Woodworking Essentials

March 30-April 3

April 20-24

May 4-8

Tuition : $1,200

Woodworking Essentials is our introductory class and is geared towards all skill levels. It’s also our pre-requisite class for all of our advanced project classes. Here, you’ll build this Federal style night stand with a dovetailed drawer. This course is filled with the essentials to get you started in making fine furniture. Some of the skills you’ll learn include …

• How to sharpen and use planes and chisels

• Accurate layout

• Dovetail drawer construction

• Fitting a drawer precisely to an opening

• Mortise and tenon construction

• Dimensioning rough cut lumber to finished sizes

• Understanding wood movement

To save you the trouble of finding your own lumber and to ensure that you have the best experience in class, I provide all of the lumber for classes. You have the choice between walnut and cherry. The additional cost for lumber is …

• Walnut or Cherry … $300

  
  

TO REGISTER FOR A CLASS …

Click here and fill out the form on the Contact page. Once I receive your registration, I’ll then send you an e-mail confirming your registration and information on paying for your class. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Spice Box (Tombstone Door)

July 12-18

Tuition : $1,600

Pre-requisite: Woodworking Essentials

Take your woodworking skills to the next level with this classic Pennsylvania Spice Box class. This project features a door with 2 tombstone panels and fluted column, ogee bracket feet and a six drawer interior. Some of the skills you’ll learn include …

• Dovetail case construction

• Pegged mortise and tenon joinery

• Mitered sticking on the door frame

• Fitting a drawer precisely to an opening

• Mitering and applying moldings

• Ogee bracket feet

• Constructing a divided interior with birds mouth joint

To save you the trouble of finding your own lumber and to ensure that you have the best experience in class, I provide all of the lumber for classes. You have the choice between walnut and cherry. The additional cost for lumber is …

• Walnut … $400

• Cherry … $375

• Curly Maple (can be challenging to work) … $450

TO REGISTER FOR A CLASS …

Click here and fill out the form on the Contact page. Once I receive your registration, I’ll then send you an e-mail confirming your registration and information on paying for your class. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Spice Box (Plain Door)

July 12-18

Tuition : $1,600

Pre-requisite: Woodworking Essentials

Take your woodworking skills to the next level with this classic Pennsylvania Spice Box class. This project features a door with a simple flat panel, flat bracket feet and a six drawer interior. Some of the skills you’ll learn include …

• Dovetail case construction

• Pegged mortise and tenon joinery

• Fitting a drawer precisely to an opening

• Mitering and applying moldings

• Flat bracket feet

• Constructing a divided interior with birds mouth joint

To save you the trouble of finding your own lumber and to ensure that you have the best experience in class, I provide all of the lumber for classes. You have the choice between walnut and cherry. The additional cost for lumber is …

• Walnut … $400

• Curly maple (can be challenging to work) … $450

• Cherry … $375

TO REGISTER FOR A CLASS …

Click here and fill out the form on the Contact page. Once I receive your registration, I’ll then send you an e-mail confirming your registration and information on paying for your class. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Blanket Chest

October 5-10

Tuition : $1,500

Pre-requisite: Woodworking Essentials

The Blanket Chest is the perfect next step after taking our Woodworking Essentials class. Here you’ll continue to build your hand tool skills while learning case construction. This year, we are featuring 2 new designs … a more contemporary appeal with beveled moldings and splayed feet and a chest on stand (also known as a sugar chest or Cellaret). Upon registering for this class, you’ll have the choice of 4 different projects … The Contemporary Blanket Chest, Pennsylvania Blanket Chest, North Carolina Blanket Chest, and the Chest on Stand. Some of the skills that you’ll learn are …

• Making and applying feet

• Dovetail Case construction

• Bread Board Ends

• Lipped dovetail drawer

• Mitering and applying moldings

• Installing locks and hinges

To save you the trouble of finding your own lumber and to ensure that you have the best experience in class, I provide all of the lumber for classes. You have the choice between walnut, curly maple, and cherry. The additional cost for lumber is …

• Walnut … $600

• Cherry … $500

TO REGISTER FOR A CLASS …

Click here and fill out the form on the Contact page. Once I receive your registration, I’ll then send you an e-mail confirming your registration and information on paying for your class. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Desk

