Woodcraft of Milwaukee
Contact Us
- Phone:
- 262-785-6770
- Fax:
- 262-785-6771
- Email:
- milwaukee-retail@woodcraft.com
14115 W. Greenfield Ave.
New Berlin, WI 53151
USA
Retail Store Pricing May Vary from Internet or Catalog Pricing
Hours of Operation
| sunday | 10AM - 4PM |
|---|---|
| monday | 9AM - 6PM |
| tuesday | 9AM - 6PM |
| wednesday | 9AM - 6PM |
| thursday | 9AM - 6PM |
| friday | 9AM - 6PM |
| saturday | 9AM - 5PM |
Connect with Us
Woodworking Fundamentals with Ken Kessenich
Full
Part 2: Wednesday, December 6, 6 PM - 9 PM
Part 3: Thursday, December 7, 6 PM - 9 PM
Tools Required: Safety Glasses And Hearing Protection
Class Size: 4
Description: During this 3-part class, participants will learn how to use a table saw, jointer, thickness planer and miter saw while making a laminated cutting board. Hard maple and cherry will be used for the laminations. Limited use of a router table will also be involved.
Tuition: $95.00
Tuition Notes: Additional $25 Material Fee
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Pen Turning with Ron Nienas
Beginner
Class Size: 6
Description: Make a beautiful Wall Street II Pen from a wood blank of your choice. Ron will cover the steps from beginning to end.
Tuition: $60.00
Tuition Notes: Pen kit and wood blank to be purchased at beginning of class
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Natural Edge Turning with Marv Bollman
Intermediate
Prerequisite: Basic bowl turning
Tools Required: Face Shield, Safety Glasses, Lathe Tools (If Possible) & Notebook
Class Size: 6
Description: Learn about mounting techniques, chucks, grain orientation, and tool usage while completing a simple bowl.
Tuition: $95.00
Tuition Notes: Material Fee: $25
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HAND TOOL SHARPENING with Kevin Seigworth
Beginner/Intermediate
Prerequisite: Bring a dull chisel or plane blade. Optionally, sharpening stones and honing guide
Class Size: 6
Description: Learn what you need to know to quickly get razor sharp edges on your hand tools. In this hands-on class you will learn what is sharp, why we sharpen, how to sharpen and when to stop. The sharpening process can be applied across the many hand sharpening systems available today including water stones, diamond stones, oil stones or the scary sharp sandpaper system. This class will focus on sharpening plane irons and chisels. The skills learned can be applied to any cutting edge tool. Bring a dull chisel or plane blade to sharpen in class.
Tuition: $75.00
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Introduction To Woodturning with Marv Bollman
Beginner
Tools Required: Face Shield, Safety Glasses, Lathe Tools (If Possible) & Notebook
Class Size: 6
Description: Get to know and understand turning safety, the lathe and its attachments, tuning tools, wood grain orientation and its significance. The basics of tool sharpening will be covered as you get the feel of the tools and make beads/coves and chips. This is a fun class to get the fundamentals of spindle work and is a required class to proceed on to Introduction to Bowl Turning.
Tuition: $95.00
Tuition Notes: Material fee $20
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Woodworking Fundamentals with Ken Kessenich
Full
Part 2: Wednesday, January 24, 6 PM - 8:30 PM
Part 3: Wednesday, January 31, 6 PM - 8:30 PM
Tools Required: Safety Glasses And Hearing Protection
Class Size: 4
Description: During this 3-part class, participants will learn how to use a table saw, jointer, thickness planer and mitersaw while making a laminated cutting board. Hard maple and cherry will be used for the laminations. Limited use of a router table will also be involved.
Tuition: $95.00
Tuition Notes: Additional $25 Material Fee
Call 262-785-6770 To Sign Up
Introduction To Bowl Turning with Marv Bollman
Prerequisite: Face Shield
Tools Required: Safety glasses, face shield and hearing protection are optional
Class Size: 6
Description: Students should have taken Introduction to Woodturning - and spend enough time turning to be comfortable with a lathe and turning tools. Bring a face shield if you have one. We will cover face grain turning safety, grain orientation, mounting methods, tool selection and tool sharpening.
Tuition: $95.00
Tuition Notes: Material Fee $25
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Hand Plane Essentials with Kevin Seigworth
All
Tools Required: Suggested Book; Hand Plane Essentials By Christopher Schwarz
Class Size: 6
Description: Learn to tune-up, sharpen and use hand planes to improve your woodworking. Flatten wide boards that will not fit on your jointer, use a smoothing plane to skip all that sanding, and perfect the fit by removing just thousandths of an inch when needed. This hands-on class will cover how to tune-up a new or old plane, getting the blade sharp, and how to set-up and use the primary bench planes. These include the block, jack, jointer and smooth plane. Bring your planes, sharpening stones, honing guide if you have them. If not, you can borrow what you need in class.
Tuition: $125.00
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Multi-axis Turning with Marv Bollman
All
Prerequisite: Introduction to Turning class and some continued experience with a lathe
Class Size: 6
Description: Learn to use multiple axes to achieve various shapes such as a table legs with an offset foot or a bowl with handles.
Tuition: $95.00
Tuition Notes: Additional $25 material fee
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Basic Pen - Turn A Slim Line Pen with Ken Kessenich
All
Tools Required: Eye & Hearing Protection, Notebook
Class Size: 6
Description: Interested in learning how to turn a pen? You will get expert instruction and take home the slim line pen that you made start to finish in this informative class. Begin by selecting the kit and wood of your choice, tour the pen area and become familiar with the other kits and projects that can be done on a lathe. If you have turning tools, feel free to bring them, however that is not a requirement.
Tuition: $60.00
Tuition Notes: Material fee: Your choice of wood blank and pen kit
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Introduction To Bowl Turning with Marv Bollman
Beginner/Intermediate
Prerequisite: Face Shield
Class Size: 6
Description: Students should have taken Introduction to Woodturning - and spend enough time turning to be comfortable with a lathe and turning tools. Bring a face shield if you have one. We will cover face grain turning safety, grain orientatin, mounting methods, tool selection and tool sharpening.
Tuition: $95.00
Tuition Notes: Additional $25 material fee
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Woodworking Fundamentals with Ken Kessenich
All
Part 2: Wednesday, March 6, 6 PM - 9 PM
Part 3: Thursday, March 7, 6 PM - 9 PM
Tools Required: Safety Glasses And Hearing Protection
Class Size: 4
Description: During this 3-part class, participants will learn how to use a table saw, jointer, thickness planer and mitersaw while making a laminated cutting board. Hard maple and cherry will be used for the laminations. Limited use of a router table will also be involved.
Tuition: $95.00
Tuition Notes: $25 Material Fee
Call 262-785-6770 To Sign Up
Sharpening Woodturning (Lathe) Tools with Kevin Seigworth
All
Tools Required: Safety Glasses
Class Size: 6
Description: Learn the fundamentals of sharpening lathe tools to increase your success at woodturning. This class will cover grinding wheel selection, grinding technique, and proper setup and use of the popular Oneway Wolverine grinding system. Correct shapes and angles for roughing, bowl and spindle gouges including the fingernail and Irish grind will be covered. The techniques for sharpening parting tools, skews and scrapers are included.
Tuition: $75.00
Tuition Notes: Bring your tools to sharpen or borrow them in class.
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