All materials are provided  for $165.  Please bring a check for Greg Pennington to class.

Tool list for Fan Back Windsor Chair

drawknife

scorp

spokeshave

scrapers, card and curved

carving gouges (all sweeps are pfeil swiss made numbers) 3/35, 11/7, 3/4” #3, 5/8” #5, 3/4” #7, 3/4” #8

there are lots of options here I don’t mean for you to run out and spend $100 on carving tools.

You may not want to carve ears, you may have other carving tools that will work, I will have my tools available for use, etc.

carving mallet

Either a bit brace with auger bits or spoon bits ( ½, 3/8, 5/16)

or brad points for use in a cordless drill

7/64″ brad point

protractor

T-bevel square

try square

hammer

2 lb dead blow

bench chisel

gloves

Optional Tools

travisher

6 degree reamer (handtoolwoodworking.com)

adze

curved (front to back) spokeshave

Design Class (one –day)

Student Tools and Materials

• Arts & Crafts Design by William H Varnum (book)
• Drawing material
  • Could be graph paper or small drawing board with architect scale and pencils etc
  • Or could be Drafting program on laptop
• Furniture design by student after reading chapters  two – four in Varnum’s book (for review and class discussion)

Tool List For Spice Chest

In addition to a basic set of tools (chisels, block plane, screwdrivers, hammer, dovetail saw, combination square, dead blow mallet, etc.) ….

• X-acto knives with extra blades  #11
• A decent compass and a set of dividers.
• Cabinet scraper with a file for sharpening it.

• If you have trouble focusing on very small objects, purchase a set of reading glasses or an Optivisor.  Much of our work will be detailed.
• Palm chisels if you have them. – Don’t buy them if you don’t.

Inlay Essentials….

• #2cut Three-square Swiss pattern needle file –MSCdirect.com   #60236924  ( I usually have these to sell for around $15 which will save you the shipping cost.

• Swiss made gouge #2-10 or #3-10 or equivalent for cleaning corners. SwissMade, available from Woodcraft has a nice #3 palm chisel that works well.
• A slicing gauge to cut stringing.  Most major tool suppliers sell a slicing gauge.  Lie-Nielsen offers the slicing gauge that I designed.  A Master Airscrew Balsa stripper is very inexpensive alternative that works well.   http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/mas/masma4000.htm
• Automotive feeler gauge – strap type.  We are using this to back stringing when bending it.  If you wish to buy a .003 feeler strip or thin brass shim stock, that will work just fine.
• If you have a burn-in knife for touching up shellac, please bring it.  As a substitute, Jo-Ann Fabrics sell a Clover mini-iron for about $29.  I will be bringing irons that we can share so hold off if you do not have one.

Tools for inlay by hand….

• Lie-Nielsen radius inlay cutter.  IN-RC and 3” extensions IN-RC-EXT.  Purchasing this tool will save a great deal of workshop time.  (required)
• My complete set of inlay tools is available from Lie-Nielsen.  Although they would simplify the process for doing inlay by hand, if you are experimenting with inlay, I suggest you hold off buying the complete set.  There will be plenty of tools to share.

Modern Tooling:

• Dremel rotary tool with a router base.  Any fixed or variable speed dremel unit that spins at 35,000 rpm should work.  Do not get a cordless version – not enough power.  Do not get a Foredom flex-shaft – not enough rpm’s.
• Router base #5260 from www.Stew-mac.com.  This is an excellent tool that is very well made.  Do not buy the dremel router base.  It defines “garbage.”
• Two small 1” c-clamps to secure a fence to the router base if you bring one.
• Although it is not necessary, I would recommend purchasing the Deadman Foot Switch # 1301 available at http://www.ptreeusa.com/routerControls.htm#20266.  This is a good switch selling for about half the price I’ve seen it elsewhere.
• I will have the 1/32 endmills for inlay available for use and sale.  Do not buy the bits from Stew-Mac.  They are a great company but last time I checked, they were more than twice my price.

I intend to cover both hand and dremel inlay techniques because has experience has shown me that most folks enjoy both methods and their many related applications. Although most of my inlay is done by hand, I regularly use the dremel and stew-mac router base.  It is a versatile combination with many applications other than traditional inlay.

