Learn how to select and prepare your live edge materials, mix and pour Total Boat epoxy, and the proper techniques for milling, sanding and finishing.
Using Cherry, Maple and Sapele wood, you will create a 3-Dimensional end-grain cutting board. Class will include milling the wood, 3 different glue-ups to create your 3-D pattern, sanding and finishing techniques. At the end of the class you will have a beautiful solid end-grain cutting board, the envy of all your friends!
Get access to our lathe studio and be able to use our lathes, drill press, bandsaw, turning tools and face shields. You must provide your own turning stock, whether brought from home or purchased in our retail store.
This course will teach students how to make a simple box with a hinged lid.
This class is designed for teens, ages 12 - 16 years, and is an intensive 2- day introductory class to the fundamentals of woodworking. Students will have a chance to learn about different types of joints using both hand and power tools, including the table saw, miter saw, bandsaw, router table, joiner and planer, as they make their own take-home project. The course also covers subjects such as wood technology, selecting and purchasing lumber, sharpening techniques and finishing. All tools and materials provided. Paper and Pencil recommended for note taking. Please wear closed toed shoes.
Learn how to cut and shape wood, sand and apply finish to finished live edge board that will be food safe and can be used as a cheese or appetizer board.
Students will learn knife etiquette, basic cuts (stop, push and pull cuts) and a few extended/intermediate cuts, as well as how to care for and maintain your carving knife.
Learn the basic set up, function and uses of the scroll saw while making practice cuts and finished projects.
This class focuses on spindle turning using carbide-tipped tools. You will learn about the lathe and lathe tools, practice making spindles and then create your own pillar candle holder.
Learn how to make your own exotic wooden pens and pencils using a lathe.
This class is designed for beginning woodworkers or those who have been away from their hobby for some time.
You will learn what it takes to create a beautiful wooden bowl from 8/4 Soft Maple or Cherry wood. using High Speed Steel tools. Topics not only cover basic lathe operation, but also include wood selection, sectioning, face plate mounting, shaping, hollowing, sanding and finishing.
Get access to our lathe studio and be able to use our lathes, drill press, bandsaw, turning tools and face shields. You must provide your own turning stock, whether brought from home or purchased in our retail store.
Get your hand plane working for you. Learn how to sharpen, set up and use your hand plane. In this skills-based class, you will take a used or out-of-the-box hand plane, sharpen it's blade to a polished edge, set it up to take clean shavings and use it to plane a rough board to perfectly flat on both faces and square all the way around the edges.
In this primarily demonstration class, Bob will open your eyes to unlocking the maximum potential from this essential woodworking tool. Handplanes are an essential tool for furniture making but used incorrectly they can be extremely frustrating! What makes a good handplane and which handplane is right for a particular job? How are they "tuned up"? And most importantly- how are they sharpened? Bob will demonstrate his easy and extremely fast technique (under 2 minutes) to re-sharpen a dull iron or chisel and you will have time to practice sharpening your handplane iron. After covering the basics Bob will quickly get into advanced techniques many users may be unfamiliar with. The handplane is one of the most precise tools available to adjust and fine tune joinery, flatten stock perfectly, adjust squareness, create or remove a taper and create precisely accurate edge joints that will yield dead flat panels. Smoothing a surface- both with the grain or- across the grain (no tearout!), controlling tearout by varying sharpening bevel angles and creating a spring joint and then gluing up a panel- using one clamp are techniques that are sure to open your eyes and change the way you work with wood! This is NOT a beginning handplane class or a plane rehab class -- some experience with handplanes is required. Please bring a #4 plane to the class with a new 2" iron. Most of the class will focus on the #4 and why it is just about the only plane you need.
Learn how to turn a beautiful dragon egg made of resin and local hardwood. Students learn basic turning skills using carbide-tipped turning tools. Please bring a bag lunch/snack for a short lunch break.
Learn what it takes to create a beautiful wooden bowl with a colored crystal inlay on the bowl rim from a 4 x 2 x2 turning block, using carbide-tipped tools. Topics not only cover basic lathe operation using carbide-tipped tools, but also include sectioning, face plate mounting, shaping, hollowing, inlay design, sanding and finishing . You MUST have completed Introduction to the Lathe or a Pen class before this class.
