Another short post because I need to pack up for the Open House at Hickory and Oak tomorrow.
My "Becoming a Hand Tool Woodworker: Build a Blanket Chest" class at Woodcraft began last night. The class is smaller than I expected but both students are ready to go.
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We begin by assembling bench accessories and then jump into stock selection. Since the plinth for the blanket chest is 5" high and our stock was between 5" and 6" each student cross cut parts using a hand saw for half of their parts and then a tenon saw/bench hook combination for the remainder.
I was a little disappointed that they didn't have a long rip cut to do, so I had them rip a 10' board down the middle.
Nothing like ripping 10' of poplar to get the evening going.
We working on creating the reference face of our boards and called it a night. Nice short three hours class. I hope they enjoyed it, all the rest of the sessions are eight hours long.
Bill
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