Today and Tomorrow Lie-Nielsen Toolworks is at Edensaw Woods in Port Townsend. They are supposed to be showing attendies how to use and tune our tools to make us better woodworkers. I own a few Lie-Nielsen tools so I felt it was worth the long drive time (and a ferry ride too) to see what [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Training’
Lie-Nielsen Toolworks Hand Tool Event
I just received an invitation to the Lie-Nielsen Toolworks Hand Tool Event in Port Townsend, WA. I suspect that this could be a selling event more than a learning event but if the schedule (at least the one they show for Saturday), is accurate then maybe it is a significant learning event. Lie-Nielsen seems to [...]
Katz Roadshow
Tomorrow, I’m attending the Katz Roadshow at the local Dunn Lumber. The 1 day class covers finish carpentry and my main interest in it is that there are supposedly tips and tricks using Festool Tools (probably the circular saw and rail system). While, as I’ve indicated in previous posts, I’m including more and more hand [...]
Handcut Dovetail Hope Chest – Wrap Up
See my previous posts giving updates from my Handcut Dovetail Hope Chest from last week (I did 5 daily updates). This post is to give you some progress pictures and show you what happened. Here is Gary, the owner and teacher of our class at Northwest Woodworking Studio: Here are a series of shots that [...]
Quick Update: Dovetail Chest – Day 5 (last day)
OK, this was the last day. With all the work to do, I didn’t truly expect to get finished. I didn’t get to the following: Put a coat of finish on the outside (this would have been the last step and would have been done an hour before leaving). Put the hinges on the top [...]
Quick Update: Dovetail Chest – Day 4
It was a big day. We prepped our pieces (cleaned up the interior for pre-finishing) and taped off the glue joints so that finish didn’t cancel out the glue. We adjusted a dado (for the top and bottom) so that the pieces didn’t need a hammer to go in. We pre- finished our pieces – [...]
Quick Update: Dovetail Chest – Day 3
Today, I finished all the dovetails. According to Gary (instructor and owner of school) “it looks good, except that it doesn’t.” He’s a funny guy and makes many “smart” remarks throughout any day. From this statement, I read that it’s good that I have the dovetails done but that there is a lot of work [...]
Quick Update: Dovetail chest – day 2
Today, I finished cutting the tail boards and started on the pins. This is easily the most frustrating part. Getting it to fit tight seems impossible to my current skill level. I get it to fit but the examples the instructor, Gary, does are impossibly tight. Also, he and his assistant have good eyes and [...]
Quick update: Dovetail Chest – Day 1
I just got back to the hotel. It’s after 5:30p and it’s over 100 degrees outside. The class is in an old, non-AC’d, warehouse. Did I mention it’s over 100 degrees outside? The class was great. Gary, owner/teacher of the Northwest Woodworking Studio, first started out with the notion that before you jump in and [...]
DVD Reviews
As I get more into using hand tools, I continue to train myself in all means necessary. I am attending a class on building a mini-hope chest entirely by hand. I practice a few techniques on scraps or small projects. Lastly, I occasionally rent or buy a DVD to watch and learn from. Recently, I [...]
Transportation for hand tools
As I mentioned in my post titled “Woodworking Class – Building a chest“, I’m going to a woodworking class for a week down in Portland, OR. The classes haven’t required us to take all our tools but they do recommend some so my question is how do I carry chisels, handplanes, and handsaws? I’ve found [...]
Woodworking Class – Building a chest
As I said in my previous post regarding the Review of a Sharpening Class, I really learned a lot out of just one day. The class was at the Northwest Woodworking Studio in Portland, Oregon. In about a week, I am taking a 6-day course on Building a chest by hand and also a 1-day [...]
Review – Sharpening Class
I just got back from Northwest Woodworking Studio attending a one-day Sharpening Class taught by Jeff Zens. Jeff covered flattening the back of a blade, hollow grinding the front of the blade, honing the bevel and finished with a quick overview of scraper sharpening. The first part was a mini lecture on what makes a [...]
Sharpening Class Tomorrow
Finally, I get to go to a class on woodworking tomorrow (it didn’t get cancelled like the other classes did). The class is on Sharpening. At this point, all my sharpening skills are psuedo self taught. I’ve read books, watched videos, and listened to podcasts on this subject. This has given me some skills but [...]
Getting some education!
I’m essentially a self taught woodworker. I’ve watched shows and videos. I’ve read magazines and books. I’ve attended woodworking shows and classes at those shows. All of this probably means that I’m doing many things (if not everything) wrong. I know that it doesn’t diminish the results I’ve had over the years but I feel [...]
