Heirloom crafts, solid skills and camaraderie—upcoming Foundational Woodworking

Join us in the comfort of our air-conditioned workshop for a hand tool woodworking-packed week. Our Foundational Course this coming August 4-9 has a few openings left so sign up soon! It is sometimes hard to express in writing the amount of knowledge that you will gain by actual hands-on work. Jonathan Schwennesen will be teaching and will […]

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Frank Planing

Sharpening Course Intro

Few things make the difference between success and failure as a fine, hand tool woodworker more than the sharpness of your tools. And nothing makes woodworking more frustrating than a dull edge. In this course, Frank Strazza will show you his secrets for honing a razor edge on your woodworking tools. What You’ll Learn in the […]

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Chopping out Chair Legs

Since my return from Maine I have been hard at work shaping back legs for 10 ladder back chairs. Deadlines are real! I have started with a white oak log and split out all the parts, riving the wood down. You can see more pictures here, and just scroll down to the post on July […]

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Curly Walnut Desk

Inlay Class this Weekend!

Have you ever wondered how hard it would be to embellish your project with string inlay? How about inlaying a Texas star right in the middle of your table top? This and a whole lot more will be available to you in our one day class on inlay. Join us this Saturday July 26th for […]

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