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The Woodworking Shows - Kansas City
2024-03-15 12:00 - 18:00, 2024-03-16 10:00 - 18:00, 2024-03-17 10:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | KCI Expo Center, 11728 NW Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, MO, 64153, United States
The Woodworking Shows – Kansas City
Education
Visit The Woodworking Shows – Kansas City for the best in tools, supplies and free education. Each day of The Woodworking Shows is packed with demonstrations, seminars and classes that make you a better woodworker – all for the price of admission. There are also paid classes you can take that delve deep into specific subjects. Kick up your woodworking skills at The Woodworking Shows.
Tools
You’ll also find the latest in hand and power tools at The Woodworking Shows. Get expert advice on what to buy and how to use it once you get it home. In fact, try it out at the show before you buy. There are also lots of innovative new tools that debut at The Woodworking Shows. Be the first to see the latest new tools.
Supplies
The Woodworking Shows is a good place to stock up on all those necessary shop supplies while you’re at The Woodworking Shows. You’ll find everything from clamps to sandpaper and glue at the show – thousands of items, big and small, for all your woodworking needs.
Guilds & Clubs
Meet other woodworkers from your area that are members of local clubs and guilds – you might even decide to get involved. Many clubs demonstrate a variety of techniques and skills at The Woodworking Shows. Be sure to stop by each of the club/guild booths.

Make a Wegner Inspired Chair
2024-04-08 09:00 - 16:30, 2024-04-09 09:00 - 16:30, 2024-04-10 09:00 - 16:30, 2024-04-11 09:00 - 16:30, 2024-04-12 09:00 - 16:30 | Acanthus Workshop, 62 Indian Trail Rd., Jim Thorpe, PA, 18229, United States
Hans Wegner was one of the most innovative and prolific designers of the 20th Century. In the Make a Wegner Inspired Chair class you’ll challenge your skills while building one of his iconic designs.

Make a Wegner Inspired Chair
The five-day class begins with full-scale shop drawings. You’ll then move on to creating the structure of the chair and sculpting the joints. Making and fitting the crest is surely a challenge for woodworkers of all levels.

Using Molding Planes With Matt Bickford
2024-04-13 09:00 - 16:30, 2024-04-14 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.

Make a Pie Crust Table – Hands-on Class
2024-04-15 09:00 - 16:30, 2024-04-16 09:00 - 16:30, 2024-04-17 09:00 - 16:30, 2024-04-18 09:00 - 16:30, 2024-04-19 09:00 - 16:30 | Acanthus Workshop, 62 Indian Trail Rd., Jim Thorpe, PA, 18229, United States
Appealing to the carver in many woodworkers, the pie crust table epitomizes the mastery of craftsmanship. In this week-long class, you’ll make your own version of one of the most elegant pie crust tables in existence.

Pie Crust 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. If you want to carve acanthus leaf instead of shells on the knees, then that’s what you’ll do. The beauty of making a project of this kind in such a small class is room for customization.

Beyond the Shaded Fan with Bob Van Dyke
2024-04-20 09:00 - 16:30, 2024-04-21 09:00 - 16:30 | Acanthus Workshop, 62 Indian Trail Rd., Jim Thorpe, PA, 18229, United States
A sand-shaded fan is a common decorative motif in Federal furniture and is often inlaid into the corners of tabletops and drawer fronts. The segments are shaded using hot sand and then put together to create a three-dimensional effect. Beyond the Shaded Fan goes beyond the basic inlay class.

Shaded Fan
Building on the basic sand shading technique, Bob Van Dyke (Ct. Valley School of Woodworking Director), introduces a series of other exciting possibilities. He has based the class on the basic ¼ sand-shaded fan design, then expands into creating circles, ½ circles, and ovals with all sorts of attractive curved segments. The possibilities are fascinating, and you can use the inlays in all kinds of projects. Include them in everything from a tabletop to a door panel or a drawer front to a box top, a tray, or even a wall hanging. Students have the opportunity to make a few 1/4 fans and then move on to ovals or half fans.
Don’t miss this chance to learn new techniques that you can add to your woodworking projects.

Demilune Card Table at CVSW
2024-05-06 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-05-07 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-05-08 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-05-09 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-05-10 09:00 - 17:00 | Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking, 249 Spencer St, Manchester, CT, 06040, United States
Build a Demilune Card Table at Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking

Build a Line and Berry Chest – Hands-on Class
2024-05-20 08:30 - 16:30, 2024-05-21 08:30 - 16:30, 2024-05-22 08:30 - 16:30, 2024-05-23 08:30 - 16:30, 2024-05-24 08:30 - 16:30 | Acanthus Workshop, 62 Indian Trail Rd., Jim Thorpe, PA, 18229, United States
The Line and Berry Chest is the ideal class to stretch your woodworking skills. It’s time to make a true masterpiece.

Line and Berry Chest
There’s a simple elegance to this Chester County line and berry chest, yet there’s plenty of drama. With raised-panel sides and arch-top drawers, this chest offers plenty of opportunities to expand your skills. Because the class size is limited, you can customize the class the way you want. Want to add bracket feet or add inlay to the side panels? No problem.

Make a Newport Kneehole Bureau
2024-06-10 09:00 - 16:30, 2024-06-11 09:00 - 16:30, 2024-06-12 09:00 - 16:30 | Acanthus Workshop, 62 Indian Trail Rd., Jim Thorpe, PA, 18229, United States
The Newport Kneehole Bureau is a master-level project that will challenge even the most experienced woodworkers. From its beaded case to its blocked drawers and door, to the carved shells, every aspect of this piece is graceful, elegant, and precise.
Newport Kneehole Bureau
This 3-week (non-sequential) 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 second week focuses on feet, moldings, and preparing the project for final carving.
The final week is a carving class that focuses on the shells for the piece.
