Description

In the Tennessee Sugar Chest class, you’ll make a chest on frame. The sugar chest historically held sugar and other valuable dry goods. If you add internal dividers, the piece becomes a cellarette.

Tennessee Sugar Chest

The five-day Tennessee Sugar Chest class begins with full-scale shop drawings. With the drawing complete, construction of the chest and frame begins. You can add internal dividers if you want to use the piece to store liquor bottles. The week rounds out with a bit of inlay if you like.

 

 

Some of the skills learned in the Morris Chair class are:

• How to create full-sized working drawings
• Dovetailed case construction
• Making tapered legs

Materials are not included in the class fee. Lumber for this project may be purchased through us or on your own and shipped to our shop at least four weeks prior to the class.

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:

• May 24 – 28, 2027

 

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 3 students.

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