Upcoming Classes

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Our shop is different from  others you may have used, containing a range of professional level  machines and hand tools that require instruction and practice as you set  to work. Or maybe you're entirely new to woodworking. (Welcome!) Either way, in this class you'll learn to take rough lumber and turn it into  square and true boards, to use a wide range of machines – jointer,  planer, bandsaw, table saw, drill press and router table – and to sand  and apply finish. You'll leave with a beautiful cutting board and the  skills to safely and capably navigate Mission Community Woodshop.

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.

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.

Our shop is different from  others you may have used, containing a range of professional level  machines and hand tools that require instruction and practice as you set  to work. Or maybe you're entirely new to woodworking. (Welcome!) Either way, in this class you'll learn to take rough lumber and turn it into  square and true boards, to use a wide range of machines – jointer,  planer, bandsaw, table saw, drill press and router table – and to sand  and apply finish. You'll leave with a beautiful cutting board and the  skills to safely and capably navigate Mission Community Woodshop.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Our shop is different from  others you may have used, containing a range of professional level  machines and hand tools that require instruction and practice as you set  to work. Or maybe you're entirely new to woodworking. (Welcome!) Either way, in this class you'll learn to take rough lumber and turn it into  square and true boards, to use a wide range of machines – jointer,  planer, bandsaw, table saw, drill press and router table – and to sand  and apply finish. You'll leave with a beautiful cutting board and the  skills to safely and capably navigate Mission Community Woodshop.

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.

Our shop is different from  others you may have used, containing a range of professional level  machines and hand tools that require instruction and practice as you set  to work. Or maybe you're entirely new to woodworking. (Welcome!) Either way, in this class you'll learn to take rough lumber and turn it into  square and true boards, to use a wide range of machines – jointer,  planer, bandsaw, table saw, drill press and router table – and to sand  and apply finish. You'll leave with a beautiful cutting board and the  skills to safely and capably navigate Mission Community Woodshop.

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.

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.

Our shop is different from  others you may have used, containing a range of professional level  machines and hand tools that require instruction and practice as you set  to work. Or maybe you're entirely new to woodworking. (Welcome!) Either way, in this class you'll learn to take rough lumber and turn it into  square and true boards, to use a wide range of machines – jointer,  planer, bandsaw, table saw, drill press and router table – and to sand  and apply finish. You'll leave with a beautiful cutting board and the  skills to safely and capably navigate Mission Community Woodshop.

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.

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.

Our shop is different from  others you may have used, containing a range of professional level  machines and hand tools that require instruction and practice as you set  to work. Or maybe you're entirely new to woodworking. (Welcome!) Either way, in this class you'll learn to take rough lumber and turn it into  square and true boards, to use a wide range of machines – jointer,  planer, bandsaw, table saw, drill press and router table – and to sand  and apply finish. You'll leave with a beautiful cutting board and the  skills to safely and capably navigate Mission Community Woodshop.

Our shop is different from  others you may have used, containing a range of professional level  machines and hand tools that require instruction and practice as you set  to work. Or maybe you're entirely new to woodworking. (Welcome!) Either way, in this class you'll learn to take rough lumber and turn it into  square and true boards, to use a wide range of machines – jointer,  planer, bandsaw, table saw, drill press and router table – and to sand  and apply finish. You'll leave with a beautiful cutting board and the  skills to safely and capably navigate Mission Community Woodshop.