If any of the above seem costly and you are not sure if this type of ornamentation will become a regular part of your work, hold off on purchasing and we can share.  I have seen too many instances where great amounts of money were spent on tools that were never used again.

I would not be in a hurry to rough in your drawer fronts.  It would be great to have a nice combination of matched boards, crotches or perhaps even veneered fronts. We can discss this in class.

Aurora Sofa Table
Student Tool List & Materials Cut List

• Steel hammer
• Measuring tools – squares – tape measure
• Small plastic headed mallet
• very small square (3″ or so) or square saddle
• dental pick ( not necessary, but might be helpful )
• ¼” -5/16″ – 3/8″ square hollow punches with related ( 3/64″ under hole size) drill bits – helpful to have longer than standard (at least 4″) bit for ¼” punch.
  • Can substitute ¼” 5/16″- 3/8″ chisel from hollow chisel mortiser ( will damage chisel for use in mortiser)
• Besides bringing a notebook, feel free to bring along a camera to make a visual record of the jigs and setups that you use in class.
• small chisels

We will provide all of the materials for you in this class

Recommended tools to bring to the class:

• Basic lathe tools – if you wish to turn the legs.
• Drawknife, spokeshave and chisels – if you wish to make them without a lathe
• Brace
• Hammer
• Small steel plate for riveting
• Basic layout tools: combination square, marking knife, cutting gauge, mechanical pencil, etc.
• Smoothing plane
• Block plane
• Utility knife with a new and very sharp blade

All materials are provided and the $125 is included in the tuition. 

The student tool list is:

square
handsaw
Scorp- Barr Tools makes a good one called the Mike Dunbar style s
travisher
drawknife- an old one is fine if it is tuned up. Barr Tools has a good one that comes sharp. It is his chair-makers drawknife  # DKCB
spokeshave
marking guage
chisels 1″
block plane
screw gun.

If you have questions, please contact me -email: peter@petergalbertchairmaker.com

Tool List for Intermediate Carving with Mary May

Tools:

Fingerless gloves (option)

mallet

5 or 6mm v-chisel

#3, 3mm

#3, 6mm (fishtail preferred)

#3, 14mm

#4, 12mm

#5, 14mm

#7, 12mm

#8, 10mm

#11, 3mm

And any other carving gouges you have.

The tools above can vary – this is just a general set of gouges. If you have questions whether some can be substituted, please contact me -email: mary@marymay.com

Tools and Materials for Decorative Details with Garrett Hack

Dear Decorative Details class,

You’ve chosen one of my favorite classes, one that will definitely expand your woodworking knowledge and design skills. We are going to have a lot of fun, too.

I expect to start each day demonstrating a technique and making some of the necessary tools.  We’ll talk about ways to use each detail, and the variations possible.  Most of the day will be yours to work — on a sample board of decorative details.  The advantage of working on a sample board is that you can experiment freely, more than you might if you were making a specific project.

The most important preparation for this class is to get your tools in order. This list is what I would consider the basics — the tools that I use day after day. The school has some of these tools for your use. Bringing your own is still best.

Hand tool list:

• Set of 4 – 6 bench chisels  – 1”, 3/4”, 1/2”,  1/4” — the more sizes the better. I have no favorite chisels, but the blue handled Marples are adequate and inexpensive. So are the shorter Ashley Iles (Toolsforworkingwood.com). Lie-Nielsen’s new chisels are very nice. If you are curious about Japanese tools, buy a couple of chisels to try. A collection of flea market chisels is fine — and you might find some beauties. We’ll make some micro chisels.

• Mallet – Make one if you can’t find one you like. The standard hammer type is okay, or a round one shaped like half a rolling pin.

• Fine bladed marking knife – Less than a buck and widely available, retractable plastic knives with breakoff blades are great.

• Pencil

• 6” or 12” square – An adjustable square is fine — the blade is a useful straight edge — but so is a fixed square. I carry a 6” square in my pocket for many uses besides checking squareness.  Buy the best square you can afford; my first choice for any precision measuring tool is a Starret.

