woodworking class

Re: woodworking class

alan womack

>Rob Cosman's Training the Hand. Inexpensive class itself, you don't have time to anything else besides work work work, you WILL be able to hand sharpen when you get out. You will be able to lay out your joints, you will plan them, mark them, cut them, and do it over and over again. You will see your work get better.

Just returned from 68 hours of a class in 5 days.

Re: woodworking class

alan womack

>I forgot to add the whole week is ONLY hand tools, we could use a grinder to establish the initial bevel on a blade.

My tools were sharp when I got there, not not perfectly flattened on the back. My chisels were in the worst shape and took a huge portion of Monday to mostly straighten out.

All we worked with for the week were:

hand planes, sharpening and dimensionaning 6s6 from rough pieces of stock.

chisels, for chopping waste from dovetails, and making a hand chopped mortise and tenon

saws, rough dimension changes, and cutting the dovetails.

Rob was an outstanding teacher, his demonstrations are concise and clear. He took the time to diagnose any issues brought up the class, and made sure you truly understood the underlying concepts.

Alan

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Bob Hutchins in central TX

>If travel is not an issue, there are lots of woodworking schools around many of which specialize in hand tool techniques. There is one just up the road from me in Elm Mott, TX -- might be listed as Waco -- called Homestead Heritage School. The instructor there used to be Paul Sellers. Check the link.


Homestead Heritage Woodworking

Re: woodworking class

JL

>With or without e*^ctr#*s? Project based or skills mostly? Which region (Southeast, Northeast, Midwest, etc/)

Re: Where are you located?

chichi

>I am in southwest Wisconsin near La crosse. I would like to minimize travel if possible.

Thanks,

Bob

Re: woodworking class

chichi

>Alan,

What were the most valuable things you learned?

Is the class in Canada? In lieu of travelling there, would you recommend his video set. Do you think videos are helpful? I am sure the learning curve is much steeper being in class but I may not get the chance. Thanks for your comments.

Bob

Re: woodworking class

chichi

>All hand work, skills, midwest.

Regards,

Bob

Re: woodworking class

alan womack

>I feel all the lessons were outstanding to me, the ability to truly sharpen without jigs, the ability to cut straight some of the time instead of NONE of the time, I know how to chop waste with a chisel straight alone a scribed line.

The four videos are on order so I will review them in August after I make it through them. I am trying to type up my notes now, I am a bit weak on the angled dovetail. It did look perfect for carcase work.

Alan

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JL

>How about the Marc Adams School? Its in Indiana. They have good instructors. I've been tempted by a few of them, but I typically go to Highland Hardware's classes (and I get to sleep at home) or up to John C. Campbell Folk School.


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Re: woodworking class

Hub in Ontario

>I also attended Rob's class and would highly recommend it. Using the videos as instruction is a good last resort but I am reminded of a sign I saw at a craft sale SWMBO dragged me to. It was clearly directed a people like myself and said " I know you can make it, but will you".

I know you will learn from the videos, but nothing is better than knowing you are there for the week, with like minded people, and actually have nothing else to do but repeat, repeat, repeat the skill until you are familiar with it. The question is, will you do this after watching the video?

Good luck in whatever you decide.

Hub

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