Table Saw Joinery
Description: This class is for students wishing to expand their knowledge and skills in using the table saw for woodworking joinery and related functions using a variety of shop jigs. Shop available sleds and jigs will be demonstrated to make miter cuts for a picture frame and to make straight line rip, taper rip for a table leg and thin strip rip cuts.
Students will learn table saw principles setup for rabbets, grooves and dados and make a drawer using tongue and groove joinery. Students will learn and practice methods for cutting tenons, lap joints and finger joints on the table saw.
Level: Beginner
Prerequisites: Age >18; Introduction to Woodworking A or instructor approval. Contact the Education team to get instructor consent.
Format: Two, three hour sessions.
Cost: $95
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Decorative Wood Inlay
Description: A wood inlay is a decorative technique where smaller pieces of wood or other materials are set flush into cut depressions in a larger wooden surface. In this class you will learn how to layout a design on a piece of wood, cut grooves for inlay, drill holes for dowel inserts and repair any mishaps. The wood will be cut into 4 identical pieces creating a set of matched coasters.
Level: Beginner
Prerequisites: Age > 18; Introduction to Woodworking A or instructor Approval. Contact the Education team to get instructor consent.
Format: One 4 hour session
Cost: $95
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Introduction to Veneering
Description: Veneering is a very useful technique that allows for wide array of complex surface treatments while greatly enhancing the visual beauty of a piece. Students will learn about the types of veneer, substrates, tools and glues. Two veneer projects will be completed: a 4 panel book match and a checkerboard pattern.
Level: Intermediate
Prerequisites: Age >18; Introduction to Woodworking A or instructor Approval. Contact the Education team to get instructor consent.
Format: 4 sessions, each 4 hours
Project you will make: 4 panel book match and checkerboard pattern.
Cost: $450
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Make a Decorative Box
Description
Box-making is a fun woodworking skill that provide an opportunity for individual design creativity; plus, decorative boxes make great gifts! Box-making serves as an entry point to making decorative trays, drawers, and other precision multi-sided structures. This course is for woodworkers of any level who wish to learn how to make a splined, miter-cornered box from milling, through box assembly and finishing.
Level: Beginner
Prerequisites: Age >18; Introduction to Woodworking A or equivalent experience. Contact the Education team to get instructor consent.
Format: 1, 5-hour session
Project you will make: a decorative splined box.
Cost: $100
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Domino Joinery
Description
The Domino DF500 is a powerful tool that can significantly speed up the creation of mortise and tenon joints. The Member Shop has a Domino DF 500 for shop members’ use. This class will cover:
- Domino DF 500 design, setup, and operation
- Mortise and tenon joints both with and without using the Domino Joiner
- Domino accessories designed to improve efficiency and accuracy
- Determining location, size, and number of dominos for several different joint
- Hands-on use of the Domino Joiner to:
- Make adjustments to the joiner
- Change cutters
- Use the Domino accessories
- Edge joint long boards
- Make butt joints on a face frame
- Make miter joints
- Make a plywood bookshelf
Level: Beginner
Prerequisites: Age >18;
Format: 1 sessions 4 hours
Project you will make: Joinery and bookshelf
Cost: $95
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Introduction to Routers and Router Jigs
Students will learn how to use a router, including hand-held routers and those that are mounted in a router table. You will understand how router jigs can expand the tool’s capabilities and will gain suggestions for building your own router jigs.
Level: Beginner
Prerequisites: Age >18
Format: One 2-hour online session, one 1.5-hour in-person session
Cost: $75
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Epoxy For Woodworkers
Description: This class will provide an overview of epoxy and the various ways it can be used in woodworking projects. You’ll apply this learning to one project: the completion of a river style charcuterie/serving tray. This class will require students to pour their epoxy and let it harden between classes. At the end of the class you should have a completed charcuterie/serving tray.
Level: Beginner
Prerequisites: Age > 18. Intro to Woodworking A or Instructor approval; Contact the Education team to get instructor consent.
Format: 2 sessions, each 4 hours
Projects you will make: charcuterie/serving tray
Cost: $300
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Introduction to SketchUp
Class Description: SketchUp gives you the tools to design in 3D to ensure a successful woodworking project. In this class, you’ll learn the essentials of drawing in SketchUp, beginning with 2D drawing and progressing to 3D drawing. Material covered focuses on topics of interest to woodworkers. The class will conclude with techniques to produce working drawings of a project.
Level: Beginner
Prerequisites: Age >18;
Format: Five weekly Zoom meetings and Four weekly Q/A sessions.
Cost: $295
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Build a Small Workbench
Class Description: Many of us do not have access to a workbench at home and this can be quite a challenge. Learn to make this small (8” by 26 1/2”), portable and affordable workbench with a vice. You can clamp it to a sturdy table or a folding bench such as the “Workmate”. You will be surprised how much can be done with this very compact bench. You will leave the class with your own small workbench with a vise included.
Note: You must be a member of the SDFWA SHOP to take this class.
Level: Intermediate
Prerequisites: Age >18; You must be a Member of the SDFWA SHOP
Format: One 5 hour class session.
Cost: $175 .. and have a separate membership to the SDFWA SHOP.
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Shaker Trays
Description: In this course, students will learn how to create a shaker tray by shaping wood stripes, soaking them in boiling water, bending them to a form, and securing them with copper tacks of the appropriate size for the tray being made. A veneered bottom will be sized to fit inside the bent box form and secured with wood pins. Each participant will complete two trays of different sizes during the class. Finishing will be completed independently by students outside of class.
Cost: $195
Class Schedule: Two, 4-hour sessions
Prerequisites: None
Note: Students who already know marquetry can prepare laminated panels to be used for tray bottoms prior to the class. Students with no marquetry experience will be provided with single wood veneered panels.
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