Intro to Hand Tools | Carpenter’s Mallet

$200.00

Carpenter’s Mallet!

Two 4-hour workshops
Select a date from the drop-down menu.


Learn the basics of project layout and get started using saws, chisels, planes and a brace and bit. Make your own Carpenters Mallet that will be one of your first and best loved tools.
This traditional style of wooden mallet has been used by woodworkers for centuries, if not millennia. Every woodworker needs one and many of us have several. This design has only two parts and can be easily broken down to fit in a small tool box.

Skills covered in in this 8-hour workshop include:
∙ Layout: curves, angled mortise and tenon
∙ Cutting mortise via hand drill and chisels
∙ Ripping and cross-cutting
∙ Using a spokeshave to make curved bevels
∙ Using a #4 plane and block plane to make curves
∙ Card scraper smoothing

Materials will be provided. Ages 18+years welcome, or 14+ years with an attending adult.


• Military and sibling discounts: Email us for more information.
• Scholarships available: Click here for an application.
• Homeschoolers: Click here for enrollment details.
• If this class is full, click here to be added to the Interest List.
• If you would like to be notified of future offerings, join the Interest List to be notified when new dates or spaces are available.  

Description

Intro to Hand Tools | Carpenter’s Mallet
Two 4-hour workshops
Select a date from the drop-down menu.


San Diego Craft Collective, 2590 Truxtun Rd., Studio 106, SD 92106 • 619.273.3235 • make@sandiegocraft.org

This workshop is held indoors in our woodshop, so we suggest:
• Dress in layers so you can adjust to the studio temperature. We work with the windows open.
• Bring water/beverage if you need to be comfortable.
• Wear closed-toe shoes — dropping tools on toes really hurts!
• Long hair must be tied back.
• Do not wear clothing with flowy sleeves and no dangly jewelry as these items can get caught on tools and machines.
• An apron is recommended. You may borrow, or buy an apron in our studio. You can buy one here.

DIRECTIONS: Located in Liberty Station’s Arts District, you can find our studio at the end of the hallway on the 1st floor of the Dorothea Laub Music & Arts Center (Bldg 176) at the corner of Roosevelt & Truxtun, next to The Lot movie theater. There is plenty of free parking. Parking Lot Q is behind our studio — enter via the driveway off Dewey. Across the street in the Vons parking lot, it is also free. If you can’t find us, call or text 619.273.3235.

CLASS SIZE: 3 min. If the minimum is not met, you will receive a full refund or credit toward another class.

REFUNDS: No refunds for tardiness or no-shows. For a refund (minus a 5% processing fee), you must cancel 7 days before the start of the class. After 7 days, we cannot offer refunds, as materials and supplies have already been purchased.

TRANSFERS: You may transfer your enrollment spot to someone else, but transfers must happen before the workshop begins. Please email us to let us know who’s coming.

INTEREST LIST: If a class is full or you would like to be notified of future offerings, join our Interest List to be notified when new dates or spaces are available.


ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:

Paul Duffield has lived in San Diego since 1988 and retired from a career in nonprofits 10 years ago. After attending the Palomar College Cabinet & Furniture Technology Program, he became a TA at Palomar College and now teaches a variety of workshops locally, including Hand Tools, Joinery, Intro to Woodworking and Hand Tool Sharpening. An experienced and engaging instructor, Paul now enjoys retirement while spending his time practicing and sharing woodwork with others through teaching. He is constantly improving his craft and enjoys designing and making furniture, regularly showing his work at ‘Design in Wood’ and at the Escondido Arts Partnership annual WOOD exhibition.

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