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• Safety & Orientation meeting

  • When
    08 Dec 2019
  •  
    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (PST)
  • Location
    Guild Shop, 7634 SW 34th Ave., Portland

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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@guildoforegonwoodworkers.com

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

  
  

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• Free - Open Carving Time 19-18

  • When
    10 Dec 2019
  •  
    9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    The Guild Workshop, 7634 SW 34th Ave, Portland, OR 97219
  • Registered
    3 registrants

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  Free- Open Carving Time

  Located in the Bench Room
  

  No White or Green Card required

  The Guild shop will be open for carvers who want to work on their own projects, perhaps those who are in or already finished one of Chuck Rinehart's classical carving classes, or tackling those from Mary May.

  This is not a class.  However, there might be some informal discussions centered around a video, book, design or problem, depending on who attends.

  There might be a machine tools skills class in the equipment room.  You will not be able to use power tools whether or not there is another class, because there will be no shop attendant on duty.

  This is a four hour session, and registration is requested so I can notify you if something changes.  There is no set start time, but we have to be totally cleaned up and leave by 12:45.

  The carving tool sharpening systems will be available.

  Bring your own carving tools and wood.

  For questions contact the class coordinator, Larry Wade, at lpwade@gmail.com or 503-312-7745.

  Coordinators may vary each session.

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• Basic Build - Make Your First Cutting Board 19-2

  • When
    11 Dec 2019
  •  
    5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Guild Workshop, 7634 SW 34th Ave, Portland, OR 97219
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  Basic Build - Make Your First Cutting Board    

  Instructor - Mike Chia    
  

  NO Green Card Required - White Card Only
  

  This is an Introductory hands-on class where students will learn the steps to making a laminated cutting board.  During the 4-hour class students will glue up their own boards (first hour), then watch demonstrations of the milling steps and shaping used in constructing the board. Then will have time to practice these operations on demo boards. 

  Students will unclamp their own boards and begin the process of finishing their own boards during class. This involves using various tools (Planer, bandsaw, router table & sanders) to get their board to final “design” shape. The goal is that students will leave the with the hands-on experience on all the machines needed to take the blank to final cutting board form.

  If time runs out the Guild will allow students to come back during some Open Education times (TBD) to finish their board under the supervision of Shop Attendants.  

  Wood will be provided, student should bring their Personal Protective Equipment (ears, eyes and lung protection).

  Please contact Tom Rich, the class coordinator, at tom@tomrich.me, if you have any questions.

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• Foolproof Sharpening 19-1

  • When
    14 Dec 2019
  •  
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Guild Workshop, 7634 SW 34th Ave, Portland, OR 97219
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  Foolproof Sharpening

  Instructor: Asa Christiana

  
  

  White Card Required
  

  If you can’t get your chisels and hand planes truly sharp, you’ll never experience the true joy of using them. In this one-day workshop, you’ll learn a guaranteed way to do just that, using sandpaper, waterstones, and a basic honing guide. As a bonus, you’ll build a simple jig for holding the stones and setting up the guide. Pass through the sharpening gateway and enter hand-tool heaven.

  List of tools/materials/supplies provided by Guild:

  —Guild will supply PSA sandpaper (grits 80 through 220).

  —Guild will supply squares of 3/4-in. Russian birch plywood and hardwood strips for honing-guide setup jig.

  —Instructor will provide sample honing-guide setup jig

  —Instructor will provide flat countertop material as a base for PSA sandpaper.

  —Instructor will bring camelia oil to demo how to protect freshly sharpened tools

  
  

  List of tools/materials/supplies provided by students:

  —Mandatory: One chisel and 1 hand plane blade (two edges to sharpen total)

  —Mandatory: Small basic honing jig (widely available for $15 or less), plus any other guide they might own.

  —Waterstones of 1,000 grit and 8,000 grit—can be a combination stone. A 3,000 or 4,000 grit stone will also be helpful.

  —If owned, not mandatory: A coarse- or medium-grit diamond plate.
  

  Meals/snacks provided: Lunch, coffee, soda, water.
  

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• Free - Open Carving Time 19-19

  • When
    17 Dec 2019
  •  
    9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    The Guild Workshop, 7634 SW 34th Ave, Portland, OR 97219
  • Registered
    2 registrants

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  Free- Open Carving Time

  No White or Green Card required

  During this particular session from 10:00 to noon there will be a demo and talk by local master carver Masa Nitani, a man who will be doing some classes on bowl carving in the Japanese Ainu tradition.  For information about him and photos of his work, see the November newsletter article.