June 7-13

Tuition : $1,700

Pre-requisite: Woodworking Essentials

Desks are one of my favorite pieces of furniture that I build … I use them everyday. These desks feature lots of details including a divided interior with pigeon holes, small drawers, and carved drawer fronts. Some of the skills you’ll learn include …

• Slant front desk case construction

• Carving

• Divided Interior

• Lipped dovetailed drawers

• Mitering and applying moldings

• Installing locks and hinges

To save you the trouble of finding your own lumber and to ensure that you have the best experience in class, I provide all of the lumber for classes. You have the choice between walnut, curly maple, and cherry. The additional cost for lumber is …

• Country Desk …

  • Walnut or Curly Maple … $1,000

  • Cherry … $850

• Desk on Frame …

  • Walnut or Curly Maple … $700

  • Cherry … $575

TO REGISTER FOR A CLASS …

Click here and fill out the form on the Contact page. Once I receive your registration, I’ll then send you an e-mail confirming your registration and information on paying for your class. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Chair

July 20-25

Tuition : $1,500

Pre-requisite: Woodworking Essentials

Chairs have always had a strong appeal to me. Much different than “flatwork”, chairs are very sculptural. They feature angled mortise and tenon joinery curved work and carving. For this week I’m offering 2 options … The Virginia Chair and the Pennsylvania Chair. The VA Chair is great to learn the fundamentals of making a chair and offers straight legs and stretchers versus the cabriole legs on the PA chair. The PA alap incorporates a carved shell in the crest rail which is such a beautiful feature.

To save you the trouble of finding your own lumber and to ensure that you have the best experience in class, I provide all of the lumber for classes. You have the choice between walnut, curly maple, and cherry. The additional cost for lumber is …

• Virginia or Pennsylvania Chair …

  • Walnut or Curly Maple … $550

  • Cherry … $425

TO REGISTER FOR A CLASS …

Click here and fill out the form on the Contact page. Once I receive your registration, I’ll then send you an e-mail confirming your registration and information on paying for your class. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

 Blockfront Chest 

Kneehole Blockfront August 17-29

Blockfront Chest August 17-22

Kneehole Blockfront Tuition : $3,000

Blockfront Chest Tuition : $1500

Pre-requisite: Woodworking Essentials

I’m excited to be offering the Kneehole Blockfront for 2026!! This is a 2 week class and is filled with exciting new skills and techniques to learn. This piece was last offered nearly 10 years ago and I have the privilege of teaching this beautiful piece designed by Lonnie Bird.

Maybe you don’t have to availability to take a 2 week class and you still want to learn how to make a blockfront. Well … I’m also going to offer the Blockfront Chest (without the kneehole) during the first week of this class.

To save you the trouble of finding your own lumber and to ensure that you have the best experience in class, I provide all of the lumber for classes. You have the choice between walnut, curly maple, and cherry. The additional cost for lumber is …

• Walnut or Tiger Maple … $850

• Cherry … $600

TO REGISTER FOR A CLASS …

Click here and fill out the form on the Contact page. Once I receive your registration, I’ll then send you an e-mail confirming your registration and information on paying for your class. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

October 26-31

Tuition : $1,500

Pre-requisite: Woodworking Essentials

The Massachusetts Lowboy is as graceful as they come. The fluid line of the legs blend beautifully into the aprons and finish with a carved fan. This has been a student favorite for almost 30 years now. This table is the perfect introduction to carving, shaping a cabriole leg and turning a pad foot, and making lipped drawers.

Last year, I offered the Philadelphia Lowboy as a new class and it was a huge success! This Chippendale, Philadelphia Lowboy/dressing table is one that I scaled from Israel Sacks “The New Fine Points of Furniture” decades ago for a client of mine (Unfortunately, I can’t locate the photo of the piece that I built). In his book, Israel Sack considers this design a “Masterpiece”. This dressing table features 4 Dovetailed Drawers, Carved Claw and Ball Feet, Carved Shells and Vollutes, and Fluted Quarter Columns. For this week, students building the Philadelphia table will focus on completing the front assembly along with all of the joinery and top. After the week is through, there will still be work to do at home. Carving the rear legs and completing the back assembly, fastening the top, and dovetailing the drawers. This class is for the advanced student. I suggest that students have experience in carving and dovetailing drawers before taking on this class. For those that would like more help with this after the class is over, I offer a “Project Completion” class that immediately follows this class. Here, I’ll guide you through completing the rest of this table.

