If your idea of a fun day is a 500 piece jigsaw of a ginger cat walking through a field of ripe barley with the sun setting in the background, then this is the course for you. It’s all about detail. Making single items does not usually require the same degree of attention to detail as making elements of a much larger piece, that have to fit together correctly. When your upset square corner bends have to be 90° and not 89° or 91° the corner takes on a whole new meaning. Tenons of exact size, pass-throughs, collars with square corners, calculating the stretch of a bar by conducting test pieces, joggling, slot and drift, riveting, cleft joints, this class has a lot of the techniques and tooling for small joinery. If you have done a little blacksmithing and the idea of spending a week working on picky details sounds pleasing to you then read on. You will be making (and hopefully completing) a small grill of about 12 inches by 20 inches in size. It starts with either a lap joint or two upset square corners, back to back, and builds from there. We will spend time looking at various ways in which to connect grill content to a frame. A sense of humor is very high on the equipment list. Bring your notebooks as there will be a lot of information coming your way. Joinery I
Collar
Top of grill
Pass throughs’
Drawing and parts
Upset square corner
Lap joint