Weekend Courses
Weekend Courses
Unless otherwise noted, a weekend course runs 9am-5pm, Saturday and Sunday. The Weekend Essentials courses and Shop Machines are excellent for figuring out if more in-depth training is the right path for you. Attending all of the Weekend Essentials and Shop Machines courses will also make you eligible for any more advanced courses with prerequisites listed as “Some Skills Required.”
John Edwards, Brendon Hohmann
Weekend Class, For Beginners
You’ll be walked through the basics of common shop machines such as the table saw, band saw, thickness planer, and jointer.
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Tim Lawson
Weekend, For Beginners
This weekend course is perfect for complete beginners to turning, or folks whose skills have gotten rusty and need refreshing.
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Tom Henscheid
Weekend, Open to All
This weekend class is designed to introduce you to the wonderful self-sufficient world of tool forging.
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John Edwards
Weekend, For Beginners
You’ll learn how to effectively tune and sharpen saws, and how to efficiently use western-style and Japanese-style handsaws.
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John Edwards
Weekend, For Beginners
This weekend course teaches you to sharpen, tune, and use hand planes.
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John Edwards
Weekend, For Beginners
In this two-day class, we'll introduce you to the techniques and steps to cut dovetails by hand using a handsaw and chisels.
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John Edwards
Weekend, For Beginners
In this weekend class, you’ll learn how to quickly and efficiently layout, cut and fit mortise and tenon joinery using only hand tools.
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Raphael Berrios
Weekend, For Beginners
In this weekend class, we’ll be focusing on how to sharpen chisels and plane blades and introduce you to techniques to sharpen a wide variety of hand tools.
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Martin Nerbovig
Weekend, Open to All
This weekend course is designed to give folks a start on understanding and operating CNC machines. This course is being offered in partnership with local manufacturer Camp N’ Car at their facility in Port Townsend.
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Cody Wayland
Weekend, Open to All
Each student in this course will have a hands-on experience maneuvering a log onto the mill carriage and then sawing this log into lumber.
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Kelly Parker
1 Day, Open to All
In this one day course, you will be encouraged to play and explore surface embellishment techniques on wood surfaces.
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Faculty
Weekend Class, For Beginners
You’ll be walked through the basics of common shop machines such as the table saw, band saw, thickness planer, and jointer.
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Steve Habersetzer
Weekend Class, Some Skills Required
In this weekend class, you'll learn the traditional art of coopering and make a bucket.
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Tom Henscheid
Weekend, For Beginners
This weekend class is designed to introduce you to the wonderful self-sufficient world of tool forging.
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Tim Lawson
Weekend, For Beginners
This weekend course is perfect for complete beginners to turning, or folks whose skills have gotten rusty and need refreshing.
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Tom Henscheid
2 Days, Open to All
In this weekend class, we will learn the basics of selecting and sourcing materials, how to prepare substrates, and various methods of applying veneers in a fast-paced, fun environment. Each student will make a small, square veneered tabletop, which can be later attached to a leg structure of your choosing.
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