Lend a hand and learn as you go! This Service Learning session invites experienced woodworkers and beginners in the shop to build timber top workbenches for our new classroom space. Working with John Beltman, students will build six trestle tables for the new handcraft studio space on campus. The design will be based on early American models using simple and classic joinery that echoes timber framing techniques. While power tools will expedite some steps of the process, handplanes, spoke shaves, drawknives and other hand tools will be used to create a traditional aesthetic. No previous woodworking experience is required. Your participation and tuition in this service learning project includes:
* how to assess a woodworking space and design a suitable workbench to meet those demands
* hands-on experience ripping, cutting, measuring, mortise & tenon joinery, assembling a work bench
*instruction in the use of various hand tools
* lunch served daily on the North House campus for all service learning participants