The Wood and Shop Traditional Woodworking School is finished, so I wanted to share these photos so you can see inside! 10 workbenches fill the school, which includes six Moravian workbenches, two traditional Roubo workbenches, one French pine bench, and one Swedish made workbench. This lovely maple workbench top was cut last year by a guy down in North Carolina:
I recently finished installing these wagon-style tail vises, made by my friend Will Myers. They glide sooo smoothly!
I had a lot of joints to cut, including twenty of these wedged tenons…and just about twenty of every joint:
I built tongue & groove tool shelves below four of the workbenches to hold many of the hand tools required for the woodworking school:
Nine of the benches have traditional leg vises with maple vise screws:
Will Myers will be teaching a class this May on building the Hancock Shaker Candle Stand (a few spots left…register here). It’ll be an incredible class where students will learn many valuable skills, including basic wood turning, sliding dovetails, using bow saws & compass planes & spokeshaves, etc.
Here are the classes that are scheduled for 2018 so far:
2018 CLASS SCHEDULE:
May 4-5: “Make a Custom Dovetail Saw with Tom Calisto”
May 10-12: “Building the Hancock Shaker Candle Stand with Will Myers”
May 25-26: “Restoring Wooden Handplanes with Bill Anderson”
May 31-Jun 2: “Introduction to Hand Tool Woodworking with Joshua Farnsworth” (FULL)
Jun 16: “Make a Moravian Dovetailed Footstool with David Ray Pine”
Jun 23: “Build a Pair of Heavy-Duty Sliding Dovetail Saw Benches with Joshua Farnsworth”
Jun 28-30: “Introduction to Hand Tool Woodworking with Joshua Farnsworth”
Jul 7: “Wood Joinery by Hand with Joshua Farnsworth”
Jul 13-14: “Make an 18th Century Panel Saw with Tom Calisto”
Jul 20-21: “Make a German Shave Horse with Ervin & Willie Ellis”
Jul 27-28: “Make a Moravian Dovetailed Candlebox with David Ray Pine”
Jul 30-31: “Make Try Squares, Bench Hook, Winding Sticks, Donkey’s Ear & More with Bill Anderson”
Aug 15-18: “Building a Dropleaf Pembroke Occasional Table with Bill Anderson” (FULL)
Aug 21-25: “Building a Classic Walnut Wall Cupboard with David Ray Pine”
Sep 7-8: “Make a Custom Dovetail Saw with Tom Calisto”
Sep 19-22: “Make the Canterbury Shaker Side Table with Will Myers”
Oct 17-20: “Make a Sailor’s Tool Chest with Tom Calisto”
Nov 2-3: “Restoring Wooden Handplanes with Bill Anderson”
Nov 13-17: “Make a Cherry Shaker Wall Cabinet with Joshua Farnsworth”
Here are some historical shelves & tills that I’ve built to hold the large variety of hand tools for the school.
Here are some nice winter images of the woodworking school:
I hope you can come out and join us for some classes!
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Congratulations, Joshua. I’m sure this has been a long time coming. I’d love to get the chance to head east and take a class some day.
Thanks Matt, and we’d love to have you come back east for a class! Where do you live?
Congratulations Joshua! The school looks amazing. Between the outstanding curricula and the first-rate instructors it is easy to see why so many of your classes are already at or near capacity.
I wish you nothing but success.
Dave W.
Potomac Antique Tools and Industries Association
(PATINA)
Hey Dave, thanks for the comment! You’ll have to drop down here for a visit. Thanks again for letting me put up posters at the PATINA sale. How did the auction go after I left?
The auction was OK. It was my first time as auction manager. I’m hoping for better next year. One of your posters is (proudly) hanging in my workshop.
I think being an auctioneer would be quite difficult, so don’t feel too bad! And glad to know that the poster is on a wall instead of a trash can!
Bravo. Joshua, this is incredible. Everything looks really wonderful. I greatly admire what you have done and I’m sure you will have great success. I’d like to come out myself for a class! I’ll keep you in the loop re. the ‘FineFurnitureGallery’. It’s been a lot of work but should be a great boon to the many small shop furniture makers who want to expand sales to a high end market. I hope to get it up and going soon.… Read more »
Thanks Bill, and you would be most welcome to come teach a class, rather than taking one! Once I can breathe I’ll setup a time to come down to film your workshop and talk about the furniture shop.
Awesome pictures! Can’t wait to find a time when I can join in on a class!
Thanks Alan! And we’d love to have you join us. Where do you live?
I’m up in Herndon, VA — not *too* terribly far. You and I actually crossed paths at the Damascus Tool meet not long ago (helped you carry a few boxes out to your truck). I’m hoping I can clear some and time finances to join in on a class in the next year. Looking forward to it!
Ah, one of the BYU guys?
This is so beautiful. Love the care you’ve taken over every element – a passive teaching element to all future students. Congratulations.
Thanks for the compliment Peter!
Looks great. Looking forward to my class in the fall.
Is there a reason it is on Fri and sat, and not sat and sun?
We’re looking forward to having you join us as well Kevin! Yes, the reason why we are closed on Sunday is because I observe the Sabbath as part of my religion. Great question!
Wow, looks awesome. And love Will’s wagon vise! I hope to see those available for sale one day.
Thanks! You can email Will to purchase one…not sure if his wait list has gobbled up his current inventory.
Hey Chris! I saw a comment of yours on the LostArtPress site regarding a hybrid Moravian/Roubo workbench you built and I was wondering if you have some photos you could share. It’s funny because I was thinking of exactly those same modifications you implemented (eg. two laminated tops, gap stop, sliding deadman, removable shelf, etc…) so I’d love to see what you came up with and hear about your experience so far. An addition that I’d like to add is… Read more »
Congratulations Joshua, it’s more than clear from the photos that you put heart and soul in this project. I have a question for you: I live in Italy. How feasible would it be for an outsider like me to take some classes there? I’m talking about a hotel and a couple of restaurants around the area, whether I need to rent a car or if I can get by with public transportation, Uber/taxis, and so on. Thank you.
Ciao Diogo! We’d love to have an Italian come take some classes here. What classes are you interested in? You could certainly rent a car, but also Uber would work. We regularly have guests take Uber from the Airbnb on our property.
Joshua, I’m more interested in the panel saw class of July, but the date is not compatible with my work schedule. I also like the fact that I can take the panel saw back home with me. Thank you for all the tips regarding the location, it certainly looks like you chose a place that works for people who come from out of town. I subscribed to your YouTube channel so you will certainly hear from me when I work… Read more »
I hope things work out Diogo, as we’d love to have you come. In addition to his July 13-14 Panel Saw class, Tom Calisto will also be teaching another dovetail saw / tenon saw class September 7-8. That may also be of interest to you, and you’d be going home with a dovetail saw and tenon saw.
congratulation Joshua, with a good start. really I love your woodworking school because also I am related to this field.
thank you