Benchwork Week - Joinery & Cabinetry with Roy Underhill
Your five-day workshop of traditional hand tool joinery and cabinetry is a concentrated introduction to classic bench work. Roy Underhill, former master craftsman at Colonial Williamsburg, conducts the full course with assistance from staff and guest instructors. You’ll have proper vintage tools to work with, including both wooden and metal planes as we begin with rough-sawn seasoned timber and conclude with the ready to finish cabinetry.
The historical processes that you’ll learn in these five days at the Woodwright’s School will build a visceral connection with the timeless tools, techniques, and traditions of the craft (no matter how you work when you get home!) In the mornings and early afternoons, we’ll have demonstration instruction mixed with hands-on learning at our benches. The late afternoon individual project is a small dovetailed chest with molded skirt and paneled lid to take home.
Materials fee including all prep work on poplar for tool chest (but exclusive of hardware) $93 payable to instructor during class.
Monday Morning
The Joiner’s Trade
Seasoning and Movement
Sawing Out, the Nib and the Blade
Saw Sharpening
Cutting Curves
Monday Afternoon
Planes - Intro & Sequence
Sharpened and Set
Bench, Dog and Holdfast
Scrub Planes and Winding Sticks
Jack in the Country
Tuesday Morning
Try Square and Gauge
Trying Plane and Long Jointer
Smooth Plane
Bench Hook and Block Plane
Tuesday Afternoon
Edge to Edge Joints
Rubbed Glue
Coopered Joints
Doweled Joints
Free Tenons and Butterfly
Rabbet & Fillister Plane
Match Planes for Tongue & Groove
Plow and Combination Plane
Wednesday Morning
Butt Joints, Miters and Back Saws
Shooting Board, Donkey’s Ear & Miter Jack
Housed Shelf Joints
Staircase Saw & Router Plane
Dado Plane & Side Rabbet
Sliding Dovetail
Wednesday Afternoon
Through Dovetail - Tails First
Thursday Morning
Lapped Half-blind Dovetail
Secret Miter Dovetail
Puzzle Dovetails
Mortise and Tenon for Leg and Rail
Foxtails and Keyed Tenons
Double Tenons & Breadboard Ends
Thursday Afternoon
Panel & Frame
Molded Frame
Scribed Shoulder Tenon
Raised Panel
Friday Morning
Sash Joinery
Rule Joint
Knuckle joint
Friday Afternoon
Complex Moldings
Moulding Planes
Toothing Plane and Cabinet Scraper
Materials fee $93.
Five days, 9AM - 5:30PM
$695
• Monday, March 05 - Friday, March 09, 2012
• Monday, May 14 - Friday, May 18, 2012
• Monday, July 16 - Friday, July 20, 2012
• Monday, September 10 - Friday, September 14, 2012