  The Guild shop will be open for carvers who want to work on their own projects, perhaps those who are in or already finished one of Chuck Rinehart's classical carving classes, or tackling those from Mary May.

  This is not a class.  However, there might be some informal discussions centered around a video, book, design or problem, depending on who attends.

  There might be a machine tools skills class in the equipment room.  You will not be able to use power tools whether or not there is another class, because there will be no shop attendant on duty.

  This is a four hour session, and registration is requested so I can notify you if something changes.  There is no set start time, but we have to be totally cleaned up and leave by 12:45.

  The carving tool sharpening systems will be available.

  Bring your own carving tools and wood.

  For questions contact the class coordinator, Larry Wade, at lpwade@gmail.com or 503-312-7745.

  Coordinators may vary each session.

  Please register online.
  

   

  
  

   

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• Foundations of Classical Carving with Chuck Rinehart 20-1

  • Start
    18 Jan 2020
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  • End
    01 Feb 2020
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    Multnomah Art Center - Classroom 7
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  Foundations of Classical Carving with Chuck Rinehart 20-1

  A White Card is Not Required

  
  

  This is a three week class that covers the essential topics with a lot of hands-on work, to prepare you for more adventuresome projects.  No prior carving experience is assumed, nor experience with long handled carving gouges.

  Each session is four hours of classroom time.  An additional but optional two hour carving "lab" time is scheduled from 2:00 - 4:00 for doing homework.

  Chuck Rinehart has been woodworking for 60 years and the last 25 have included an extensive background in classical European carving.  This will be a hands-on opportunity to be guided by an expert.  Chuck taught carving classes in Rochester, NY before moving here in 2017.

  The class is limited to seven students because there is a lot of personal supervision and limited space for carving benches.

  This class requires specific carving tools, and a detailed list can be seen by clicking here, which shows tools in both major numbering systems (metric and imperial, Swiss and British).  If you don't have carving tools now, we strongly suggest that you rent a set from the Guild in order to make better investment decisions.  The cost of new tools can be $200-300, and many require sharpening or tuneup.  The Guild bought substantial collections from two estates, and we have sets to rent for $50 for you use and take home for the duration of the class plus a few weeks afterwards, already sharpened, as a way to keep your initial costs down while you explore whether you want to continue. 

  For the duration of the course you will be provided a mallet, stropping kit, plaster cast of the leaf, and the wood to do your projects (Basswood or Butternut).

  The four hours per session are mostly you carving, interspersed with demonstrations and lectures.  The culminating project is the leaf design shown above.  Preceding this are training projects on tool familiarity and handling, experiencing right and wrong ways to handle grain, using mallets, and how to be safe, 

  The class will be held in three weekly sessions at the Multnomah Art Center (MAC).  You should arrive at least 20 minutes early to set up your bench and get organized.  You will be encouraged to carve at home between sessions, and the more you are able to do the better, but we know time is limited for some.  .

  You will be required to buy or borrow  "Chris Pye's Woodcarving Course & Reference Manual "(Fox Chapel), about $15 on Amazon, lower price if used, Powell's might have it, and copies are sometimes available in libraries.

  We strongly encourage you to register for the free section Mary May's online school of traditional carving (click here).  There are seven free lessons but watch the introduction video and the one on caring the donut (grain training).  Later on you can decide whether to watch the two sharpening videos or subscribe to more of her lessons ($15/month). 

  Students should plan to bring any food they need; lunch will not be provided, but there will be drinks and some snacks.

  The class coordinator is Larry Wade, 503-312-7745; contact him for any questions.

  In order to complete your registration payment must be made, preferably online when registering, but no later than 7 days before the class. Please go online and use PayPal or Visa, and if mailing a check make it payable to the Guild of Oregon Woodworkers. Reference the class title on the memo line (especially the date code at the end, i.e., 20-1) and mail it to: GOOW-Registrar, c/o Julie Niemeyer, 20282 SW Inglis Drive, Beaverton, OR 97007

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• Interest List- Foundations of Classical Carving with Chuck Rinehart

  • When
    31 Jan 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • 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.
  

  
  

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• Interest List- Carving a Border with Chuck Rinehart

  • When
    31 Jan 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • 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 Jan 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • 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 Jan 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • 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.
  

