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• Safety & Orientation Meeting 20-8

  • When
    14 Jun 2020
  •  
    9:30 AM - 1:00 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    Guild Shop, 7634 SW 34th Ave., Portland
  • Spaces left
    19

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  Meeting Leader - Jeff Hilber

  You must bring these items to the meeting or you will be required to take this class again;

  1. The completed Tool Safety exam Answer Sheet

  2. The completed Self Assessment form
  

  The Safety and Orientation is a no charge (free) class and is the first step toward earning your Guild Green Card and access to our power tool workshop. (The second required step is to complete all four of the Machine Skills classes OR take the comprehensive HOST test.)

  The purpose of this class is to familiarize you with the core power tools in the Guild’s workshop, and provide you with our safety criteria and procedures for using them. In this class you will view a video on safety, grade your written safety test (that you have completed prior to class), and review the Guild’s shop practices

  Prior to the Safety and Orientation meeting you must:

  1. Study the Tool Safety Manual on how to use the tools safely

  2 . Take the Tool Safety Exam with answers recorded on the Answer Sheet  You should have no trouble passing this test since it is open book and the answers are in the Tool safety manual

  In addition to the video and written test, we will also introduce you to all of the basic machines in the shop as well as what you have to demonstrate to pass the HOST (Hands On Safety Test)

  We will then discuss whether you are ready to take the HOST or if you need additional training. A self assessment form is available to help you decided. We will review of the training options that are available.

  
  

  IF YOU NEED TO CANCEL, RETURN TO THIS CLASS.  Click the ALREADY REGISTERED BUTTON AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS.
  

  Questions? Please contact Jeff Hilber at jeff.hilber@guildoforegonwoodworker.org

  This class is for Guild Members only. Not a Member? Visit the Membership page and JOIN now.

  
  

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• Interest List - Think Finishing Before You Start Your Project 20-2

  • When
    30 Jun 2020
  •  
    (PDT)
  • Location
    The Guild Shop

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  Interest List

  Please register for the interest list. When we have enough interest we will schedule the class. Thank you.

  Free to be on the interest list

  Things to Consider Before You Start A Project

  Instructor: Chip Webster

  
  

  A White Card is NOT Required

  This is an introduction seminar in finishing.  Students will learn why a finish is applied, a summary of several types of finishes commonly used in making furniture, and the shop environment, tools and equipment used to produce the desired finish. Safety will be addressed.

  Students will be exposed to the concept of “Think finish first”, the questions that should be answered before starting a project. We will learn techniques for surface preparation of stock to accept a finish, types and use of lighting to detect surface imperfections and inspect coverage and aid in color application, and the use of solvents to examine the expected color and look of a board prior to finishing as well as to detect surface imperfections. We’ll explore correcting surface preparation issues and blotching. And we'll be exposed to the concept of  “finishing the finish”. Beginners are welcome.

  
  

  Cost of class: $65/ Free to be on the interest list

  If you have any questions, please contact Steve Anderly at seanderly@gmail.com 

  
  

  Guild classes are Member only classes. Not a member? Visit the Membership webpage and join now.

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• Safety & Orientation Meeting 20-9

  • When
    12 Jul 2020
  •  
    9:30 AM - 1:00 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    Guild Shop, 7634 SW 34th Ave., Portland
  • Spaces left
    23

  Register

  Meeting Leader - Jeff Hilber

  You must bring these items to the meeting or you will be required to take this class again;

  1. The completed Tool Safety exam Answer Sheet

  2. The completed Self Assessment form
  

  The Safety and Orientation is a no charge (free) class and is the first step toward earning your Guild Green Card and access to our power tool workshop. (The second required step is to complete all four of the Machine Skills classes OR take the comprehensive HOST test.)

  The purpose of this class is to familiarize you with the core power tools in the Guild’s workshop, and provide you with our safety criteria and procedures for using them. In this class you will view a video on safety, grade your written safety test (that you have completed prior to class), and review the Guild’s shop practices

  Prior to the Safety and Orientation meeting you must:

  1. Study the Tool Safety Manual on how to use the tools safely

  2 . Take the Tool Safety Exam with answers recorded on the Answer Sheet  You should have no trouble passing this test since it is open book and the answers are in the Tool safety manual

  In addition to the video and written test, we will also introduce you to all of the basic machines in the shop as well as what you have to demonstrate to pass the HOST (Hands On Safety Test)

  We will then discuss whether you are ready to take the HOST or if you need additional training. A self assessment form is available to help you decided. We will review of the training options that are available.

