EDG - Basics of Fine Woodworking 26-4

Prerequisites: Intro to Guild Safety & Core Tool Certification

Instructors: Multiple

Assistants: TBD

Students: 6 maximum

This course is designed for beginning woodworkers who have completed Core Tool Certification and:

1. Would like to build confidence using these tools.

2. Desire introductory knowledge on the process of bringing a project from concept through the process of woodworking, to applying a finish.

This class consists of 7 sessions offered on Monday evenings. Students are expected to attend all 7 sessions. There will not be any makeup sessions offered for missed classes. Each session covers specific aspects of woodworking, presented in the typical project order of operations.

Instructors will provide information and hands-on practice on the process of woodworking, through the construction of a simple box that you will work on through each session to completion. The objective is the acquisition of knowledge and skills of the process, rather than the box, though you will have a constructed box in the end to remind you of the process and your abilities.

The session topics are as follows:

Session One: Design and Layout

- Hands-on: drawings, layout, modeling, construction – table saw (cross cutting) and bandsaw (resawing)

Session Two: Understanding Wood

- Hands-on: milling – jointer, tablesaw (ripping), planer

Session Three – Joinery

- Hands-on: tablesaw (crosscutting and cutting grooves), bandsaw, layout

Session Four – Hand Tools

- Hands-on: layout, handsaw, coping/fret saw, chisels, block plane

Session Five – Work Session

- Hands-on: complete box to to point of assembly

Session Six– Assembly and Glue-up

- Hands-on: table saw (cutting a rabbet), surface prep (sanding), hand plane and shooting board, clamps, glue

Session Seven – Finishing

- Hands-on: applying finish on sample boards, shellac finish on box

PPE required: hearing protection, safety glasses, dust mask (as needed), closed-toed shoes.

Students should also bring: a fine point mechanical pencil and a tape measure. If you have your own combination square and marking knife, bring them, however, there are plenty of these in the Studio to use if you do not own one. Also bring your block plane if you have one. Do not buy one for this course.

Please contact Pat Shuff (pat.shuff@guildoforegonwoodworkers.org) with questions.