Courses
Projects
This simple tray is perfect for storing chisel or other small tools in to help keep your workbench organised.
You don’t need many tools or much experience to successfully make a spatula, however, you will gain great insight into the tools and how to work wood in the process of making it.
This simple project will get you familiar with using the spokeshave and gouge along with several other tools.
This hanging wall shelf is a great starter project which will teach you the importance of accuracy. The joinery has a twist on the classic joints which include the stopped housing dado and the stub mortise and tenon.
Joints
The housing dado is commonly found in wall shelves, once mastered, this skill can be used to build large bookshelves.
The dovetail is one of three of the main woodworking joints, once you have mastered this skill you will be able to use it in projects such as box making.
Once you become confident with the mortise and tenon you will be able to use this skill in several scalable projects.
A stopped housing dado is a variation of the housing dado where the recess doesn’t reach the other side of the piece of wood, this is usually used on shelves where the joint is hidden for aesthetics.