  
  

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• Interest List- Carving (and Designing) a Sign

  • When
    31 Jan 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • 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.
  

  
  

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• Interest List- Introduction to Letter Carving with Chuck Rinehart

  • When
    31 Jan 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • 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.
  

  
  

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• Interest List- Japanese Bowl Carving with Masa Nitani

  • When
    31 Jan 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • 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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• Eastern Joinery Seminar - Theory and Application with Taeho Kwon 20-1

  • When
    14 May 2020
  •  
    10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Multnomah Art Center Auditorium
  • Spaces left
    58

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  Eastern Joinery Seminar: Theory and Application

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  A White Card is Not Required   

  
  

  
  

  As part of the Guild of Oregon Woodworkers program of presenting international masters of our craft, we are pleased to bring Taeho Kwon back to Portland for 2020. 

  Taeho Kwon visited our Guild in April, 2019. He presented his journey into his discovery of how Eastern timber frame joinery is applied to solve specific construction issues and the techniques to successfully execute his designs. He also taught a workshop to build the coffee table/sitting bench shown in the image during his visit to Portland. His presentation and workshop were met with rave reviews.

  Taeho Kwon attended East Carolina University and majored in Commercial Arts, studying Interior Design. His goal was to construct his own designs instead of hiring other builders. To achieve this, he applied for jobs outside of the field and started working on fine carpentry. He also learned everything he could from framing to exteriors, anything that would improve his skills to build his designs. After learning and practicing for 12 years, he decided to take a step further and extend his understanding of joinery. He then traveled to Korea and attended The School of Traditional Korean Architecture, earning a Certificate of Maintenance and Restoration for Korean traditional buildings. He learned to make Buddhist Temples and a “King's Palace.” Since then, he has spent numerous years gaining experience on the restoration and new construction of traditional Korean houses, as well as temple buildings. He focused on temples because he wanted to improve his knowledge of joinery and the secrets behind making it last for thousands of years. In a temple or a King's Palace building, there are about three times more types of joints involved than in fine furniture building. He has been utilizing this advanced joinery in his own furniture design. This seminar is a lecture and demonstration on how Eastern joinery is used to solve specific problems in the construction of buildings and furniture to last hundreds, even thousands, of years. Timber frame and furniture joinery will be discussed.

  Lunch will be provided.

  Because of the expected popularity of this seminar, early registration is strongly encouraged. Register now for a discount. Early registration is $49 until midnight April 19, 2020. Standard registration is $55 beginning April 20, 2020.

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

  In order to complete your registration payment must be made within 7 days.Please go online and pay using PayPal or by check made to the order of the Guild of Oregon Woodworkers. Reference the class title on the memo line and mail it to: GOOW-Registrar, C/O Julie Niemeyer, 20282 SW Inglis Drive, Beaverton, OR 97007

  
  

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• Build Your Own Jigs for the Taeho Kwon Shop Stool 20-1

  • When
    15 May 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Guild Workshop, 7634 SW 34th Ave, Portland, OR 97219
  • Spaces left
    9

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  Build Your Own Jigs for the Taeho Kwon Shop Stool

  
  

            

  
  

  
  

  Green Card Required

  
  

  For those individuals who registered for the A. Lewis Inspired Stool with Taeho Kwon and are interested in making their personal set of jigs, a third day is available the day before the shop stool workshop. You must be registered for the 2 day stool workshop to be eligible for this 1 day workshop.

  Lunch and materials will be provided. A tool list will be provided well in advance to help students prepare for this workshop.

  The cost of the 1 day workshop to build your own set of jigs for future use is $285.

  In order to complete your registration payment must be made within 7 days of registration. Please go online and pay using PayPal or by check made to the order of the Guild of Oregon Woodworkers. Reference the class title on the memo line and mail it to: GOOW-Registrar, C/O Julie Niemeyer, 20282 SW Inglis Drive, Beaverton, OR 97007
  

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• Build this A. Lewis Inspired Shop Stool with Taeho Kwon 20-1

  • Start
    16 May 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM
  • End
    17 May 2020
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Guild Workshop, 7634 SW 34th Ave, Portland, OR 97219
  • Spaces left
    9

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  Build this A. Lewis Inspired Shop Stool with Taeho Kwon

  
  

            

  
  

  
  

  Green Card Required

  
  

  This class is called Shop Stool, however, the exposed joinery and aesthetically curved and tapered lines will shine in any place at your home or office.

