WW_P20: Woodworking Boot Camp

Are you new to woodworking? Do you have your tool sign-offs, and are wondering “now what?” This class is a fast-paced introduction to the craft and to the Nova Labs wood shop to help jump start your woodworking journey.

Topics and skills include: understanding wood, milling (planing and jointing), crosscuts, joinery, cutting curves on the band saw, and successful glue-ups. The backbone of the class is the completion of a wooden tool tote. The project provides the context for each topic and skill, and how they fit into the basic woodworking flow, and learning how to “think like a woodworker.”

This intense class requires students put in shop time in between classes to complete the demonstrated steps at their own pace. Students can leverage linked instructional videos and Nova Labs open office hours to build confidence and independence. This class also requires multiple sign-offs so students can practice independently.

Prerequisites

• Woodshop Basic Yellow Tools Sign-off
• Planer, Jointer, Thickness Sander (Materials Prep) Sign-off
• Table Saw Sign-off
• Bandsaw Sign-off

Course Topics

• Understanding wood
• Milling to square and planing to thickness
• Panel glue-up
• Referential measurements
• Cross-cutting
• Joinery overview
• Cutting dados and rabbets
• Cutting and smoothing curves
• Assembly
• Reinforcing joints

The first hour of each session is Classroom 1, the second is in the woodshop.

Instructor: David