Description
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Adult. Prerequisite: Woodworking with Hand Tools Beginning or instructor approval. This 10 week course has intentionally small class sizes to ensure that proper attention will be given to each student. Through demonstrations and practice, this class will give you the necessary skills and experience to allow you to build more advanced projects. We will increase your experience, using saws, chisels, hand planes, and other specialty hand tools, jigs and fixtures. We will demonstrate additional techniques for more accurate hand tool work. We’re excited to share the joy of creating usable wooden heirlooms and foster a love of working with your hands and simple tools in a functional way.
This semester students will be able to choose between 2 projects. The first project is a Shaker inspired small robust step stool. The joinery techniques used will include dovetails, half laps and using a shooting plane to exactly size boards. The second project is a pencil box. This project aims at learning accurate joinery with a focus on hand sawing. The joinery primarily consists of hand-sawn rabbets which are refined with a router plane. There will be a $25 materials fee to cover the cost of lumber. Both projects will be made from Black Cherry wood. Last day to register will be Friday, January 1st. Instructor: Aaron Landy. 10 classes. No class 2/12.
All required tools will be provided! However, if the student would like to provide some of their own tools here is a suggested list:
-6” 4R ruler (Imperial/inches) such as the Shinwa brand
-3 good quality chisels in 1/4, 3/8 and 3/4 sizes. A suggested brand is the Narex Richter brand
-A woodworking marking knife. A suggested brand is the Lee Valley plastic handle model
-A 4” square. A suggested brand is the iGaging 4" Precision Double Square
-A low angle block plane
-A joinery back saw such as a dovetail saw.
Residents in the AAPS district boundaries ages 65+ may be eligible for a 25% discount off one class per term. Registration must be completed over the phone (734) 994-2300 ext. 0, Monday-Friday between 8am-5pm. Please click on the following link for more information: Senior Adult Discount Policy
Grades
Adult
Location
Maker Works Ann Arbor at Maker Works Ann Arbor
Instructor
Aaron Landy