The router has so much more potential than just putting a cool edge on a board. Come and learn the true potential of a router, how to make a simple router table, and making jigs and fixtures to get the most out of your amazing tool! This class is taught by Rob Lewis and if you’ve ever watched him work around a router, you won’t want to miss this demo! Limit of 10 attendees
How to make cool stuff with a minimal amount of tools and no table saw. Yes, you really can make cool stuff with a minimal amount of tools if you are armed with a few simple and useful techniques. Come and learn the secrets to working with what you have or can get by on a limited budget.
Cost is $50 with a maximum of 10 students. Not a hands-on class but so worth the info!
BUILD YOUR OWN LONG BOW TAUGHT BY MASTER CRAFTSMAN JOHN STRUNK
This is a unique opportunity to learn Bow Making from a Master Craftsman. You just have to search his name in Google to find that he is a highly sought after teacher and mentor. Check out this article on Travel Oregon.
“When John carefully crafts his next “tool” from the 6-foot long, lanky stick of wood, it’s clear that the Tillamook County resident has a master bow maker’s touch. For nearly forty years, Strunk has tried and succeeded in creating everything just like native people might have: the bows, the arrows, quivers and broad heads. The natural materials he prefers for bow making include: bamboo, maple, osage and the long popular and gorgeous Yew wood.”
This class is only open to 10 students, so reserve your spot. It will be Saturday and Sunday, January 27 & 28 from 8 – 5 pm. Cost is $250+Bow staves which are provided by John. He brings a variety to choose from and they range in price from $50 to $125. They are purchased from John at the time the class begins.
No need to wear your son’s umpire padding anymore! It’s not as scary as you think and it’s really pretty safe if you understand the basics and follow a few simple rules. Come and learn the age old secrets and take the mystery out of one of the most useful tools in the woodworkers shop, the Table Saw. Cost is $50 with a maximum of 10 students.
Learn how to use the woodworking equipment in your shop that was given to you by your grandfather or your Great Uncle Mortimer – the ones that have no manuals. Rob has been woodworking for over 50 years – and he can figure out how to use almost any tool.
Let us take the fear and the mystery out of woodworking and making really cool stuff. Bring your pictures, ideas and questions, or just come and learn some of the secrets that most of the professionals don’t want you to know. This is a demonstration class and is open to 10 students. .
Started a project and need a little help and tools to finish it? Rob will be in the shop on Wednesday evenings available to help you finish up your projects. Give us a heads up that you’ll be coming in and we’ll save a spot of you. Only 3 students/evening.
Looking for a fun gift for someone special in your life? How about an evening of watercolor painting, accompanied by wine and chocolate. Elizabeth, from Western Rose Studios will be with us helping us paint a picture of Mt Hood overlooking Trillium Lake. It’s going to be a great night of fun and enjoying time together! You don’t have to come with someone – but we think it sounds like fun 🙂
We even have special gift Certificates if you want to give one as a Valentine’s Gift! $45/person or $80 for 2.
Anvil Academy will be down at World of Speed with opportunities to try your hand at blacksmithing, or woodturning and take your picture with the stagecoach. Fun event for the whole family.
Do you have tools that you just aren’t sure how to use? or want to learn how to use shop tools? Let us take the fear and the mystery out of woodworking and making jigs to use your router to it’s fullest potential. Rob has been working with wood for most of his life and would love to teach you about shop tools, especially routers. Bring your ideas and questions, or just come and learn some of the secrets that most of the professionals don’t want you to know.
