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Without creating dust or noise, a nicely tuned hand plane can smooth a board, shape a crisp edge, or add a nice bevel. Need to drill a small hole? Why not use an egg-beater drill and get that hole in a jiffy with no electricity. Do you have a Millers Falls Buck Rogers plane (Google it) that needs some emotional help? Or an old rusted chisel that's splattered with paint but you know it has a heart of gold?

Bring in your hand tool(s) and tune it up at this clinic. If you don’t have an old tool but want to learn, BARN has tools you can work on. Whether you are a beginner or more advanced, you're sure to go home with tips and techniques that you can put to use in many ways.

Note: We won’t be sharpening hand saws, as this would be a class unto itself (and the noise of filing a saw can be really annoying). But if you do have a saw in need of a tuneup, please bring it. and we'll discuss how to do it.

BARN will have a supply of scrap lumber to practice on.

Instructor: Matt Jabloner, a member of the BARN woodworkers’ steering committee, is a professional engineer by trade. He has been a woodworker from before he can remember. He likes to incorporate end grain and rivets as design elements in his work.