Power Tools Intensive: Build A Workbench

Why buy a bench when you can build one?
Building one’s own bench provides the opportunity to develop basic shop tool skills and to make a useful, portable, and personalized work surface for building future woodworking projects. Join woodworker Max Smith for this hands-on build of a functional woodworking workbench. Class discussion will cover bench vice selection and installation, additional optional bench features, and custom sizing of the piece. The height of the bench you build can be adjusted to fit your needs.

Notes:

• Foundation of Woodworking: Machine Tools & Shop Safety (or equivalent experience) is a prerequisite for this class.
• Starting from the basic skills learned in that class, students will dive deep into different methods of cutting rough lumber stock to exact final dimension, as well as how to plane and join wood. You will also gain experience in cutting mortises and tenons on the table saw, use of the router, biscuit joiner, table saw, and drill press.
• $230 Materials fee to be paid directly to the school on the first day of class.