Back for 2026 is the Massachusetts Highboy. This class was last offered in 2022. This is the “big brother” to the MA Lowboy. Here, we’ll spend the week on the lower case. I’ll have detailed drawings for the upper case so that you can work on it at home. I’ll also have an optional lumber package available for the upper case. It will include all parts milled to final sizes, the pinboards for the case will be roughed out, and all of the molding will be milled. Also, you can turn this into a 2 week class by signing up for project completion. Here we’ll work on the upper case.

To save you the trouble of finding your own lumber and to ensure that you have the best experience in class, I provide all of the lumber for classes. You have the choice between walnut, curly maple, and cherry. The additional cost for lumber is …

• Walnut, Cherry, Curly Maple … $495

• Contact me for cost of Highboy Uppercase

TO REGISTER FOR A CLASS …

Click here and fill out the form on the Contact page. Once I receive your registration, I’ll then send you an e-mail confirming your registration and information on paying for your class. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Hanging Wall Cabinet

September 21-26

Tuition : $1,500

Pre-requisite: None

This Hanging Wall Cabinet is a great addition to any room. It looks great over any of our desks, low chests, tables, or simple by itself. The focus of this piece is the tombstone arch divided lite door … all coped mortise and tenon with individual panes of glass for each lite. Other features include dovetailed case construction with beaded face frame, dovetailed drawers, and crown molding.

Also offered for this week is the Hanging Corner Cabinet version of the wall cabinet. This design can easily be adapted to any corner of your home.

To save you the trouble of finding your own lumber and to ensure that you have the best experience in class, I provide all of the lumber for classes. You have the choice between walnut, tiger maple, or cherry. The additional cost for lumber is …

• Walnut, or Tiger Maple … $675

• Cherry … $475

  TO REGISTER FOR A CLASS …

Click here and fill out the form on the Contact page. Once I receive your registration, I’ll then send you an e-mail confirming your registration and information on paying for your class. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Finishing for furniture makers

Date: May 22-23

Tuition : $800

Pre-requisite: None

Learn the secrets of a beautiful finish. This hands on two day class will cover everything from surface prep, adding color, glazing, and applying a top coat. I will provide two raised panel doors (one walnut and the other tiger maple) for you to finishing during class.

TO REGISTER FOR A CLASS …

Click here and fill out the form on the Contact page. Once I receive your registration, I’ll then send you an e-mail confirming your registration and information on paying for your class. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Carving for furniture makers

Date: May 18-21

Tuition : $1,500

Pre-requisite: None

Learn the foundation for carving elements of fine furniture. This hands on five day class will cover everything from basic shells, fans, vollutes, and claw and ball feet.

TO REGISTER FOR A CLASS …

Click here and fill out the form on the Contact page. Once I receive your registration, I’ll then send you an e-mail confirming your registration and information on paying for your class. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Project Completion Class

November 2-6

Tuition : $1,500

Pre-requisite: None

The is the perfect class for those that would like more time to work on their projects. For this class, just bring in any project from a previous class (from Lonnie Bird’s school or mine), and you’ll receive personal, one on one instruction. I’ll guide you through finishing up your project to completion.

TO REGISTER FOR A CLASS …

Click here and fill out the form on the Contact page. Once I receive your registration, I’ll then send you an e-mail confirming your registration and information on paying for your class. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Clock

TBD

Tuition : $1,500

Pre-requisite: Woodworking Essentials

I’m contemplating on running a clock class for 2026 … Let me know who might be interested.

Lumber cost … TBD.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS CLASS …

Click here and fill out the form on the Contact page. Once I receive enough interest, I’ll reach out with a date and final cost. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

LINE AND BERRY INLAY

TBD

Tuition : $1,500

Pre-requisite: Woodworking Essentials

I’m contemplating on running a Line and Berry class for 2026 … Let me know who might be interested.

Lumber cost … $300.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS CLASS …

Click here and fill out the form on the Contact page. Once I receive enough interest, I’ll reach out with a date. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.