  The design of this stool was based on, and inspired by, Aled Lewis, a furniture designer and maker who works both in America and the United Kingdom. Taeho liked the original so much, that he decided to duplicate Aled’s stool design for his own use at his shop, but he realized every woodworker deserved a nice stool to go with their work bench, and that this stool would make a perfect weekend workshop. Taeho has done a few minor facelifts to the original design to make it suitable for a weekend class and, as in all of Taeho’s classes; he came up with jigs to complete this stool in 2 days. Being a 2 day class, this workshop will be more of a project workshop than an educational workshop.

  Because of the expected popularity of this workshop, early registration is strongly encouraged. Register now for a discount. Early registration for the stool workshop only is $525 until midnight April 19, 2020. Standard registration is $575 beginning April 20, 2020.

  For those who are interested in making their own set of jigs, a third day is available before the stool workshop for an additional fee $285.00. You must register and pay separately for this option.

  Lunch will be included. A tool list will be provided well in advance to help students prepare for this workshop.

  In order to complete your registration payment must be made within 7 days of registration. Please go online and pay using PayPal or by check made to the order of the Guild of Oregon Woodworkers. Reference the class title on the memo line and mail it to: GOOW-Registrar, C/O Julie Niemeyer, 20282 SW Inglis Drive, Beaverton, OR 97007

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• Timber Frame Joinery Techniques for Furniture Makers with Taeho Kwon 20-1

  • Start
    18 May 2020
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    9:00 AM
  • End
    23 May 2020
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    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Guild Workshop, 7634 SW 34th Ave, Portland, OR 97219
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  Timber Frame Joinery Techniques for Furniture Makers with Taeho Kwon

  
  

           

  
  

  
  

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  This class is for those who want to acquire a deeper understanding of Eastern Joinery. It will cover much of the joinery that is used in Eastern timber frame buildings, such as the Buddhist Temple and the King’s Palace. Whether you are a timber framer or a woodworker whose only focus is furniture making, this class will help you to construct the best furniture possible.

  During Taeho’s apprenticeship years, he focused more on building temples than furniture because he wanted to improve his knowledge of joinery and the secrets behind making joints last for thousands of years. In a temple or the King’s Palace building, there are about three times more types of joints involved than in fine furniture building. His plan has been to utilize this advanced joinery in his own furniture design, which is represented in his Nakashima inspired Sitting Bench/Coffee Table and the Entry Table creation.

  Students will learn to construct varieties of joints, which will interlock together and become one beautiful structure for future reference or display amongst their woodworking collections.

  There are no prerequisites to take this class; you do not need to take Joinery 1.

  If you have an interest in utilizing traditional timber frame joinery in your own furniture designs, and improving your skills and knowledge in joinery, this class is for you.

   You will learn:

  • How timber frame joinery works
  • Secrets to Building structures that withstand earthquakes and hurricanes
  • Understanding the movement of wood
  • Secrets to expanding the life of the wood in order to last thousands of years
  • To make  a variety of traditional joints using both hand tools and power tools
  • How old western and eastern craftsmen were associated and how their timeless work is relevant to understanding wood movement and techniques.

  Lunch will be provided.Taeho will provide jigs for the joinery. A tool list will be provided well in advance to help students prepare for this workshop.

  The cost of this 6 day workshop with early registration is $995, available through midnight April 19, 2020. Late registration is $1165 beginning April 20, 2020.

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

  A special 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 all payment.
  

  We would appreciate it if you'd pay online. If you would like to pay by check contact Julie Niemeyer at 503-591-9360 immediately. Send your check made to the order of: The Guild of Oregon Woodworkers.  to : 20282 SW Inglis Drive, Beaverton, OR 97007

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• Make a Kumiko Box with Mike Pekovich 20-1

  • Start
    17 Oct 2020
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    9:00 AM
  • End
    18 Oct 2020
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    5:00 PM
  • Location
    Guild Workshop, 7634 SW 34th Ave, Portland, OR 97219
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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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• Test class...testing codes

  • When
    31 Dec 2020
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    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Guild Workshop, 7634 SW 34th Ave, Portland, OR 97219
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  In order to complete your registration payment must be made within 7 days.Please go online and pay using PayPal or by check made to the order of the Guild of Oregon Woodworkers. Reference the class title on the memo line and mail it to: GOOW-Registrar, C/O Julie Niemeyer, 20282 SW Inglis Drive, Beaverton, OR 97007

  
  

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