School of Quiet Woodworking

 

Our Courses

Time: 9:00 - 18:00 - Single day course
Date: TBA
Cost: $200.00 +GST
Location: TBA

Description:
These two courses are the most important courses that I teach. If you want to do hand work and you can't sharpen quickly and effectively, you will not be able to do good work.  It is that simple.  You will make and take home a shooting board, planing board, and bench hook.  You will need your own water stones and a method to flatten them.

Note: You must have your own sharpening equipment.   Talk to me prior to the start date of class.

Time: 9:00 - 18:00 - Single day course
Date: TBA
Cost: $200.00 +GST
Location: TBA

Description:
These two courses will clear up the 'mystery' of both sharpening and hand plane usage. If you want to do hand work and can't sharpen quickly and effectively, you will not be able to do good work. It is that simple.

We will run through the proper use of all the major hand planes as well as going into the whole bevel up vs bevel down 'thing'. Yes, you are welcome to bring your own planes as we will be sharpening them in the morning for use in the afternoon. You will need your own water stones and a method to flatten them.

Note: You must have your own sharpening equipment.   Talk to me prior to the start date of class.

Time: 9:00 - 18:00 - Single day course
Date: TBA
Cost: $200.00 +GST
Location: TBA

Description:This is the 'how in the hell did she make that hinge?' box course. You will learn how to make this joint and take home one finished box. I have as many experienced woodworkers as beginners take this course.

Bring your own hearing and eye protection. This course always sells out. Book early!

Time: 9:00 - 18:00 - Single day course
Date: TBA
Cost: $250.00 +GST
Location: TBA

Description:

This is the dovetail vise that I invented in 2016. (it only took me 40 years to come up with something new and was done in direct retailiation to the twin screw 'Moxon' vise furor!) Cost includes all materials and the vise hardware.  Once you've used this vise you will be blown away with both how simple it is and how well it works. Not to mention how small it is! It is made/sized to dovetail drawers and boxes but it is not made to dovetail full sized blanket chests.

 

Tool Requirements

This is the list of tool requirements for the dovetail classes. For any other classes feel free to email me with questions.

Required;

  • - set of bevel edged chisels 1/8” to 3/4” (if possible)
  • - bench plane, any one of the following; 3, 4, 4 1/2, 5, 5 1/2
  • - #60 1/2 low angle adjustable mouth block plane is best but any block plane will work.
  • - steel hammer, not deadblow
  • - round wooden mallet, not composite head
  • - 2 pair of dividers, the sharper the points the better, no bigger than 6” please.
  • - Dovetail saw, sharp and ready to go, filed rip and the thinner the kerf the better.20-25 thou kerf is  excellent Note; Western style saws only
  • - Fret saw, the blade must be small enough to fit in the saw kerf left by the Dovetail saw
  • - Dovetail marker, any degree/ratio you like the look of, 1 to 6, 1 to 7, 1 to 8, 14degree etc...
  • - Machinist squares 2” and 3” if you can find them.
  • - glue
  • - marking gauge, any one of the following 3 will work well; Tite Mark, Veritas, Cosman
  • - Fine tipped Red pen
  • - Swiss army knife with small blade. Dull is good sharp is very bad. I’m not kidding!
  • - whatever eyewear you require to be able to see really small stuff. If you can’t see it you can’t cut it!


Recommended;

  • - Lie-Nielsen #140 skew block plane with fence or equivalent
  • - sharpening stones at least, 1 - 1000 and 1 - 8000 plus container, spray bottle  and a method to flatten    the stones
  • - chunk of paraffin wax for plane soles
  • - a stool to sit on
  • - depending on the weather, a large floor fan is a good idea.
  • - anti fatigue mats are good.
  • - if you have a really good light that you like to use when doing hand work, bring it.


 
General notes;

All chisels need to be sharp and all saws and hand planes need to be sharp and fettled. This is a dovetail class and we will not be spending time tuning up tools.
Please dress accordingly, no open toed shoes, a dropped chisel on a bare toe really hurts. I keep the shop between 15c and 18c. Dressing in layers is a good idea. Hand tool work can keep you quite warm.
Any tools you don’t have, I do and they are available to you to use during your class.
email me with any tool questions. If you include your contact phone number(s) and a good time to call, we can discuss your questions over the phone.

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