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Woodworking Class: Hand Plane Skills with Bill Anderson (1 Day)

Woodworking Class: Hand Plane Skills with Bill Anderson (1 Day)

Regular price $195.00 USD
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Students will spend an amazing day learning how to use bench planes! Bill will give hands-on experience to students with different wooden & metal hand planes, including smoothing planes, fore planes (jack planes), try planes (jointer planes), scrub planes, block planes, etc. Bill will cover demos on restoring, sharpening, and tuning bench planes. Bill will also cover how to plane difficult figured grain, end grain, and much more! Please carefully read all details below before registering for this class.  ***Note: This class pairs perfectly with Bill's two day hand tool sharpening class that will be held the two previous days.

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Full Description

Students will spend an amazing day bringing their bench plane skills up to snuff! Bill will give hands-on experience to students with different wooden & metal hand planes, including smoothing planes, fore planes (jack planes), try planes (jointer planes), scrub planes, block planes, etc. Bill will cover demos on restoring, sharpening, and tuning bench planes. Students will also learn to four square rough lumber using a series of bench planes. Bill will also cover how to plane difficult figured grain, end grain, and much more!

Class Syllabus

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Meet your Instructor

Read about this instructor on our page: "Meet the Instructors".

Materials Fee & Required Tools

Students do not have to bring their own hand planes to class, however, bringing your own tools is often good for learning on them. We will supply all needed handplanes and layout tools.

There will be a material fee for planing stock. This is generally in the range of $25, depending on current market prices. and is payable to the instructor on the first day of class.

Class Policies, Liability Waiver, & Cancellations

No students under 18 years of age are allowed. A PDF document with the full class policies and a liability waiver will be available after you register. All students are required to sign this document, and bring it on the first day of class.

Anyone can cancel a class up to 3 weeks prior to the class for a full refund (minus a $45 fee that covers credit card processing fees and administrative work). Cancellations under three weeks before a class begins will be given a refund (less $45) if we can find someone else to fill the slot. If we have to cancel a class for an unforeseen emergency, inclement weather, instructor illness/injury, or low number of registrations, a full refund will be given to students. We encourage students to not book non-refundable flights, car rentals, or lodging in case of these cancelations.

Student Tool Discounts

After you’ve registered for a class, you are eligible for a discount from Lee Valley (Veritas) and Taylor Toolworks. Lee Valley offers a 15% discount, and a discount form PDF will be available for download in your Wood and Shop dashboard after your purchase. For a 10% discount from Taylor Toolworks fill out this form and upload a photo or screenshot of your class order email (under the “Student ID” section). The discounts may not be available after the end of the class, so try to place your orders before then.

How to Get Here & Where to Stay

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