Connecticut Highboy 2nd Week – Hands-on Class
2019-10-08 09:00 - 16:30, 2019-10-09 09:00 - 16:30, 2019-10-10 09:00 - 16:30, 2019-10-11 09:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Acanthus Workshop, 62 Indian Trail Rd., Jim Thorpe, PA, 18229, United States
Step up to the Connecticut Highboy master’s class. This two-week class (one in the summer and one in the fall) is the ultimate test of your woodworking skills.
Connecticut Highboy
Whether you call them highboys, tallboys or simply tall chests, the form remains a popular today as it was in the 18th century.
Some of the skills learned in the Connecticut Highboy class are:

Shaping multiple cabriole legs for a project
Complex case joinery
Making gooseneck moldings
How to select and layout your materials for your project’s best appearance

Woodworking Fundamentals – Hands-on Class
2019-10-21 09:00 - 16:30, 2019-10-22 09:00 - 16:30, 2019-10-23 09:00 - 16:30, 2019-10-24 09:00 - 16:30, 2019-10-25 09:00 - 16:30
The five-day Woodworking Fundamentals program is one fun-filled, action-packed week of woodworking!
Woodworking Fundamentals
Whether you’ve never worked wood before, or you’re a master, after one week in our shop you’ll have the basics needed to start your woodworking hobby or career. As a student, you will learn about hand tools and how to use them. You will learn about the basic machines used in today’s fine woodworking projects. Your skills will all come together with lessons on how to create shop drawings, choose the right lumber for your project as well as a good working knowledge of the basic woodworking joints. Students begin building a one-drawer stand that they can take home.

Veneer & Inlay – Hands-on Class
2019-11-11 09:00 - 16:30, 2019-11-12 09:00 - 16:30, 2019-11-13 09:00 - 16:30, 2019-11-14 09:00 - 16:30, 2019-11-15 09:00 - 16:30
This five-day class covers the basics of veneer & inlay. Highly figured veneer and contrasting inlay can add dimension, depth and decoration for your pieces. Most woodworkers don’t know where to begin with veneer and inlay but this class will help get you started. The techniques are simple to grasp and the results can be dramatic. If you are looking to step up your woodworking skills to the next level, this is the class for you.

Veneer & Inlay
In addition to lots of practice exercises, a small veneered and inlaid box will be made in class so you can put all those newly honed skills to work.
Some of the skills learned in the Veneer & Inlay class are:

Hammer veneering
Bookmatching and slip matching veneers for dramatic effects
How to make edge banding
Sand shading

Build a Pembroke Table – Hands-on Class
2020-07-13 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-07-14 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-07-15 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-07-16 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-07-17 08:30 - 16:30
In the 5-day Pembroke Table hands-on class, you’ll stretch your woodworking skills. You’ll be reproducing a table from Newport, Rhode Island that was originally made by Holmes Weaver in approximately 1795.
Pembroke Table
From its graceful tapered legs to its elegant oval top, this Pembroke table is in every way a masterpiece. You’ll begin the week fitting mortise-and-tenon joints, tapering legs, and installing string inlay and making bellflowers. The week concludes with the creation of knuckle joints that support the drop leaves, and installation of the table top.

Build a Tall Case Clock Week 1 – Hands-on Class
2020-07-20 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-07-21 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-07-22 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-07-23 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-07-24 08:30 - 16:30
To many woodworkers, the tall case clock represents the pinnacle of furniture making. This is your chance to reach that summit. Join me for this 2-week class and build something extraordinary – a Simon Willard tall case clock.
Tall Case Clock
You’ll start the first week of the class at the top. That’s right, the hood is where the project begins. It may be the smallest component of the entire clock, but there’s more to making a clock hood than meets the eye. It’s a complex case that will put all your skills to the test.

Shaper Basics – Sponsored by Felder USA
2020-07-27 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-07-28 08:30 - 16:30
Shapers are one of the more misunderstood machines in the workshop. In fact, many woodworkers avoid owning or using a shaper because they believe they are unreasonably dangerous. By eliminating the shaper in the shop based on irrational fear, many woodworkers limit their capabilities and the options available to them. In Shaper Basics we’ll dispell the mysteries surrounding this essential shop tool.
Shaper Basics
The shaper is much more than an oversized router table, and its capabilities are far greater. In Shaper Basics you’ll gain a broader view of how a shaper can increase the options available to you in the shop.

Essential Shaper Jigs – Sponsored by Felder USA
2020-07-29 08:00 - 17:00, 2020-07-30 08:00 - 17:00, 2020-07-31 08:00 - 17:00
A few shop-made shaper jigs allow you to make custom moldings or creating tight-fitting joints easily and accurately. In Essential Shaper Jigs you’ll learn how to make and use several single and multipurpose jigs.
Essential Shaper Jigs
Many woodworkers wrongly assume the only thing a shaper can do is make sticks of molding. And while it does a good job of that particular job, there’s so much more the tool can accomplish with the application of a few well-made jigs.

Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table – Hands-on Class
2020-08-03 09:00 - 16:30
The Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table class is perfect for the beginning furniture maker or the master.
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
Although this project looks complex, this mid-century modern coffee table is perfect for the budding furniture maker. Simple wedged, round-tenon joinery gives this table an elegant appearance without being ornate.
Some of the skills learned in the Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table class are:

Proper project planning
Round-tenon joinery
Preparing surfaces for finish
Matching figure in wood to provide the best possible look for your project
