Brush making offers endless possibilities for creativity — sculpting and shaping a small block of wood before drilling and tying the tampico fibers. Join us for this three session class where you’ll learn how to safely use various machines (bandsaw, drill press, spindle sander, disc sander) and a range of hand tools (rasps, files, chisels, shaves, hand planes) to make a beautiful, unique, and useful (!) brush of your own.
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3 x 3-hour session
300
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Hand Tools, Layout/Design
Whether you’re a veteran woodworker or novice (welcome!), our shop differs from others you may have encountered, with a range of professional-level machines and hand tools that require instruction and practice. In this class, you’ll use a wide range of machines – jointer, planer, bandsaw, tablesaw, drill press and router table – to take a rough piece of lumber to turn it into a square and true board that can then be shaped, sanded and finished. You’ll leave with a beautiful cutting board and the skills to safely and capably navigate the Mission Community Woodshop.
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6-hour session
200
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Milling, Hand Tools, Machine woodworking, Layout/Design
Join us to build a beautiful hardwood bench and to learn some foundational joinery techniques -- hand-cut dovetails and mortise and tenon. Master these, and the world is your oyster, as you'll be adept with saws and chisels and equipped to take on a range of future projects.
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8 x 3-hour sessions
600
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Hand Tools, Router, Machine woodworking
Bring your favorite 8"x10" print, and we'll provide the rest -- wood, glass, backing with stand and professional guidance. And prepare to use a range of machines and hand tools -- table saw, drill press, router table as well as hand planes and chisels. You'll leave with a beautiful frame made of walnut or cherry.
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3 x 3-hour sessions
325
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Machine woodworking, Hand Tools
Box making is an age-old practice with a variety of styles and techniques. Many of us at MCW have been making boxes lately, but few as well as Ben, who designed this class. Participants will construct a beautiful box out of walnut, with wrapped grain edges, mitered corners (possibly with splines), contrasting liner and a lid that fits snugly.
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5 x 3-hour sessions
400
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Hand Tools, Router, Machine woodworking
Participants will be involved in the process of making an Appalachian style ladder back chair frame using traditional hand tool techniques and a limited number of machines. Students will receive hands-on instruction in splitting native green tanoak logs, shaping parts on a shave horse with a drawknife and spokeshave, fitting joinery and steam bending. Each student will leave the class with a completed chair frame. Hemp or cotton webbing will be supplied for seat weaving at home.
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6 x 7-hour sessions
850
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Green woodworking, Steam Bending, Hand Tools, Shave Horse
This class is a opportunity to make a beautiful lamp, based on a recent project published in Fine Woodworking magazine.
This project will expose you to a variety of woodworking tools and machines. You will use crosslaps, bridle joints and tenons for the base and veneered strips for the shade. The final result will be a handsome lamp that will adorn your nightstand or make a great gift.
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6 x 3-hour sessions
475
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Hand Tools, Router
Have a project in mind but not the facilities to do it? We can provide the latter and all the expert advice you might need to successfully build the piece you've been wanting to make. Participants must demonstrate proficiency with various woodworking tasks—jointing, planing, ripping, crosscutting, for starters—in order to participate and will be asked to submit a sketch in advance.
Prerequisites: Shaker table class (or equivalent)
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10 x 4-hour sessions
1200
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Hand Tools, Milling, Router, Machine woodworking, Layout/Design
The class offering is the result of a lunchtime conversation among a handful of MCW members. We saw a sculptural plant stand and immediately fell in love with it. Participants will use sapele or cherry and the project will involve using acrylic templates and a host of machines in the shop—band saw, table saw, router and Festool domino for joinery. The class will also include significant instruction and practice in applying finishes -- shellac, oil, water based poly and hard wax -- providing a skill that will be useful in future woodworking projects.
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7 x 3-hour sessions
500
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Hand Tools, Router, Machine woodworking
This class is an opportunity to build a traditional bent wood oval box in the Shaker style. The construction uses stream bent strips of wood, tacked together around a bottom and top form. Born before the time of plastic food containers, these boxes were used for the storage of dry goods. But you can use your box for whatever you like, and it makes a great gift.
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2 x 7-hour sessions
350
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Hand Tools, Steam Bending
This timeless Shaker table is a great project for early and more experienced woodworkers alike. You'll learn to mill lumber so it's flat and square, to make sturdy mortise and tenon joints, to cut tapers and to join boards -- a host of skills that will prepare you for a broad range of future projects.
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10 x 3-hour sessions (Weeknights)
5 x 6-hour sessions (Weekday Intensive)
875
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Hand Tools, Milling, Router, Machine woodworking
This class will teach you a range of satisfying carving skills and will provide instruction on hand-tools such as gouges, rasps, and carving knives. Discover the joys of carving as we sculpt a beautiful cherry spoon over three evenings filled with music and friends.
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3 x 3-hour sessions
300
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Hand Tools, Layout/Design
