BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.5//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3716@slwg.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250112T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250112T153000 DTSTAMP:20241231T042706Z URL:https://slwg.org/events/fundamentals-of-woodworking-2025a-starting-jan -12-2025/ SUMMARY:Fundamentals of Woodworking 2025A starting Jan. 12\, 2025 DESCRIPTION:Fundamentals of Woodworking Class 2025A\nSt Louis Woodworkers G uild\nJanuary 12\, 2025\nInstructors: Bill Schuchat\, Bob Danner and Phil Morton\nA new class is will begin on January 12\, 2025.  The Guild Safety Class is a prerequisite for this class.  If you are not familiar with th e power tools in the Guild Shop\, you should take the "Beginners Woodworki ng Class" prior to this class.  The next Beginners class is scheduled Jan uary 4. 2025.\nYou may be interested in this class simply by the title eve n though you do not know what the Fundamentals of Woodworking are. So befo re you begin\, let me explain what this class will be. It will present inf ormation on wood characteristics\, joinery\, and tools and will lead you t hrough two projects that sequentially build upon one another. We will begi n by teaching how to sharpen tools and by machining a board “four square ” so that you have reference surfaces to work from. Without reference su rfaces\, making pieces that will fit together to make a project  is diffi cult at best.\nSome of you will be fast learners\; others will experience more frustrations. Practice\, practice\, practice will become the watchwor d of the day. Woodworking skills develop over time and you will learn to b e patient with yourself. Your instructor(s) will work with you to overcome your frustrations including extra sessions outside the structured class t imes if you want.  You will need to work on your projects during Open Sho p times or in your own shop between classes to stay on schedule.\nThe clas ses will run from 12:30 PM until 3:30 PM. All classes will be at the Guild Shop in Faust Park. (Previously\, the first class was at a different loca tion.)\nWhat follows is some information that you may not be aware of that you should consider:\n1. The class fee is $300\, non-refundable. The clas s will run for 10 sessions. If students have difficulty finishing the seco nd project by the end of class 10\, we may extend the time for completion and the instructors will be available during Open Shop times to assist you in completing your project.\n2. The first class is where you will learn a bout buying hardwood\, some basics of reading plans and how to translate t hat into purchasing wood. You will be given an opportunity to try out two types of dovetail saws so you can decide which type to buy. Another tool t hat you need to buy is a mallet\;  there are a variety of styles in our s hop\; find one that feels comfortable to you.  You will need to buy your tools and to buy wood for the first project before the second class.\n3. T he first project will be a Tool Tote. For the second project\, you will bu ild a Shaker table with tapered legs (shown in the Featured Image below).   The skills you develop will apply to any the other furniture you may bu ild in the future.\n4. The second class will teach you how to sharpen tool s and will include the first steps of creating your Tool Tote.\n5. You wil l be expected to buy tools if you do not have them that will be needed for the class. The tool list is attached and can be a significant expense. Th e list is actually two lists: A Quality Tool list which totals approximate ly $500 of tools and an Economical Tool list which totals about one-third of that amount. See the link at the bottom of this post. So if you are sur e that you are serious about woodworking\, the Quality list will be the ri ght one for you. Alternately\, if you are not so sure\, you may want to go with the Economical list and upgrade later if you decide woodworking is r ight for you.  Of course\, you can also buy a mix of tools from the two l ists.\n6. You will also have to pay for wood for your projects. This can v ary depending on which woods you select\, but may total several hundred do llars.\n7. This class will be approximately twice per month for project on e and approximately once every 3 or 4 weeks for the second project. . Most of the classes are scheduled for Sundays\, but some will be on a Saturday \; see the exact schedule below.  You will be expected to do homework and keep up with the schedule.\n8. The emphasis of the class will be on devel oping craftsmanship that applies to both the use of hand tools and power t ools. You will develop your woodworking skills by learning “hand skills ” such as cutting dovetails and cutting mortise &\; tenon joints. You will also learn to make these joints with power tools.  You will be furn ished a text book\, "Woodworking Basics" by Peter Korn\, but the class seq uence will vary from the order of chapters in the book.  Learning how to make dovetails and mortise/tenon joints by hand are valuable lessons that also apply to the use of power tools. In addition to the text\, you will b e given handouts for the various techniques that you will be shown and You Tube links where you will be able to see\, at home\, other experienced woo dworkers doing these tasks proficiently.\nThe schedule for the 10 classes is as follows:\nLesson\n1 1/12/2025 Fundamentals 2025A1@Upick\n2 1/26/2025 Fundamentals 2025A2 Sharpen-Square Up\n3 2/09/2025 Fundamentals 2025A3 Sa w Dovetails\n4 3/01/205 Fundamentals 2025A4 Dovetail Waste (SATURDAY)\n5 3 /09/2025 Fundamentals 2025A5 Dado &\; Rabbet\n6 3/23/2025 Fundamentals 2025A6   Mortise\n7 4/05/2025 Fundamentals 2025A7 Tenon (SATURDAY)\n8 5/ 03/2025 Fundamentals 2025A8 Half Blind Dovetails (SATURDAY)\n9 5/25/2025 F undamentals 2025A9   Finishing\n10 6/08/2025 Fundamentals 2025A10 Design Issues\n\n\n\n\nSee this link for the Tool Lists (2 pages).\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://slwg.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Shak erTable2-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Woodworking Class LOCATION:Faust Park Guild Shop\, 1135 Henry Jackson rd. \, Chesterfield\, MO\, 63017\, United States GEO:38.66877;-90.540209 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1135 Henry Jackson rd. \, Chesterfield\, MO\, 63017\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Faust Park Guild Shop:geo:38.66877,-90.540209 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR