SDFWA

San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association

Hand Tool Classes

 

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Introduction to Hand Tools

Description: All woodworkers can benefit from learning how to set up a plane, use chisels and hand saws.  This course is designed for woodworkers at any skill level who wish to learn how to purchase, set up, and use hand tools including: squares, marking gauges, bench planes, saws, and chisels.

Level: Beginner

Prerequisites: Age > 18  

Format: 1 session, 4 hours

Cost: $95

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Hand Tool Sharpening

Description: Students will learn and practice the principles of sharpening and maintaining chisels, plane blades and cabinet card scrapers, without jigs.  This is a foundational class for all woodworkers but especially those who wish to work with hand tools. 

Level: Beginner

Prerequisites: Age > 18

Format: 1 session, 4 hours

Cost: $100 

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Special instructions for this class: Students should purchase and bring an unused chisel, minimum 3/4″ wide; a card scraper, preferably an .8mm thick BAHCO; and a plane that is complete and in good condition.  If a student does not own a plane, one can be provided if given advance notice.

Full refunds for cancelations more than 14 days in advance or if class is cancelled; 50% refunds for cancelations more than 7 days in advance; No refunds for cancelations less than 7 days in advance or for failure to appear.

Hand Tool Joinery

Description: Hand Tool Joinery includes 4 half-day sessions to teach the principles and practice of lap joints, mortise and tenon joints and dovetail joints.  Students will have ample time to layout and practice joint construction.

Level: Beginner-Intermediate

Prerequisites: Age > 18; Sharpening and Intro to Hand Tools or Instructor approval, Contact the Education team to get instructor consent.

Format: 4 sessions, each 4 hours

Projects you will make: Lap, Mortise/Tenon and Dovetail Joints

Cost: $400

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Craftsman Referral Terms

BACKGROUND
The San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association (SDFWA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to the education, promotion, and execution of the principles of fine woodworking.
The SDFWA frequently receives requests from people seeking the service of a woodworker. Therefore, although custom woodworking for hire is not the purpose of our organization, we offer this referral service to the public so that they might connect with a woodworker.

SCOPE
SDFWA does not screen or warrant the skills or work of any craftsman. The public should use their own discretion and due diligence before hiring any craftsman, from any source, including this one.
The sole role of SDFWA in this referral service is limited to providing our member woodworkers with your completed form. It is up to each craftsman to initiate a contact with the requester.

PROCEDURE
After a requester submits a project, the form will be emailed to our list of participating craftsmen. If a craftsman is interested in the project, they will contact the client directly, and a two-way conversation can begin.

As the craftsmen themselves choose which projects to respond to, this means that it is probable that some project requests will receive no response. If you do not receive a response in a reasonable time, please submit your request again, using the provided referral form.
Note that contacting SDFWA directly will not achieve the desired results.

DISCLAIMER
By agreeing to these Terms, and by continuing to submit this Referral Form, and by utilizing one or more of the services of any of these craftsmen, you are agreeing to contract exclusively with that individual craftsman and to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the SDFWA Organization, its officers, officials, employees and volunteers from any and all claims, injuries, damages, losses or suits including attorney fees, arising out of or in connection with the performance of this agreement, and any and all failures, damages, or otherwise negative outcomes caused directly or indirectly by the craftsmen you employ to do any project initiated by this Form. This does not preclude you from pursuing legal remedies from the individual craftsman that you employ. But any remedy you pursue is restricted to that individual craftsman, and does not include the SDFWA organization or any of its volunteer members.

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