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Our Education programs are focused on improving the quality of woodworking at KCWG. Here, you will find the resources and opportunities to upgrade your woodworking skills. Questions regarding Education and Training may be directed to Kara Paris, Director of Training at: Training@kcwoodworkersguild.org . |
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Practical
Woodworking Course for Home Schooled Students Offered by the Guild
The Kansas City Woodworkers' Guild offers Home Schooled students, 14 years of age and above, a unique opportunity for a hands-on encounter with the application of practical woodworking. The 13 week course (three hours a day, one day a week) focuses on necessary skills, tools, and techniques to successfully introduce the craft of woodworking and furniture making. The course successfully meets the needs of multiple experience levels in a safe, well equipped, spacious, supportive, and congenial educational environment. Students will take pride in their accomplishments and gain self esteem. The planning, applied math & science, and problem-solving in the woodshop helps the students in all their other classes. The classes will be taught by a Certified Industrial Technology Teacher, with 20 years of public school teaching experience. The class emphasis will always be on SAFETY! This fundamental course stresses the historical development of tools & woodworking machinery, workshop safety, and woodworking skills. Students will gain knowledge in the safe use of hand and power tools, woodworking machines, project planning, problem solving, and applied math and science. In addition students will experience different types of wood and their best application. In this project-oriented course in woodworking where students will be assigned to plan and construct several small and a medium sized projects.Making A Krenov Style Wood Body Smoothing Plane If you would like to participate in additional classes in the future please email Kara Paris at training@kcwoodworkersguild.org .
Hand Tool Demo/Clinic on Raised Panel Doors,
Tuesday, October 19,
6-9 PM
with Don Kruse. Making mortise and
tenon joints on the rails and styles and a floating panel.
Introduction to Machine Woodworking
The Kansas City
Woodworkers Guild is offering Introduction to
Machine Woodworking, a 12-week night class, 6:30
PM – 9:30 PM. Classes will be held on
Thursday’s, September 23 through December 16.
Cost $170.00. You must be (or become) a member
of the Woodworkers Guild to participate in the
class earn your green badge to be able to work
in the shop during class and open shop hours.
New members will need to purchase the "Saw Dust
Maker" or "Woodworker Plus" membership to be
allowed to work in the shop. The class emphasis
will always be on SAFETY!
This is a hands-on, project based, class where you will gain knowledge and skills in the safe use of machines and tools. You will learn measurement, wood identification and characteristics, reading and following plans, plan layout, project planning, problem-solving, beginning joinery, fastening, clamping, gluing, sanding, and finishing. For three of the projects, you will have several choices to pick from that meet the criteria for the objectives to be taught and the forth project you will get to plan, within parameters and instructors approval. You will develop the sketch, a cut sheet, and a plan of procedure on this project. To register: Contact Kara Paris at: Training@kcwoodworkersguild.org
Old World Finishing with Wood Conservator Randy Bohn October 16, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Lunch Provided! Cost $55
Nora Hall Wood Carver Friday, Saturday, Sunday, December 3 –5 Possibly staying on for Monday & maybe even Tuesday Class.
Coming attractions in 2011
Chris Schwarz, Popular Woodworking
Editor and & Author... March 18-20, 2011 Doug Stowe, Boxmaker & Author... June 15, 2011 meeting program and June 16 -19, 2011 Classes & Workshop
Warning: Thousand Cankers Disease in Black Walnut Trees
If we buy wood from Western
states on Craigslist, eBay, etc., we should make sure that it has no
bark, as the beetle is present only in the bark. If we buy lumber in
person from someone in the Western states, to request that logs
and/or boards be de-barked prior to loading them, and moving them to
the Midwest.
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