  
  

  IF YOU NEED TO CANCEL, RETURN TO THIS CLASS.  Click the ALREADY REGISTERED BUTTON AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS.
  

  Questions? Please contact Jeff Hilber at jeff.hilber@guildoforegonwoodworkers.org

  This class is for Guild Members only. Not a Member? Visit the Membership page and JOIN now.

  
  

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• Make a Kumiko Box with Mike Pekovich 20-1

  • Start
    17 Oct 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM (PDT)
  • End
    18 Oct 2020
  •  
    5:00 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    Guild Workshop, 7634 SW 34th Ave, Portland, OR 97219
  • Spaces left
    0

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  Make a Kumiko Box with Mike Pekovich

  
  

        
  

  
  

  White Card Required
  

  Are you looking to spice up your work in a novel way? Then you need to sharpen your chisels and try your hand at kumiko. This Japanese latticework technique is traditionally found on shoji screens, but is making its way into contemporary furniture and boxes. The elegant geometric patterns of kumiko begin with a simple half-lap grid. From there each square is filled out with small, precisely beveled parts until the pattern emerges. 

  In this weekend class you'll start by building an elegant mitered box, where you'll learn how to work safely and accurately with small parts at the table saw. After that, you'll make a kumiko panel by hand to finish off the box. During the process, you'll learn the basics of kumiko construction that you can put to use on future projects as well. 

  A White Card is required for this workshop. If you do not have a Green Card or a Machine Skills sticker for the table saw and are not a regular user of the table saw, it is highly recommended that you take the Table Saw Machine Skills class in advance of this workshop.

  A set of kumiko bevel blocks will be available for each student to use during class at no charge. Additional sets will be available for purchase if desired.

  Because of the expected popularity of this workshop, early registration is strongly encouraged. Register now for a discount. Early registration is $575 until midnight September 19, 2020. Late registration is $615 beginning September 20, 2020.

  A different cancellation policy applies to this class.  Thirty (30) days advance notice is required to cancel in order to get a refund unless your slot is filled by someone else. However, cancellation within seven days forfeits payment.

  
  

  Lunch will be provided.

       

  Please direct any questions to Chip Webster at jdwebster3@comcast.net
  

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• Interest List- Japanese Bowl Carving with Masa Nitani

  • When
    31 Dec 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (PST)
  • Location
    Guild Shop or Multnomah Art Center

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  INTEREST LIST - Japanese Bowl Carving - not a class (yet)

  
  

  Register your interest in taking this five hour class on carving bowls in the Japanese style

  
  

        Instructor- Masa Nitani

  
  

  Green Card not Required

  
  

  

  Masa Nitani has fifty years of carving experience and is now retired, having moved to Portland in 1983 from northern Japan, where he was apprenticed for three years.  Masa made his living here doing a variety of construction and specialty restoration projects, but has done carving all along the way.

  The requirements for this class haven't been determined yet, but if you have taken Chuck's Foundations class those tools should work.  Masa uses mostly Japanese derived tools, many with his own handle designs, along with a few UK western tools but we don't expect you to purchase Japanese tools, or make your own.

  Masa said his teaching technique is to demonstrate a lot and lecture a little.  His English is OK, but not great, but he communicates well.  He likes to demonstrate his techniques irrespective of any design and wants to help you learn these techniques so you can apply them to your own design.  This class is expected to be a combination of demonstration and practice, but is not expected to result in a bowl or other finished project.

  Prior carving experience is required and taking Chuck's Intro class first is recommended.

  COST of the class will likely be $75 - 100, including materials, but not the tools. It's free to sign up on the interest list.  As we pin down class details you will be notified and a new class event will be posted on the web.  At that point you will register for real.

  
  

  If you have any questions, please contact Larry Wade at lpwade@gmail.com.
  

  
  

  Please register online.
  

  
  

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• Interest List- Foundations of Classical Carving with Chuck Rinehart

  • When
    31 Dec 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (PST)
  • Location
    The Guild Shop

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  INTEREST LIST - not a class (yet)

  
  

  Register your interest in taking the six week class to introduce you to Classical Carving.

