Intro to Woodshop - Serving Board

Learn how to safely use essential wood shop equipment and build a hardwood serving tray!

No prior experience needed for this course, all supplies and materials are provided. Participants will be introduced to each machine, provided operational overview, safety considerations, and have hands-on experience.

This 2.5-hour workshop teaches how to use large stationary woodworking machines. The workshop is hosted at Clear Creek Makerspace and open to everyone. $100 per participant, $80 for CCM members. CCM members will receive an email to the Woodshop Quiz at the end of this course. Passing this short quiz is part of the requirement for members to gain 24/7 personal woodshop access.

Please wear comfortable well-fitted clothing, close-toed shoes, put your hair up, and be prepared to get a little dirty :)

Discover the joy of turning raw wood into something beautiful with my 5-part woodworking series—designed for absolute beginners and guided step-by-step. You’ll build real projects, learn essential tools and joinery, and leave with the confidence to design and create your own custom pieces. I recommend taking these courses in order as each subsequent course will layer on more advanced topics. That said, none of these courses will have pre-requistives, so feel free to take any course that piques your interest. Take all five and I will present you with a custom built piece to award your journey with me!

• -- Learn how to safely use essential wood shop equipment such as the miter saw, planer, jointer, table saw, bandsaw, router table, and more.
• -- Beginner joinery such as butt, rabbet, dowel, domino, pocket holes, grooves, dados, french cleats and more.
• -- Intermediate joinery such as sliding dovetails and the mortise and tenon.
• -- Advanced joinery such as handcut dovetails. This course will focus on layout, cutting pins and tails for a perfect fit... and fixing gaps post-mortem.
• Woodworking V: Bending & Laminations Serving Tray (TBD) -- Advanced topics such as bending on a hot iron and using multi-part or structural forms to build laminations.

You will learn the fundamentals of how to mill raw lumber and safely use the stationary woodworking equipment through hands-on experience. Plus, we will take raw hardwood lumber and craft it into a serving board!

Whether you're a beginner or looking to refine your skills, this workshop covers essential techniques and tools for successful woodworking projects!

As part of the course, you'll learn:

• Making a cut list and calculating board-feet
• Best practices for labeling
• Miter saw for rough cross cuts
• Jointing a face and edge
• Planing for square and thickness
• Ripping and cross cuts on a table saw
• Band saw for rough shaping
• How to safely use a router table with acrylic templates
• How to safely use a drill press

David is a skilled handyman and fine woodworker with a passion for building, fixing, learning, and teaching. He runs Applewood Handyman as well as Moon Rabbit Woodworker, small businesses where he design-builds custom pieces ranging from hardwood picture frames and flamingo-inspired bent lamination side tables to built-in cabinets and solid wood tabletops. With a background in mechanical engineering, David combines creativity and technical precision to his work. Follow his Instragram @MoonRabbit.Woodworker!

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