Woodworking Classes

SBWI offers several different types of educational opportunities. Course length can range from 4 hours to 1-year. Scroll through the different types of woodworking classes to see which type works for you. Click on the button to see the available offerings for each course type.

 

5-day courses that focus on specialized skills such as, wood carving, veneer, marquetry, Stereotomy, timber framing, and more.

Windsor Chair Classes are 5-7 days long. Students will start with a log and complete a windsor chair or rocking chair during the course period.

These courses include Cutting Boards, Carve a Wooden Spoon, Introduction to CNC Woodworking, Wood Shop Safety, SketchUp for Woodworkers, Band Saw Boxes, and more.

These courses include Intro to Woodturning, Bowl Turning, and Bowl Turning for Beginners

Courses that focus on Timber Framing and Carpentry.

Courses specifically designed for women who want to learn the essentials of woodworking.

By embarking on the journey in our Wood Design:Furniture Making Career Program, you are opening yourself up to many opportunities.

Successful participants of the 40-week program will graduate with a Professional Diploma in Wood Design.

2024 ACADEMIC CALENDAR

June 2024

1 Wood Design: Furniture Making Graduation

3-7 Build a Custom Door

3-7 Architectural Carving with Alexander Grabovetskiy

8 Hand Plane Restoration

10-14 Hobbit House: Basic Carpentry Class

10-14 Mid-Century Modern Chair Class

10-14 Wharton Esherick Music Stand

17-21 Cabinet Making in the Garage Shop

22-23 Intro to Woodturning

22-23 Carve a Wooden Spoon

24-27 Using Hollow & Round Planes with Matt Bickford

24-28 Mid-Century Modern Chair Class

29-30 Intro to Woodturning

July 2024

1-5 Independence Day Break

8-12 Make an Acoustic Guitar

8-12 Windsor Ember Side Chair with Blake Loree

13 Wood Species Identification

13 Woodshop Safety Certification

14 Bowl Woodturning

15-21 Modern Windsor Rocking Chair

20 Scroll Saw Puzzles

21 Sharpening Edge Tools

22-26 Mary May Woodcarving: Carving for Period Furniture

22-26 Windsor Democratic Side Chair with Blake Loree

27-28 End Grain Cutting Board

27-28 Advanced Technique for Women and Non-Binary Students: Learn Dovetail Joinery

29-2 Hanging Wall Cabinet

29-2 Wharton Esherick Stool

August 2024

3 Comprehensive Lumber Grading with Bob Vogel

3-4 Intro to Woodturning

3-4 Advanced Technique: Learn Dovetail Joinery

5-9 Mid-Century Modern Chair

5-11 Modern Windsor Rocking Chair

10-11 Farm House Table

12-16 Build a Windsor Comb-Back Rocker with Chairmaker Jeff Wyatt

12-26 Veneer & Marquetry with Dave Heller

17-18 Veneer for Furniture Makers

17-18 End Grain Cutting Board

19-23 Bench Joinery

24 Milk Paint Workshop

24-25 Band Saw Box

26 Wood Design: Furniture Making Begins - Class of 2025

31 Hand Plane Restoration