*This Seminar is featured at the KANSAS CITY and HOUSTON
School Description:
The Heritage School of Woodworking works with students in the areas of solid wood construction, hand-cut joinery, steam-bent wood, hand-carved details and much more. Our craftsmen instructors carefully employ centuries-old craft skills to produce award-winning custom furniture, sold throughout North America, featured in fine woodworking publications and selected for the permanent collection of the U.S. White House. Our instructors in the School of Woodworking are award-winning craftsmen with a combined total of nearly a half-century of experience. Our workshops are specifically designed to encourage hands-on instruction with an emphasis on skill building. The facility which houses our woodworking school includes a large teaching area designed and equipped for hand-tool woodworking and the student work stations are complete with a joiner’s workbench and vise, as well as a wide variety of hand tools for students to use to complete their projects.
Strolling Seminars:
(1) Hand Tool Joinery 11:00 & 4:00
Learn the art of hand-tool woodworking as Frank Strazza demonstrates how to hand cut dovetails, dados and mortise and tenon joints.
(2) Hand Planes 12:00 & 3:00
From Bench Planes to Molding Planes - Watch our craftsmen demonstrate the use of many different hand-planes while making a molded picture frame totally by hand.
(3) The Art of Inlay 1:00 & 5:00
Learn the art of inlay while Frank Strazza demonstrates how to embellish a project with string inlay and inlaid stars.
(4) Guitar Making 2:00
Learn the basics of what goes into building a guitar, as Joe Slack discusses how a guitar makes sound and the use of different tone woods. You will not want to miss this one hour lecture at 2 o'clock each day.
SCHEDULE:
FRIDAY:
12:00 Hand Planes
1:00 The Art of Inlay
2:00 Guitar Making
3:00 Hand Planes
4:00 Hand Tool Joinery
5:00 The Art of Inlay
SATURDAY:
11:00 Hand Tool Joinery
12:00 Hand Planes
1:00 The Art of Inlay
2:00 Guitar Making
3:00 Hand Planes
4:00 Hand Tool Jointery
5:00 The Art of Inlay
SUNDAY:
11:00 Hand Tool Joinery
12:00 Hand Planes
1:00 The Art of Inlay
2:00 Guitar Making
3:00 Hand Planes
4:00 Hand Tool Jointery
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