***This course will take place in a room outside of the woodshop***

Over the course of 4 evenings, students will learn how to design their own project. You will learn how to interpret photos or drawings from magazines to make replicas, as well as how to create a design from your imagination to fit a space at home.

All projects will be planned on paper. This is not a CAD course.

Each student should have a project in mind that they would like to design plans for. Your project design will be done in the fourth class, after having had the opportunity to practice with examples.

Students will be introduced to orthometric, isometric and perspective drawings; dividers; ruled paper; and coloured pencils.

Never have a dull moment in the woodshop again! Working with a dull tool requires more effort, more time, produces lower quality work, and can lead to unsafe workshop practices. Proper honing and sharpening of your tools is a critical woodshop practice. This clinic will focus primarily on sharpening single edge tools such as chisels, planes, knives, axes, etc. We will explore a mix of methodologies, tools and jigs; while focussing on proper technique and the principles of sharpening.

Participants may bring their own tools for sharpening, but sufficient blades will be available to give everyone the opportunity to practice. This clinic is included as a mandatory session for registrants in Woodworking with Hand Tools, and is open to other participants as well.

Wood Inlay Is an easy to learn woodworking technique where one piece of wood is cut out, using hand tools, to receive other sections of wood to form a beautiful surface pattern. This technique can be used to turn any project into something special. Materials will be supplied!
 ($30 materials fee). This course is taught by George Stevens, author of The Art of Wood Inlay. Safety Card not required for this course.