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Woodworking Basics: Hand Tools

Learn how to use hand tools skillfully in this four-session component of BARN's Beginning Woodworking series.

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Woodworking Basics: Hand Tools

Woodworking Basics: Hand Tools

Learn how to use hand tools skillfully in this four-session component of BARN's Beginning Woodworking series.

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  • Certificate Program Registrant Only
    For current Woodworking Certificate Program Registrants only.
    $ 0.00
  • Member Registration
    $ 408.00
  • Guest Registration
    $ 510.00
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Learn how to use woodworking hand tools with a project specifically designed to give you experience with the most common ones. You'll build a two-compartment tote, handy for storing or carrying silverware, garden tools, or other items.

Details

As you build a tote, you'll learn to use:

  • Measuring and marking tools.
  • Crosscut and rip cut hand saws.
  • Hand planes.
  • Chisels.
  • Hand drill (bit and brace).
  • Coping saw.

Materials

  • A $20 materials fee, included in the price of the class, covers everything you'll need.

Class Policies

  • Ages 14 and up are welcome.
  • Wear closed-toe 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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