Description

I’ll be joined by Bob Van Dyke as we teach you about Chisels, Planes, & Scrapers. We’ll take you through numerous hands-on exercises designed to kick up your skills with these essential hand tools.

Chisels are often underutilized by woodworkers, and hand planes are overlooked as fine finish and adjustment tools. If you’ve struggled to get satisfactory results from your edged tools, this class is the solution. You’ll get personalized instruction on how to get more out of your tools than you ever thought

Chisels, Planes, & Scrapers

The five-day Chisels, Planes, & Scrapers class begins with basic chisel control exercises. You’ll then take a deep dive into plane geometry and how to adjust it for a flawless finish. The exercises designed for this class give you complete control over your hand tools.

 

 

Some of the skills learned in the Chisels, Planes, & Scrapers class are:

• How to get razor-sharp tools
• Developing complete control of your chisels
• How to super-tune your hand planes
• Tuning and using card and cabinet scrapers for a fine finish

Materials are included in the class fee.

Each student should supply his, or her, own:

• Safety glasses and hearing protection
• Combination or machinist square
• Bevel gauge
• Bench chisels
• Carvers mallet
• Dovetail saw
• Marking gauge
• Smooth plane or jack plane
• Block plane
• Tape measure or folding rule

If you do not have the tools on the list, don’t panic; there are plenty of tools for your use in class.

Course Dates:

• March 23 – 27, 2026

 

 

The shop opens at 8:30 am. Class begins at 9:00 am.  A delicious lunch, snacks, and soft drinks are provided. Class ends at 4:30 pm – the shop remains open until 5:30 pm.

The class is limited to a maximum of 6 students.

Call or email to be placed on the waiting list if this class sells out.