All skill levels are welcome, including beginners. Instruction is adapted to each student's experience and proficiency. You will be assisted in developing projects to meet your own interests and skills. Design, planning, construction and use of all tools and equipment are covered as each project progresses. Techniques covered include hand-cut and machine-cut joinery, bent laminations, sculpturing, turning, veneering, and steam bending.
The majority of the work done in the classes is hardwood furniture, though some of the students concentrate on
other areas such as sculpture or turning. Commercial work cannot be accommodated.
During the class you will have use of a professional wood shop and research library. The shop is equipped with SawStop and panel saws, jointer, planer, lathe, grinder, disc and wide belt sanders, radial arm saw, band saw, drill press, horizontal boring machine, milling machine, shaper, scroll saw, clamps, benches, portable electric tools, and hand tools. Supplies are available through the studio or you can bring your own materials. No recycled construction materials or wet wood are allowed.
You are welcome to visit the shop, which is located at 3450 Third Street, #5E, San Francisco, just South of Army/Cesar Chavez Street and adjacent to the new Islais Creek Park, to see if I offer what you are seeking in woodworking and furniture making.
Instruction in woodworking
