Greene & Greene Rocker – Hands-on Class
2020-11-19 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-11-20 08:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Acanthus Workshop, 62 Indian Trail Rd., Jim Thorpe, PA, 18229, United States
This stunning Greene & Greene rocker is the project of the week. In this 5-day class, you’ll have the opportunity to recreate this G&G masterpiece.
Greene & Greene Rocker
You’ll dive into some striped mahogany for the chair parts, then form ebony tenons and pegs to hold it all together. From piercing the splats to inlaying the burl and ebony into the crest, this rocking chair will push your abilities to their limits and beyond. The best way to become a better woodworker is to test your skills and push through what you perceive as their limits.

Make a Boston Blockfront Chest – Hands-on Class
2021-01-04 08:30 - 16:30, 2021-01-05 08:30 - 16:30, 2021-01-06 08:30 - 16:30, 2021-01-07 08:30 - 16:30, 2021-01-08 08:30 - 16:30 | Acanthus Workshop, 62 Indian Trail Rd., Jim Thorpe, PA, 18229, United States
The Boston Blockfront Chest is a distinctly American form. Not only are the drawer fronts stepped (or blocked) to form symmetrical concave and convex surfaces, but the top, base molding, and feet are blocked as well.
Boston Blockfront Chest
This 5-day class begins with case construction. You’ll learn how to form the blocked drawer blades that separate the four blocked drawer fronts. With the case together, you’ll move on to forming the drawer fronts to match the blades. The week wraps up with the creation of the base molding and feet.

Stickley Lamp Table Online Class
2021-01-21 18:00 - 21:00, 2021-01-28 18:00 - 21:00, 2021-02-04 18:00 - 21:00, 2021-02-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Your Shop
Furniture from the Arts and Crafts period, like this Stickley Lamp Table, are both stylish and functional. Traditionally, furniture of this period was made in quarter-sawn oak, but this project would look great in just about any wood.

Stickley Lamp Table
While the original upon which this adaptation is modeled is approximately 24″ in diameter and 28″ tall, your project can be altered to suit your needs. If you want to make the top 36″ in diameter, we’ll scale the project to match. The beauty of making a project of this kind in such a small class is room for customization.

Dovetail Blitz Online Class
2021-01-23 08:00 - 17:00, 2021-01-24 08:00 - 17:00 | Your Shop
Get ready to dovetail! This two-day class is designed to really get you dovetailing. You’ll cut more dovetails in two days than you’ve probably cut in your life – all with the intent to tune up your technique and speed up the process. The goals are simple: fix your sawing and waste removal techniques; give you some powerful time- and labor-saving tips; get you cutting consistently good dovetails every time right out of the box.
This is an interactive, virtual class. Learn to dovetail from the comfort of your own shop!
Dovetail Blitz
We’ll focus on through and half-blind dovetails. This gives you the edge you need when it comes to case and drawer construction. Whether you’re a pins-first or tails-first person, this class will help you cut better dovetails.

Cabriole Leg Live Online Class
2021-01-31 08:00 - 12:00 | Your Shop
Learn how to Make a Cabriole Leg in this interactive-online class. We’ll start this three-hour class with a lesson on designing cabriole legs, then I’ll coach you through designing your own. We’ll then work through making a pad-foot cabriole leg.
This is an interactive, virtual class. Learn to Make a Cabriole Leg from the comfort of your own shop!
Cabriole Leg
Cabriole legs are the epitome of 18th Century furniture. Making them is much easier than it looks. And in this three-hour class, you’ll go from design to cabriole leg.

Woodworking Fundamentals – Hands-on Class
2021-04-12 08:30 - 16:30, 2021-04-13 08:30 - 16:30, 2021-04-14 08:30 - 16:30, 2021-04-15 08:30 - 16:30, 2021-04-16 08:30 - 16:30, 2021-04-17 08:30 - 16:30 | Acanthus Workshop, 62 Indian Trail Rd., Jim Thorpe, PA, 18229, United States
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.

3D Cutting Board With Alex Snodgrass – Hands-on Class
2021-04-24 09:00 - 16:30, 2021-04-25 09:00 - 16:30 | Acanthus Workshop, 62 Indian Trail Rd., Jim Thorpe, PA, 18229, United States
Make a 3D Cutting Board with Alex Snodgrass here in the Acanthus Workshop. Just in time for the upcoming holiday season, you can learn how to make a beautiful, mystifying end-grain cutting board.
3D Cutting Board with Alex Snodgrass
This hands-on class begins by teaching you how to tune a bandsaw to make perfect cuts. Once learned, this skill makes future bandsaw use a breeze. You will then progress through the techniques required to make the cutting board: how to make dead-on straight cuts on the bandsaw, how to make accurate angled cuts on the bandsaw, and how to plane, sand, glue, and clamp the cutting board.
Using only three woods, walnut, cherry, and maple, you’ll work under Alex’s direction to make a beautiful and functional cutting board that you’ll take home. More importantly, you’ll go home with the knowledge and experience to be able to set up a bandsaw to make accurate cuts regardless of what you’re making. Oh, and you’ll be able to easily repeat the construction process to make enough 3D cutting boards for all your friends and family.

Make a Line & Berry Inlaid Document Box – Hands-on Class
2021-05-03 08:30 - 16:30, 2021-05-04 08:30 - 16:30, 2021-05-05 08:30 - 16:30, 2021-05-06 08:30 - 16:30, 2021-05-07 08:30 - 16:30 | Acanthus Workshop, 62 Indian Trail Rd., Jim Thorpe, PA, 18229, United States
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 Wharton Esherick Book Stand – Hands-on Class
2021-06-07 08:30 - 16:30, 2021-06-08 08:30 - 16:30, 2021-06-09 08:30 - 16:30 | Acanthus Workshop, 62 Indian Trail Rd., Jim Thorpe, PA, 18229, United States
Wharton Esherick was an artist and studio furniture maker before virtually everyone else. His work is often sculptural with light, flowing lines. The 1956 Book Stand is no exception.
Wharton Esherick Book Stand
Don’t be fooled by the simplistic appearance of this book stand, the construction is a challenge. In this 5-day class, you’ll create your version of this Wharton Esherick masterpiece. From the curved and rounded dovetails to the sculpted shelves with through-tenon construction, this little project packs a powerful woodworking punch.

Some of the skills learned in the Book Stand class are:

Project design
Through mortise-and-tenon joinery
Sculpted furniture parts
Curved dovetails
