Teaching Schedule update

On April 9 I am teaching Hand Cut Dovetails from 4:00 to 7:00. If you are taking this class leave a comment or email me and I'll give you access to the online version of the class reference document.

On April 19 I am teaching Sharpening 101 from 4:00 to 7:00. I teach two sharpening classes at Woodcraft. In Sharpening For The Woodworker I teach chisels, gouges, plane irons, scrapers and sometimes handsaws. In Sharpening 101 I teach chisels, gouges and kitchen tools. In both I teach the science behind sharpening, answer any questions and demonstrate sharpening anything a student brings. Attendees should bring a couple of things to sharpen and any sharpening equipment they have (nothing electrical).

My "Becoming a Hand Tool Woodworker" class continues April 14, 15, 21, 22.
In the next session of Hand Tools we start out by carving a spatula. From this exercise we will learn about working in cooperation with the wood fibers. After the spoon we will continue from where we left off by dimensioning our aprons, dimensioning our legs and then sawing them out, rails and drawer guides. We will saw out but not dimension the drawer parts. Our goal is to complete all the dimensioning and start doing joinery.