Chuck Bender - Woodworking

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 (America/New_York) | Acanthus Workshop, 62 Indian Trail Rd., Jim Thorpe, PA, 18229, United States
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 | Acanthus Workshop, 62 Indian Trail Rd., Jim Thorpe, PA, 18229, United States
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 | Acanthus Workshop, 62 Indian Trail Rd., Jim Thorpe, PA, 18229, United States
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, 2020-11-12 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-11-13 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 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.

Greene & Greene Rocker – Hands-on Class
2020-11-16 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-11-17 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-11-18 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-11-19 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-11-20 08:30 - 16:30 | 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.
