdated. Join us for six nights and build this very practical cherry table with tapered legs , two drawers with dovetail joinery, and a champfered top. This is a table that you will see in any Shaker Village. Students should have already taken Woodworking 1 or an equivalent class.