This class is designed for beginning woodworkers or those who have been away from their hobby for some time.
The band saw is one of the most useful tools in the woodshop and has become the shop standard for making curved and other irregular cuts. Learn the ins and outs of this most useful tool by way of a simple project. From a solid block of cherry, we’ll create a shaped box with two drawers. First we’ll cut the outside shape of the box. Then the back will be sliced off as a thin strip. Next, the drawer shapes will be cut from the block. Each of those drawers, in turn, will have both the front and back sliced off. Following that, drawer cavities will be cut. Finally all of the parts will be glued back together and sanded. As a final step, if time permits, a finish coat of oil can be applied.
Learn how to turn a beautiful bowl made of local hardwood and resin using carbide-tipped tools.
You will create a 12" x 12" Kumiko trivet while learning the basic techniques of this hand-tool-centric Japanese art form.
This is a two night class to learn how make an 9" x 11" cutting board and matching 4" x 4" coasters using assorted hard woods, i.e. maple, cherry, walnut or purpleheart. Students will learn to mill rough wood, design their cutting board and coasters, glue up and clamp the design on the first evening. The second session will include jointing, planing, sanding and finishing the projects.
This is our standard Fundamentals of Woodworking class, but for those who identify as women, nonbinary or queer individuals only.
Learn how to create relief carvings, in which wood is carved away around an object to make it look like it is standing off the surface of the wood. Students will learn how to transfer designs onto the wood, outline the design use stop cuts to remove surrounding wood, rounding, flattening the background, shaping the figure, layering elements of the design, undercutting for dramatic shadows, final clean up, and finishing. Participants will use the techniques to make a relief carving leaf design and a chosen design. This class is taught by John L and Ed K, members of the Montgomery County Carvers Club. The cost of the class includes 3 carving blanks. Students MUST purchase the Flexcut Craft Carver 5-piece tool set ( Item # 820644) before the start of the class. This set is available at our store for a 20% discount for students only.
Making a Holiday Kiss-mas Tree is a one day workshop designed to give children between the ages of 8 - 11 years, a beginning foundation in woodworking techniques. Students will be predominantly using hand tools for safe construction with the exception of the battery powered hand drills and both manual and plug-in random orbital Festool sanders. All power tool preparation of materials will be done outside of class time to ensure safety of students. Tools used in class include: hammer, drill, screwdriver, pull and coping saws, ruler, tape measure, pliers, clamps, smoothing plane, sandpaper. One parent is expected to stay with their child throughout the class.
Making a Holiday Kiss-mas Tree is a one day workshop designed to give children between the ages of 8 - 11 years, a beginning foundation in woodworking techniques. Students will be predominantly using hand tools for safe construction with the exception of the battery powered hand drills and both manual and plug-in random orbital Festool sanders. All power tool preparation of materials will be done outside of class time to ensure safety of students. Tools used in class include: hammer, drill, screwdriver, pull and coping saws, ruler, tape measure, pliers, clamps, smoothing plane, sandpaper. One parent is expected to stay with their child throughout the class.
This class is geared for teens ages 12 - 16 years of age interested in learning and developing safe skills necessary for milling wood to create a specific project. The students will learn to use all the necessary power and hand tools under close supervision (jointer, planer, table and miter saw, drill press, router and sanders). while creating their own amplifier/speaker for their smart phone. This workshop will be a one day session from 10 am - 4 pm with a lunch break. Please bring a lunch to eat in the classroom.
Using a variety of domestic and exotic woods, you will create a basket-weave pattern end-grain cutting board. Class will include milling the wood, 3 different glue-ups to create your colorful pattern, sanding and finishing techniques. At the end of the class you will have a beautiful solid end-grain cutting board, the envy of all your friends.
Get access to our lathe studio and be able to use our lathes, drill press, bandsaw, turning tools and face shields. You must provide your own turning stock, whether brought from home or purchased in our retail store.
Learn to make an 11" x 14" picture frame with either Sapele or Maple wood including instructions / techniques that you can use to make your own frames at home. Finished project includes the frame, glass, backing and hanger - everything you need for your perfect picture.