  
  

        Instructor- Chuck Rinehart

  
  

  Green Card not Required

  
  

   Chuck Rinehart has now taught this class four times for us, and has taught it many times before at his former club in Rochester, NY.  

  
  

  Tool sets of eleven carving tools are available to rent for $50 for the class plus an extra month, and unless you have your own tools, or intend to buy them (about $200-400), we encourage you to rent and focus instead on learning to carve.

  The class will be three sessions, each four hours, spaced roughly once a week.

  COST of the class is $180, including materials, but not the tools. It's free to sign up on this interest list.  You will need to buy or borrow the Chris Pye book called "Woodcarving Course & Reference Manual", about $15 from a variety of sources, including Amazon, Powell's and Woodcrafters.

  
  

  The class outline is:

  Week 1:  Tools nomenclature and handling, grain exercise (the donut), and exercises from Chapter 4 of Pye's book

  Week 2:  Review of homework, discuss the V tool (aka parting tool, #12 or #41), and the small veiner (#11/3), and do the Pye Burhead Bull project in Chapter 7 using both.  Demo relieving the background using a large #11/16, trace the outline of your shallow leaf project, and get started with your homework.

  Week 3:  Arrive with your leaf project background complete and carve the leaf.  

  
  

  If you have any questions, please contact Larry Wade at lpwade@gmail.com.
  

  
  

  Please register online.
  

  
  

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• Interest List- Carving a Border with Chuck Rinehart

  • When
    31 Dec 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (PST)
  • Location
    The Guild Shop

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  INTEREST LIST - Carving a Border with Chuck Rinehart- not a class (yet)

  
  

  Register your interest in taking the six week class to introduce you to the wonderful world of carving a border.

  
  

        Instructor- Chuck Rinehart

  
  

  Green Card not Required

  
  

   Chuck Rinehart taught this class once for us but has taught it before at his former club in Rochester, NY.  

  
  

  This is a three week introduction class based on classical patterns useful for frames and borders for furniture and architectural (decorative) purposes.  In three weeks you will learn enough to accomplish quite a bit, but you will also learn this is a big field with lots of options and time required.   Hopefully this class will whet your appetite, and it will also teach you some techniques for other types of carving.

  
  

  You are required to have long handled tools useful for lettering, along with having a carving mallet and access to a variety of gouges.  The Guild ownssome tools that might be useful for you in case you don't have any.

  
  

  Prior carving experience is required and taking Chuck's Intro class first is recommended.

  
  

  The project for this class will be a floral pattern from antiquity, about 36" long by 4" tall.  You will learn how to create the pattern by copying, enlarging and repeating an existing design, trace it onto your wood, and then use a plunge router with small straight bits to remove the bulk of the background before shaping the elements of the floral design.  It is a challenging, but interesting and practical project.

  
  

  COST of the class is $180, including materials, but not the tools. It's free to sign up on the interest list.
  

  
  

  If you have any questions, please contact Larry Wade at lpwade@gmail.com.
  

  
  

  Please register online.
  

  
  

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• Interest List- Carving a Monogram with Chuck Rinehart

  • When
    31 Dec 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (PST)
  • Location
    The Guild Shop

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  INTEREST LIST - Carving a Monogram with Chuck Rinehart- not a class (yet)

  
  

  Register your interest in taking the six week class to introduce you to the wonderful world of carving monograms.

  
  

        Instructor- Chuck Rinehart

  
  

  Green Card not Required

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Chuck Rinehart has not taught this class for us yet but has before at his former club in Rochester, NY.  

  
  

  This is a three week introduction class based on classical patterns useful for decorating furniture and making stand-alone designs.  In three weeks you will learn enough to accomplish quite a bit, but you will also learn this is a big field with lots of options and time required.   Hopefully this class will whet your appetite, and it will also teach you some techniques for other types of carving.

  
  

  You are required to have long handled tools useful for lettering, along with having a carving mallet and access to a variety of gouges.  The Guild owns some tools that might be useful for you in case you don't have any.

  
  

  Prior carving experience is required and taking Chuck's Intro class first is recommended.

  
  

  The project for this class will create a pattern of your design, using elements from classical books on stylized lettering from antiquity.  The design can be as simple or complex as you want, and what you choose almost doesn't matter, because you will be learning the techniques needed to create a wide variety of patterns.

  
  

  COST of the class is $180, including materials, but not the tools. It's free to sign up on the interest list.
  