• A #4 and/or #5 bench plane – Some of you will prefer a smaller plane such as a #3, or a wider #4-1/2. This is a tool that you will rely on constantly for a whole range of smoothing, cutting bevels, jointing short surfaces, and on and on. The least expensive are Record or flea market finds. Avoid Stanley Handyman and cheaper planes — they will be constant frustration. Older Stanleys can be very good, and work even better with a thick replacement iron (Hock or Lie-Nielsen). If you can afford them Lie-Nielsen makes superior tools that need little tuning and feel wonderful right out of the box. Buy iron not bronze. Lee Valley and Clifton make good planes for less money.
• Low angle block plane – The Stanley and Record will work, but the Lie-Nielsen #60-1/2 (adjustable mouth block plane) is far far superior. They also make a low angle bronze (#102) for less money, but it is not as versatile as the larger #60-1/2. If you buy yourself only one new tool for this class, make it the L-N #60-1/2 low angle. I mean it.

• Hand (card) scraper – I prefer thicker scrapers over the very flexible thin ones. One should last nearly a lifetime.

• Burnisher – oval or triangular, for tuning scrapers and easing in string inlays. I made mine out of old files.

• Fine toothed dovetail or small backsaw – Any backsaw will work for cutting small pieces for inlay work: the finer the saw the better.

• 6 or 8 or 10” mill file and round chain saw file, any size fine. We’ll use these to make scratchstocks.

• Now for perhaps the most important items: sharpening stones. I highly recommend bringing your own set of stones. Sharpening is tedious, but vital.  Your tools will sharpen more quickly and better on the same set of stones day after day. Own a set of stones and you will learn how to use them most effectively, and how to maintain them.

• The question is: do you use water stones, oil stones, or some combination along with diamond stones?  I use oil stones — mainly because that is what I started with — and a diamond stone for coarse honing.  But I sometimes use water stones and I like them. They take almost daily care compared with maybe three times a year for my oil stones. I think the  Norton water stones are very good. They are large, wear a little more slowly than some, and they cut fast. Buy the two stones with four grit combinations: 220/ 1000, 4000/ 8000, or all four as separate stones if you want to go big time. The new Shapton stones are also highly recommended (1000, 5000, 8000, 12000).

• Whatever you get, buy at least a medium and fine stone. Some people like the sandpaper method, but you still need a fine stone. Don’t worry about strops; I’ll demonstrate making very fine diamond hones on hardwood, which are far superior.

• As for materials, we’ll have most of what you’ll need. But if you want to inlay something unusual — exotic or native, curly, figured, birdseye, crotch  — bring it along. I’ll bring some as well.

First Things First Box

Cut list:

• Sides-  6 x ½ x 28- makes 2 long sides and one short, 4 ¾ x ¾ x 6 makes one end
• Top and bottom- 6 x ½ x 28   makes both
• Shell- 3 ¾ x 3 ¾ x ½
• Molding- 1x 5/8 x 48  makes all

 Tool list-

• Rabbet plane, dado plane with 3/16 or 1/8 blade, smoothing plane ( anything from a Stanley #3 to #6, wooden smoother or low angle bench plane)
• Chisels, bevel edge, ¼, 3/8, ½
• Dovetail saw, mallet, marking  gauge
• Scraper blade, burnisher and fine bastard file
• Carving tools- 9-10, 12-6, 5-8, 7-4, 25-6 backbent. Get Swiss “D” size if possible, otherwise just straight gouges

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The Materials for this class are provided.

Tool List:

Handplanes

• Jack plane
• Router plane
• Block plane

Marking & Measuring

• Cutting gauge(s)
• 6” Combination square, which has a removable 6” rule
• 12’ tape measure
• Marking knife

Essential Cutting Tools

• Bevel-edge chisels 1/8”, 1/4”, 3/8”, 1/2”, 3/4” and 1-1/4”
• Cabinet, modeling and rattail rasp
• Card scrapers

Striking & Fastening Tools

• Chisel mallet

Saws

• Dovetail saw
• Carcase saw
• Tenon saw
• Coping saw

Appliances

• Bench hook

Good-to-have Tools

• Dial caliper
• 12” combination square
• 1-1/2”-wide paring chisel