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BARN member: Free
Non-member:  $10
One 2-hour session
Open to 14 years old and up

Learn how to safely operate the BARN Woodshop's cutoff saw, band saws and scroll saws to make the types of cuts needed for a variety of projects. If there is time, operation of the drill press will be covered as well. Every participant will have a chance to practice adjusting the tools and making a variety of cuts.

This class is designed for beginners as well as woodworkers who want to polish their skills and understanding of safety issues so they can get checked out on these tools. Once checked out, BARN members and guests can work on personal or community service projects during open shop time. (A BARN membership pays for use of the shop during open studio times, which are listed on the BARN woodworking calendar. Non-members can participate in open studio time up to five times a year, for $10 per session.)

NOTE: The first six people to sign up will be able to participate at the date and time listed. Additional sections will be opened if demand warrants.

INSTRUCTORS:  BARN members Carol Fiedler Kawaguchi and Dave Whitacre will team-teach this class.

Kawaguchi is a professional woodworker who specializes in restoration of antique furniture through her business, C-Saw, on Bainbridge Island. After earning a fine arts degree from Western Washington University, she worked in New Mexico as an apprentice ceramicist and then as an apprentice violin maker, which taught her a lot about fine woodworking and traditional finishes. She began began designing and building custom furniture in the mid 1980s. Her interest in European, Early American and Asian antiques led her to focus on their restoration and repair. In the picture, she's working with Mike Morgan, who brought a rocking chair to repair during her sold-out BARN class in furniture restoration in October 2014.

Whitacre moved to Bainbridge last year after he retired after 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 I more time to devote to the craft.