Specialty & Weekend Classes

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Build an Eli Terry Pillar & Scroll Wall Clock with Chuck Bender

Sunday & Monday

$985.00

What a great project and a great family heirloom!

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Build this Dovetailed Tool Tote with Mike Pekovich

Three day weekend

$545.00

This small project has a lot of great techniques to learn- Check it out!!

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Build this Fancy Kumiko Tea Box with Mike Pekovich

one 2-day weekend

$385.00

Learn the basics of a mitered box and try your hand at kumiko while building a really nice little tea box that, not coincidentally, would make a great holiday gift.

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Cabinet Wood Identification with Randy Wilkinson- Its not as simple as it seems!

one weekend

$425.00

Did you ever look at a piece of wood and wonder what wood it is? And why it looks the way it does? Were you ever confused about which wood it is: mahogany or walnut, cherry or poplar, especially if you are looking at an antique that has an aged finish on it?

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Carve a Ball & Claw Foot with Chuck Bender

1 two day weekend

$385.00

Carving a ball & claw foot is easier than you might think and with the right instruction anyone can do it!

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Carve a Cabriole Leg with Chuck Bender

$385.00

The cabriole leg is a graceful and essential form in most Queen Anne style furniture and we are fortunate to have Chuck Bender, an expert in this furniture style, hosting this unique two-day hands-on class.

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Carve the “Green Man” with Mary May

3 day weekend

$625.00

Join professional woodcarver, Mary May, in learning to carve the traditional "Greenman".

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Carving Flames & Finials with Chuck Bender

two day weekend

$425.00

Learn to carve this important decorative detail

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Classical Chinese Furniture– The Roots of Western Furniture– with Andrew Hunter

$154.21

Professional Furniture maker and educator, Andrew Hunter will spend the day discussing the history of furniture making in China with an emphasis on what made Ming style or Classical Chinese furniture so special.

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2 day weekend

$425.00

Clean up your life!! Just Sweep it all away!!

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Floating-top Entry Table with Mike Pekovich

$865.00

Join us for the latest new class with Fine Woodworking Editor Mike Pekovich. Mike’s design sense really shines in this new project, and it will look great in any home.

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Fun with Federal Style Fans- Learn to Carve Connecticut’s Funky Fans with Mary May

4 consecutive days

$845.00

This is a great class- for beginner or advanced- Learn some really cool period fans unique to Connecticut!

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Fundamentals of Woodcarving for Furniture Makers with Mary May

One 3 day weekend

$595.00

Traditional or contemporary- woodcarving adds a whole new dimension to your work- and its a lot of fun! With Mary May teaching you will have a great time- she is one of the best in the country!

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Fusion 360 for Woodworkers with Ben Strano

single day class

$195.00

Learn the design power of Fusion 360 and add it to your stock of design tools!

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Greene & Greene Details I with Darrell Peart

one 2 day weekend

$475.00

Greene & Greene furniture represents some of the best work ever done in the Arts & Crafts Style and west coast furniture maker, Darrell Peart indulges his passion by working and teaching primarily in the style of these two California designers who so successfully blended some of the best features of the Arts & Crafts movement with some of the subtleties of Asian furniture.

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Innovative & Imaginative String Inlay with Steve Latta: Pushing the boundaries way beyond Traditional Inlay

$385.00

Have you ever imagined a figure or seen a design that you wished you could incorporate into a project that you were visualizing?

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Introducing Pattern Routing & Shaper Origin Build a Tahoma Mirror/Picture Frame with Darrell Peart

two days- NOTE: Monday & Tuesday

$475.00

In this two day class, students will make a Darrell Peart designed 14” X 22” Tahoma mahogany frame. Learn about pattern Routing and the Shaper Origin

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Introduction to Cabinetmaking I with George Vondriska

2 days

$425.00

Working with plywood & solid stock- great for projects around the home!

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Introduction to Hammer Veneering with Al Breed

$415.00

The use of hide glue and hammer veneering goes back thousands of years. The walls of ancient Egyptian tombs portray craftsmen sawing veneers, mixing glue in a pot and laying those veneers down with the same hammer techniques which are just as effective today as it was back then.

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Introduction to Marquetry with Frank Strazza

Three days

$795.00

In this 3 day introductory class, Frank will teach you some of his favorite techniques and methods, including packet cutting and double-bevel sawing, as you discover that you, too, can create this timeless art.

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