Build a Tall Case Clock Week 2 – Hands-on Class
2020-09-01 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-09-02 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-09-03 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-09-04 08:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Acanthus Workshop, 62 Indian Trail Rd., Jim Thorpe, PA, 18229, United States
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
Week two begins with lower-case construction. You’ll build the structure that keeps the works and hood elevated for centuries. we wrap up the week with decorating the case with inlay stringing and shaded fans.

Sliding Table Saw Basics – Sponsored by Felder USA
2020-09-14 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-09-15 08:30 - 16:30
Whether you’re new to sliding table saws or a seasoned pro, Sliding Table Saw Basics will bring you up to speed and help you get more out of your saw. You’ll learn basic setup, calibration, and usage for a table saw with an emphasis on safety.
Sliding Table Saw Basics
Sliding table saws do everything a fixed table saw does only better and safer. In this class, we’ll explore the differences between a sliding saw and a non-sliding saw and why a slider makes the most sense for nearly every type of woodworker. Take your saw’s precision and safety to new levels with Sliding Table Saw Basics.

Essential Table Saw Jigs – Sponsored by Felder USA
2020-09-16 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-09-17 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-09-18 08:30 - 16:30
When it comes to sliding table saws there are a few essential jigs you need in order to take advantage of the saw’s capabilities. In this class, you’ll not only learn how to make these jigs but also how to use them.
Essential Table Saw Jigs
By making multi-purpose jigs for your sliding table saw you can dramatically increase the safety of the machine. Using the slider for most operations dramatically reduces the risk of kickback and danger to your fingers.

Make a Line & Berry Inlaid Document Box – Hands-on Class
2020-09-28 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-09-29 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-09-30 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-10-01 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-10-02 08:30 - 16:30
Document boxes were an essential part of nearly every 17th and 18th Century home. Often they were used as a portable home safe. Although many were plain, others were showcase pieces for their owners. Our Line & Berry Inlaid Document Box falls into the latter category. Your box will undoubtedly be the focal point of any room.
Line & Berry Inlaid Document Box
Because document boxes were made over a long period of time, you have a few options when making your box. You can make the box with William & Mary ball feet, or mitered or dovetailed bracket feet.

Make a Mid-Century Modern Bar – Hands-on Class
2020-10-19 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-10-20 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-10-21 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-10-22 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-10-23 08:30 - 16:30
The Mid-Century Modern Bar you’ll make in this 5-day class is sleek, easy to build, but challenging enough for nearly any woodworker. Its interior is fitted out for a variety of beverages and drinkware.
Mid-Century Modern Bar
Fitting the case parts together is just the beginning of this class. Making and installing the shelves, dividers, bottle, and glass holders are the meat and potatoes of this project. The week wraps up with a lesson on hanging and fitting the doors.

Making Molding Planes With Matt Bickford
2020-10-26 09:00 - 16:30, 2020-10-27 09:00 - 16:30, 2020-10-28 09:00 - 16:30, 2020-10-29 09:00 - 16:30, 2020-10-30 09:00 - 16:30
In the making molding planes with Matt Bickford workshop you’re guided through the process of making a pair of #8 hollow and round planes with side escapements.
Making Molding Planes
The class focuses on making a pair of hollows and rounds, but much of the tooling and processes are directly relatable to making any wooden plane or tuning any antique. Students start with beech billets and learn the many steps involved in creating these very versatile tools.

Some of the many skills addressed in this class:

Making an accurate mortise with floats
Fitting a wedge
Mating an iron to the bed of your plane
Profiling a sole
Heat treating
Addressing the iron’s various edges.

Using Molding Planes With Matt Bickford
2020-10-31 09:00 - 16:30, 2020-11-01 09:00 - 16:30
Stop making compromises with your router. Stop getting close to the moulding profiles you want. Learn how to use some of the most abundant moulding planes of the past to get the exact detail you want in the Using Molding Planes with Matt Bickford class.
Using molding planes
Hollows and rounds do not make specific profiles. They make specific arcs. Learn to transform these various arcs into scores of varying profiles.
From layout to execution, this weekend class focuses on creating various moldings with these extraordinarily versatile planes. You’ll lay-out and ultimately stick (plane) several moldings that range from simple coves and ovolos through ogees, cymas and various combinations.
The class focuses on hollows and rounds sized #6 and #10 along with a rabbet plane. Students have the opportunity to bring their own performing planes or they can use newly made planes by M. S. Bickford, planemaker. Students also have the opportunity to use a larger range of planes.
Each student leaves with a stick (or two) of moulding for a picture frame and the ability to transfer mouldings he or she sees in person or print into wood and onto their project.

Optional 3rd Day of Using Molding Planes With Matt Bickford
2020-11-02 09:00 - 16:30
Stop making compromises with your router. Stop getting close to the moulding profiles you want. Learn how to use some of the most abundant moulding planes of the past to get the exact detail you want in the Using Molding Planes with Matt Bickford class.
In this optional 3rd day of the class, you’ll learn to make and carve linenfold and egg-and-dart moldings.
Using molding planes
Hollows and rounds do not make specific profiles. They make specific arcs. Learn to transform these various arcs into scores of varying profiles.
From layout to execution, this weekend class focuses on creating various moldings with these extraordinarily versatile planes. You’ll lay-out and ultimately stick (plane) several moldings that range from simple coves and ovolos through ogees, cymas and various combinations.
The class focuses on hollows and rounds sized #6 and #10 along with a rabbet plane. Students have the opportunity to bring their own performing planes or they can use newly made planes by M. S. Bickford, planemaker. Students also have the opportunity to use a larger range of planes.
Each student leaves with a stick (or two) of moulding for a picture frame and the ability to transfer mouldings he or she sees in person or print into wood and onto their project.

Make a Wharton Esherick 3-Tier Stand – Hands-on Class
2020-11-09 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-11-10 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-11-11 08:30 - 16:30
Wharton Esherick was an artist and studio furniture maker before virtually everyone else. His work is often sculptural with light, flowing lines. The 3-tier stand he created in the mid-1960s is no exception.

3-Tier Stand
In this 5-day class, you’ll create your version of this Wharton Esherick masterpiece. From the joinery to the mix of woods, the details of this stand elevate it to another level of quality and design. There’s also lots of power and hand tool work to help develop or improve your skills.