  
  

  If you have any questions, please contact Larry Wade at lpwade@gmail.com.
  

  
  

  Please register online.
  

  
  

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• Interest List- Carving an Acanthus Leaf with Chuck Rinehart

  • When
    31 Dec 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (PST)
  • Location
    The Guild Shop

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  INTEREST LIST - not a class (yet)

  
  

  Carving an Acanthus Leaf with Chuck Rinehart

  
  

  Green or White  Card not Required
  

  
  

  Carving an Acanthus leaf teaches you many skills that can be applied to other forms of carving.  The leaf itself comes in many styles, and has evolved over at least two thousand years and many are stylized forms of an ideal, even though you can find actual leaves in gardens in Portland.

  Chuck Rinehart has now taught this class several times for us, and has taught it many times before at his former club in Rochester, NY.  His design is quite challenging and was developed by his mentor, a British Master Carver named Ian Agrell.  This is a three week class, which was originally part of the six week Introduction to Classical Carving class, but we broke that into two sequences of three weeks each, the Foundations class and one on the Acanthus leaf.

  There is a fairly large set of tools that are required and some sets are available to rent from the Guild at a cost of about $75 (TBD), if you don't have or don't want to invest in your own tools at this time.

  Chuck's class will be three sessions, each four hours, spaced every other week for you to do the required homework.

  COST of the class is $180, including materials, but not the tools. It's free to sign up on this interest list.  

  
  

  You must have prior carving experience with mallet-capable tools, nominally Chuck's Foundations of Classical Carving.

  
  

  If you have any questions, please contact Larry Wade at lpwade@gmail.com.
  

  
  

  Please register online.
  

  
  

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• Interest List- Carving (and Designing) a Sign

  • When
    31 Dec 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (PST)
  • Location
    The Guild Shop

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  INTEREST LIST - not a class (yet)

  
  

  Carving (and Designing) a Sign

  
  

        Instructors- Chuck Rinehart and Steve Hickcox

  
  

  White or Green Card not Required

  
  

  We are exploring the possibility of creating a three week class to design and carve a sign.

  Steve Hickcox has professional experience making signs and will partner with Chuck Rinehart, who will help with the carving.  

  This is an outgrowth of Chuck's letter carving class.  The design issues are significant and will likely take two of the three sessions to work through choices for fonts, wording, inter-letter and inter-word spacing, wood choices as well as decorative treatment and finishing alternatives.  You will largely be doing the actual sign construction and carving on your own.

  While you chose your own sign, one idea is to develop a sign for your own home shop, or perhaps for the studio of your mate or friend.

  Prior carving and woodworking experience is expected.

  Cost of the class is probably $180 but does not include the wood for the sign or tools. It's free to sign up on this interest list.  

  If you have any questions, please contact Larry Wade at lpwade@gmail.com.
  

  
  

  Please register online.
  

  
  

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• Interest List- Introduction to Letter Carving with Chuck Rinehart

  • When
    31 Dec 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (PST)
  • Location
    Guild Shop or MAC

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  INTEREST LIST - Introduction to Letter Carving - not a class (yet)

  
  

  Register your interest in taking the three week class to introduce you to Letter Carving.

  
  

        Instructor- Chuck Rinehart

  
  

  Green Card not Required

  
  

  Chuck Rinehart taught this class twice for us but has taught it before at his former club in Rochester, NY.  

  
  

  This is a three week introduction class based on the techniques created and documented by Chris Pye in his book and on his online school.  In three weeks you will learn enough to accomplish quite a bit, but you will also learn this is a big field with lots of options and time required.   Hopefully this class will whet your appetite, and it will also teach you some techniques for other types of carving.

  
  

  You are required to buy three long handled tools useful for lettering, along with having a carving mallet and access to a variety of gouges to cut the curved shapes.  The Guild owns some tools that might be useful for you in case you don't have any.

  The class uses Chris Pye's text that is out of print but you will be able to borrow one of the Guild's copies or get one from a library.  The used copies have gotten ridiculously expensive, approaching $100.

  Prior carving experience is required and taking Chuck's Intro class first is recommended.

  COST of the class is $180, including materials, but not the tools. It's free to sign up on the interest list.

  
  

  If you have any questions, please contact Larry Wade at lpwade@gmail.com.
  

  
  

  Please register online.
  

  
  

  Guild classes are Member only classes. Not a member? Visit the Membership webpage and Join Now.

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