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**Postponed due to BARN-wide closure. Registrants notified. 3/13 SK**
This class has prerequisites. Please see below.
Learn how to turn a stack of hardwood planks into fine furniture as you build a desk for the Bainbridge Island Historical Museum.
Working as a team under the guidance of three skilled BARN woodworkers, you will start by reviewing the design (crafted by Bainbridge Island furniture maker Bob Spangler). You will assess the grain orientation, figure and color of several big leaf maple planks to determine how best to use each piece. Then you will go on to mill the wood and cut the joints. You will learn techniques to make dados, bridle joints (shown in the detail picture), and modern mortise-and-tenon joints using the Festool Domino. You’ll learn how to glue up and clamp a complex project and how to prepare the surfaces for finish, including using epoxy to fill knotholes. And, finally, you’ll apply the finish and buff it out to create a silky-smooth, durable surface.
There is no materials fee for this class because the desk will go to the historical society. The museum asked for BARN's help in building two desks, which will be prominently located in the entry lobby of the museum. The first one, built by the instructors of this class, is on display in the downstairs Commons at BARN and is shown in the picture above.
Details:
- * This is an intermediate-level class, open to woodworkers 14 years old and older who have taken Orientation to the Woodshop, Woodshop Tool Safety Checkout 1 and Woodshop Tool Safety Checkout 2.
- Short-sleeve or tight-cuff tops and close-toe shoes are required. Avoid dangly jewelry. Tie back long hair.
Tuition assistance is available. Click here to apply.
Instructors: Dave Whitacre, Wayne Chang and Mike Gearheard. Dave moved to Bainbridge in 2013 after he retired as a petroleum engineer in Alaska. Woodworking has been his hobby for the past 40-plus years. He's enjoyed designing and building traditional-styled furniture and hopes to broaden his skills and techniques now that he has more time to devote to the craft. Wayne enjoys the challenge and problem solving that goes along with woodworking. In the past, most of his woodworking involved rebuilding his 100-year-old house. Now it revolves around anything that his daughter asks him to build. He also coordinates the community service projects done in the Woodworking Studio. Mike heads boatbuilding programs in the Woodworking Studio. When he isn't volunteering as a shop manager or safety monitor, he can often be found in the shop building challenging projects such as whole sets of chairs.
