This two day course covers the basic machines used in fine furniture making. Students will learn how to determine a good machine from a bad machine, what machines are really necessary for furniture making, how the machines work, how to care for the machines, and how to use the machines properly and safely. This course is a pre-requisite course for our Journeyman's and Masters' courses.
Using various woodworking machines, each student will make a simple tapered leg footstool. All materials for this class are supplied for the students.
Each student must supply his, or her, own: safety glasses and hearing protection; combination or machinist square; bevel gauge; bench chisels; carvers mallet; backsaw; marking gauge; smooth plane or jack plane; block plane; and tape measure or folding rule.
This course will take place on October 30 and 31, 2010(Saturday & Sunday). The shop opens at 8 am. Class begins at 9 am. A coldcut lunch and soft drinks are provided. Class ends at 4:30 pm. The shop remains open until 6 pm.
This course is limited in size to a maximum of 6 students.
