Using Woodworking Hand Tools

Experience Level: Beginner

Instructor: Ryan Barnard
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Class Size: 10 Students

Sessions: 3 sessions at 4 – 5.5 hours each

This course will be via Zoom.

Ryan Barnard using a woodworking chisel

Course Description

Hand tool woodworking is the traditional form of processing timber into lumber, preparing stock so that it is tried and true, and dimensioned to size. The marking and layout of joinery, making the joint, and finishing the work piece.

In this course students will learn how to use various woodworking tools.

Each module will begin with a lecture followed by a practical exercise. Hand-tool woodworking is an expansive topic with many variations due to cultural traditions from around the world. This course is intended as a guided crash course into hand-tool woodworking, mastery will come with time and practice. All students will be provided with reference materials for individual practice. If a student does not have all the tools listed below, they may still attend the class as a lecture and participate with the tools that they do have on hand.

Day 1 (4 Hours)

Introduction: 30 Minutes

Module 1: Understanding Wood as a Material (30 – 45 Minutes)

Module 2: Introduction to Sharpening (120 – 165 Minutes)
         Module 2a: Planes, Chisels & Axes
         Module 2b: Saws
         Module 2c: Files & Rasps
         Module 2d: Card Scraper

Day 2 (5.5 Hours)

Module 3: Introduction to Marking, Measuring, & Layout (60 – 90 Minutes)

Module 4: Introduction to Hewing with the Axe & Adze (60 Minutes)

Module 5: Introduction to Sawing (60 – 90 Minutes)

Module 6: Introduction to Planing (60 – 90 Minutes)

Day 3 (5.25 Hours)

Module 7: Introduction to Chiseling (60 – 90 Minutes

Module 8: Introduction to Boring (60 Minutes)

Module 9: Introduction to Files & Rasps (60 Minutes)

Module 10: Introduction to Finishing with Card Scrapers & Sanding (60 – 90 Minutes)

End of Course Survey: 10-15 Minutes

Tools & Materials Needed

Please click HERE to view the tool and material list needed for this course. 

It is ok if you don’t have all of the sizes and kinds of tools. Gather as many as you can to practice with. Then you can listen and watch for the rest, that way you are ready when you do get the tool/tools. 

Course Cost*

 $150 

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Course Dates

3 days = April 25th – 27th 2025:
Friday 25th: 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. EST (4:00-8:00 p.m. CST)
Saturday 26th and 27th: 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST w/ a lunch break from Noon to 1:00 p.m. EST (10:00 to 3:30 p.m. CST)

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