In this class, students will create a beautiful box out of exotic woods with curved sides using the tablesaw and sanding equipment. The top of the box will have a perimeter inlay. The lid will be custom made out of a frame and veneered panel. This lid will rotate open using brass side pins. The interior of the box will have a custom-made removable jewelry tray with a suede-lined bottom. This is an approximate 30 hour class building on the skills that you have learned in Box 101 and 201.
This class is a continuation of Japanese Woodworking 101 and focuses on the use of Japanese hand tools for joinery. Each student will make small model of a Tori Gate using 1 1/2 " x 1 1/2" poplar by making two dovetail joints, two lap joints and two mortise and tenons using Japanese tools. This class is recommended as a prerequisite for Japanese Woodworking 201 and Furniture 201. The classes are held on a Saturday and Sunday from 10 am - 5 pm each day with a lunch break. Please bring a notebook and pencil/pen to take notes. Prerequisite: Japanese Woodworking 101 with Adrian Summers.
This class focuses on spindle turning using carbide-tipped tools. You will learn about the lathe and lathe tools, practice making spindles and then create your own pillar candle holder.
Learn how to cut and shape wood, sand and apply finish to finished live edge board that will be food safe and can be used as a cheese or appetizer board.
Get your hand plane working for you. Learn how to sharpen, set up and use your hand plane. In this skills-based class, you will take a used or out-of-the-box hand plane, sharpen it's blade to a polished edge, set it up to take clean shavings and use it to plane a rough board to perfectly flat on both faces and square all the way around the edges.
Learn how to select and prepare your live edge materials, mix and pour Total Boat epoxy, and the proper techniques for milling, sanding and finishing.
Learn the basic set up, function and uses of the scroll saw while making practice cuts and finished projects.
Get access to our lathe studio and be able to use our lathes, drill press, bandsaw, turning tools and face shields. You must provide your own turning stock, whether brought from home or purchased in our retail store.
Learn how to make your own exotic wooden pens and pencils using a lathe.
Turn a resin pen using carbide tipped cutting tools and wet sanding.
Open Pen Studio hours gives you access to our lathe studio. You will be able to use our lathes, drill press, bandsaw, turning tools and face shields. You must provide your own turning stock and pen kits, whether brought from home or purchased in our retail store. Please note, this is for a 3-hour block of studio time. Those registering for open studio times are expected to do studio clean up.
You will learn what it takes to create a beautiful wooden bowl from 8/4 Soft Maple or Cherry wood. using High Speed Steel tools. Topics not only cover basic lathe operation, but also include wood selection, sectioning, face plate mounting, shaping, hollowing, sanding and finishing.
This class is designed for beginning woodworkers or those who have been away from their hobby for some time.
Using Cherry, Maple and Sapele wood, you will create a 3-Dimensional end-grain cutting board. Class will include milling the wood, 3 different glue-ups to create your 3-D pattern, sanding and finishing techniques. At the end of the class you will have a beautiful solid end-grain cutting board, the envy of all your friends!
This is our standard Fundamentals of Woodworking class, but for those who identify as women, nonbinary or queer individuals only.
This is a new furniture making class where you learn to make a Shake Side Table with one drawer from either Cherry or Maple wood. The final dimensions of the table top is 33″ x 13″ and is approximately 30″ in height. During the 6 days of this class ( 3 consecutive weekend) you will use the miter saw, table saw, jointer, planer, domino, router table, chisels, drill press, orbital sanders and as needed a router or shoulder plan and smoothing plane. You will not apply the final finish during the class. However, suggestions will be made on the various types of finishes and how to apply them.
Students will learn knife etiquette, basic cuts (stop, push and pull cuts) and a few extended/intermediate cuts, as well as how to care for and maintain your carving knife.
Learn how to make your own exotic wooden pens and pencils using a lathe.
This course will teach students how to make a simple box with a hinged lid.
This class is designed for beginning woodworkers or those who have been away from their hobby for some time.
In this class you will have a complete waterfall coffee table with live edge resin waterfall on one side and hairpin legs on the other end.
