Woodcraft of Nashville

End Grain Cutting Board

Part 1: Tuesday, July 22, 5 PM - 8:30 PM

Part 2: Tuesday, July 29, 5 PM - 8:30 PM

Take your woodworking skills to the next level in this hands on workshop focused on crafting a statement piece for your kitchen that will make your friends jealous. This class builds on the skills learned in woodworking fundamentals I, and reinforces precision milling, glue ups, and flattening techniques specific to end grain. Choose from walnut, cherry, maple, or teak to create a personalized cutting board. Material costs are NOT included in the tuition fee. Wood will be available for purchase prior to the class at a 15% discount.

Hand Tools 301: Intro to Japanese Joinery

Wednesday, July 23, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Japanese joinery is an art that has been perfected over millennia. The oldest wooden structure in the world is a Buddhist temple in the Nara Prefecture built in 607 AD using 2000 year-old cypress. Without the aid of hardware, these daiku managed to construct beautiful buildings using literally thousands of different joints. Indeed, there are so many joints, often immensely intricate, that most of them do not have a direct translation from Japanese. To this day, as a result of demolition, repair, or relocation, people are still discovering new joints that were once closely guarded family secrets. In this class, students will be introduced to the art of Japanese joinery by constructing a dovetailed lap joint, or koshikake-ari-tsugi. This splicing joint is the combination of two common joints, known in the West as the dovetail and lap joints. Understanding the concepts introduced in this class will establish a firm foundation on which students can expand their skillset into more advanced Japanese joints.

Intro To Scroll Saw

Thursday, July 24, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Let us introduce you to the scroll saw and its potential to create both beautiful and useful pieces of work. This class will be a hands-on class. Learn proper set-up procedures and blade selection for projects. Each student will complete a scrollsaw project.