Project Classes

Looking to learn more about woodworking and want to make something at the same time? Then CT woodwork School of Woodworking has a large variety of classes offered from simple projects, all the way to week long projects like a workbench or rocking chair! In each class we will go through the process of machining parts, performing joinery, assembly, sanding, and how to finish them. Once you take one class, you will be eager to come back to make the next project!

Keepsake Box

Build a beautiful mitered and splined keepsake box while learning how to apply veneer, make spline joints, beveling on the tablesaw, and using the router table. This is a great project to make to get started in woodworking and branch you out to other projects. By the end of the class you will complete a curly maple box with walnut splines and a zebrawood veneered top.

Key Points

• Using a spline jig on the tablesaw

• Applying veneer to a substrate

• Using a router table to add a decorative edge

• Beveling on the tablesaw 

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Class Size: 2 Students (4 session class)

Dates:

• April 20th, 22nd, 27th, 29th Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Price: $400 + $56 materials fee

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Tools Required:

1. Paper/pencil and notebook (for note taking if you wish)

2. Safety glasses, ear protection, dust mask

3. 16ft tape measure

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Cutting Board

Have a cook in your life who can really use a cutting board? In this course you will make a cutting board out of maple and cherry in the shape you choose. You will prepare the wood, glue up the blank, cut out the shape on the bandsaw, rout flush to a template, sand the board, and finish with a few coats of mineral oil.This is a fun and simple class that will make that cook in your life one happy person.

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Key Points

• Learn how to mill wood down properly

• Use of the bandsaw

• Using a router to duplicate a shape 

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Class Size: 2 Students (2 session class)

Dates:

• TBD

Price: $200 + $44 materials fee

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Tools Required:

1. Paper/pencil and notebook (for note taking if you wish)

2. Safety glasses, ear protection, dust mask

3. 16 ft tape measure

4. Mineral oil (you can get this at Home Depot or Lowes)

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"Perspective"

End Table

Have the opportunity to build a CT woodwork original piece out of maple and cherry that will look beautiful in your own home. This table was designed by Corey Tighe with the illusion the legs are tapered yet, they are beveled in a unique way and the asymmetrical aprons that appear as waves in the ocean. In this course you will apply multiple woodworking joints to complete the table. There will be a Festool Domino used to make the mortise joints that attach the aprons to the legs, Kreg pocket hole joinery to attach the stretchers inside the table, and biscuits to join the tabletop boards for alignment. There will be hand tool use when beveling the unique shape of the legs and cleaning up the bevels on the underside of the top. Once completed, you will learn how to assemble table in a productive way so that you can build multiple tables at once.

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Key Points

• Use a Festool Domino to make apron to leg joinery

• Use Kreg pocket hole screws to attach stretchers

• Use a biscuit joiner to glue up the tabletop

• How to apply both power tools to do the initial work and hand tools to do the fine tuning 

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Class Size: 2 Students (2 session class)

Dates:

• February 27th & 28th Saturday & Sunday @ 9:00am - 3:30pm

Price: $480 + $114 materials fee

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Tools Required:

1. Paper/pencil and notebook (for note taking if you wish)

2. Safety glasses, ear protection, dust mask

3. 16ft Tape measure

4. No. 4 Hand plane (optional)

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Cabinetmaking Part 1

Making a Cabinet with a Face frame

In this course you will be introduced to the world of cabinetmaking by making your own wall mounted cabinet. This course is a 2 part series where in this class you make the cabinet and face frame, and the 2nd part you will make raised panel doors to fit inside the face frame. You will get introduced to the Festool tracksaw to breakdown plywood, use the tablesaw to accurately cut parts to size, mill lumber to make the face frame, and make custom mouldings to apply to the cabinet. There will be a discussion on how these steps can be used to make your own kitchen cabinetry or built-ins. Once you finished the cabinet, you will be eager to take the 2nd part of the series of cabinetmaking to make your raised panel doors that completes the wall mounted cabinet. 

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Below is a rendering of what the cabinet will look like except with raised panel doors

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Key Points

• Use of the Festool Tracksaw

• Learn how to mill lumber down to make a face frame and use of a Kreg pocket hole jig

• Discuss ways to build cabinetry

• Create your own custom mouldings on the router table 

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Class Size: 2 Students (3 session class)

Dates:

• April 24th & 25th Saturday & Sunday @ 9:00am - 3:30pm + 26th Monday @ 6:30pm - 9:30pm

Price: $500 + $137 materials fee (this includes materials for part 1 & 2)

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Tools Required:

1. Paper/pencil and notebook (for note taking if you wish)

2. Safety glasses, ear protection, dust mask

3. 16ft Tape measure

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Classic Rocking Chair

Build an elegant classic rocker that will be super comfy to sit in and an heirloom to pass down generations. The straightforward construction of the rocker may look challenging, but any skill level will enjoy the build. A handheld router with a flush trim bit, drill press, bandsaw, and router table will be used quite a lot to make the multiple parts go easier. One unique skill all students will gain from this class will be to make round tenons on square stock as seen in the stretchers. 

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Key Points

• Make round tenons on square stock

• Use of patterns to make identical parts

• Use of the bandsaw to cut curved parts

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Class Size: 2 Students (5 sessions) Includes 1/2hr lunch

Dates:

• TBD

Price: $1200 + $153 materials fee

Tools Required:

1. Paper/pencil and notebook (for note taking if you wish)

2. Safety glasses, ear protection, dust mask

3. 16ft Tape measure

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Epoxy Live Edge

Serving Tray

Learn the art of working with epoxy and live edge lumber where we will make a epoxy live edge serving platter. You will be able to choose between 3 woods: ash, cherry, or walnut. As well as choose what color(s) you would like in the epoxy middle part. The 1st session I will show you how to use the bandsaw and mitersaw to cut your wood to size. Then you will learn how to mix epoxy with color pigments and fill the form with your chosen wood. Session 2 I will show you how to cut your serving platter to size on the tablesaw. Then use a router to shape the edges. And finally you will sand all surfaces to a smooth finish so that the cutting board oil will make your platter come to life.

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Key Points

• Learn how to properly use epoxy

• Learn how to work with live edge lumber

• Utilize the tools of the shop to finish your serving platter

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Class Size: 2 students (2 session class)

Dates:

• May 7th & 14th Fridays @ 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Price: $200 + $168 materials fee

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Tools Required:

1. Paper/pencil and notebook (for note taking if you wish)

2. Safety glasses, ear protection, dust mask

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Wine Bottle Glass Holder

Do you like to drink wine or know of someone who does? How about making a wine bottle glass holder? This simple project transforms a wine bottle and glasses into a work of art that everyone will envy. In just 1 night you will learn a lot about the process of milling wood, using the drill press, and making identical parts using a template.

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Key Points

• Utilizing templates to make identical parts

• Learn how to use a drill press to make clean holes

• Learn how to use a bandsaw to cut out the holder following a line

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Class Size: 2 Students

Dates:

• February 2nd Tuesday @ 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Price: $100 + $25 materials fee

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Tools Required:

1. Paper/pencil and notebook (for note taking if you wish)

2. Safety glasses, ear protection, dust mask

3. 16ft Tape measure

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