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Welcome to the Woodworking Bench Room

Get an introduction to the bench room and all its awesome tools, with a special emphasis on hand saws.

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Welcome to the Woodworking Bench Room

Welcome to the Woodworking Bench Room

Get an introduction to the bench room and all its awesome tools, with a special emphasis on hand saws.

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About

In this free class, you will get a tour of the bench room and its marking tools, chisels, planes, saws, carving tools, and other equipment. Then you will explore hand saws in more depth to determine a good saw fit for your hand size and explore which type is best for different situations. You will get to use the saws, with an expert coach there to help with tips.

Details

  • This class is free but registration is required because enrollment is limited.
  • This class is not required to use the bench room but is an effort to make the bench room more accessible and make people more aware of all it has to offer.

Details

Wood needed for practice cuts will be provided at no cost.

Prerequisites

To use the shop during open studio, you do need to attend the free, one-hour Orientation to the Woodshop.

Class Policies

  • Ages 14 and up are welcome.
  • Wear closed-toed shoes.
Instructor
Paul Kury

Paul Kury studied woodworking at Lonnie Bird’s School of Fine Woodworking in Dandridge, Tenn., and has been an active woodworker for more than 40 years. His preference is 18th-century furniture. Paul also volunteers as a woodworking safety monitor at BARN.

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