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Master the basics of woodworking while building a beautiful bookcase in this 3-day course. Sharpen your measuring skills, gain confidence using the planer, miter saw, router, and table saw, and learn essential joinery techniques.
Course Tuition: $795
Sliding scale: $510-1110
Materials Fee: $90
This is a two session evening course.
You’ve seen them being made on Instagram and TikTok. You’ve drooled over them at your friends’ houses. Now is your chance to take home a beautiful and unique cutting board about which you can proudly say “I made it myself!”
Course Tuition: $300
Sliding scale: $195-420
Materials Fee: $30
This course meets virtually over a series of 9 evenings.
Deepen your understanding of the construction process by designing your own projects. Make that process more efficient by using Computer Aided Design. This course teaches design fundamentals using SketchUp, a 3D modeling program, available at a deep discount for class participants.
Course Tuition: $795
Sliding scale: $510-1110
Materials Fee: You will be required to purchase an academic license for SketchUp Studio for $55, good for one year (regularly $819 per year). One week prior to class you will receive instructions on how to purchase your license.
You’ve heard the adage: “Electrical wiring is no hobby – hire an electrician.” This phrase is true, but fear of electricity can lead to ignorance about how it works, putting you in more danger. In this class, we teach electricity fundamentals, including when to hire a pro.
Course Tuition: $600
Sliding scale: $390-840
Materials Fee: $0
Join us for the soul satisfying act of carving a spoon. This quintessential green woodworking project is quietly meditative, and produces a functional and beautiful end product.
Course Tuition: $300
Sliding scale: $195-420
Materials Fee: $30
Learn to apply thinly sliced wood veneer in decorative geometric patterns in this woodworking class. The techniques you learn building a checkerboard can also be used to glue up stable plywood panels with beautiful wood surfaces.
Course Tuition: $530
Sliding scale: $340-740
Materials Fee: $50
While folk art is typically self-taught, this is your chance to start your folk art journey with a bit of direction. In this class, students will be guided through the low-relief woodcarving process from start to finish. The process will include preparing the wood, transferring your design, carving with tools, and finishing techniques.
Course Tuition: $300
Sliding scale: $195-420
Materials Fee: $50
A sequel to our Basic Carpentry Skills 101 course, this class provides you with a review of the tools you used to build your trusty sawhorses and time to practice safe tool use while building an elevated planter box.
Course Tuition: $530
Sliding scale: $340-740
Materials Fee: $80
Are you detail-oriented (or interested in becoming so)? Kumiko is a delicate Japanese craft traditionally used to create shoji screens. In this course, you will refine your hand saw and chisel skills while creating a beautiful asa-no-ha panel.
Course Tuition: $530
Sliding scale: $340-740
Materials Fee: $90
Discover the secrets of dovetail joinery in this beginner-friendly workshop! In this class, you will put your hands on tools and cut some wood, aiming to loosen up your dovetail muscles. Although we don’t expect perfection in this one-day class, you will certainly build confidence and unlock new woodworking skills.
Course Tuition: $300
Sliding scale: $195-420
Materials Fee: $15
Stringers and risers and treads, oh my! There’s a lot of lingo and math involved in stair construction. We’re here to help you wrap your head around it and learn how to build a beautiful and functional set of stairs, whether it’s for your porch or your grand entry hall.
Course Tuition: $900
Sliding scale: $585-1260
Materials Fee: $0
Build your own low stool from scratch! On day one, we will guide you through cutting, shaping, and joining wood with mortise and tenon techniques. On day two, guest instructor Phil Syphrit will teach traditional patterns such as herringbone and basketweave using rattan. By the end you will have created a functional piece that’s truly one of a kind.
Course Tuition: $530
Sliding scale: $340-740
Materials Fee: $50
Are you detail-oriented (or interested in becoming so)? Kumiko is a delicate Japanese craft traditionally used to create shoji screens. In this course, you will refine your hand saw and chisel skills while creating a beautiful diagonal kumiko ornament.
Course Tuition: $300
Sliding scale: $195-420
Materials Fee: $55
Take a seat—your feet deserve it! Give your feet a place to rest with an Adirondack ottoman you built yourself. Learn to use tools safely while crafting a sturdy and stylish piece, perfect as a standalone footrest or paired with an Adirondack chair.
Course Tuition: $300
Sliding scale: $195-420
Materials Fee: $50
Is there anything better than wood? How about wood and metal: two great materials that look amazing together! If you want to expand your repertoire by adding metalworking to your toolkit, this is the class for you. Learn to forge a hook with Mark Teece, the British Blacksmith.
Course Tuition: $195
Sliding scale: $125-275
Materials Fee:
$0
At Hammerstone, we believe that dangerous tools should be respected, but not feared nor avoided. This one-day skills intensive will familiarize students with the safe use of the table saw through demonstration and ample hands-on experience.
Course Tuition: $300
Sliding scale: $195-420
Materials Fee:
$30
Watching a sunset from an Adirondack chair is even more satisfying when you’ve built the chair yourself. Learn to use tools safely and confidently while creating this classic and beautiful piece of outdoor furniture.
Course Tuition: $600
Sliding scale: $390-840
Materials Fee: $100
Ready to take your bookcase-building skills to the next level? In this 102 level bookcase class, we will explore new joinery options, refine your finish techniques, and revisit processing rough lumber on the jointer and planer. Instead of building with pine, we will use hardwood like cherry or walnut to construct our bookcase. Sharpen your measuring, chop saw, and table saw skills while building a functional, beautiful shelf.
Course Tuition: $795
Sliding scale: $510-1110
Materials Fee: $90
In this 5-day class, students learn the fundamentals of stick framing, the process by which most modern houses are constructed. In this course we frame a tiny house, but the techniques learned can be applied to any structure.
Course Tuition: $1250
Sliding scale: $825-1750
Materials Fee: $0
Are you ready to tackle framing your own shed but intimidated by the roof? Fear no more – this class is for you. From rise over run to plumb and level cuts, we’ll explain it all while framing the roof for our tiny house project.
Course Tuition: $600
Sliding scale: $390-840
Materials Fee: $0
Interior trim is where the dividing line between carpenters and woodworkers gets fuzzy. If you want to refine your carpentry skills or tackle larger, more detailed projects, this class will give you hands-on experience installing trim in a real tiny house.
Course Tuition: $1250
Sliding scale: $825-1750
Materials Fee: $0
Windows are an essential part of any structure. They let in natural light, allow ventilation, and make a space feel more open. In this class you will learn proper installation techniques while installing windows for our tiny house project.
Course Tuition: $530
Sliding scale: $340-740
Materials Fee: $0
Tired of a chilly home in winter? Fed up with ever larger heating bills? Insulation is where it’s at! Learn the ins and outs of installing continuous exterior insulation on a stick framed structure!
Course Tuition: $530
Sliding scale: $340-740
Materials Fee: $0
Building a She-Shed? You’ve gotta learn sheathing. Sheathing creates a continuous barrier around your house, keeping weather and wind out, AND it reinforces the structure by creating lateral stability. Learn the theory of sheathing and practice on this year's tiny house project.
Course Tuition: $530
Sliding scale: $340-740
Material Fees: $0
Do you want to renovate your kitchen? Building cabinets requires some specialized equipment, but if you are willing to put in time and effort, you can build a kitchen to your exact specifications. In this class we build cabinet and drawer boxes for the kitchen of our tiny house project.
Course Tuition: $1250
Sliding scale: $825-1750
Materials Fee: $0
Once cabinet carcasses are built, the aesthetic of your kitchen is determined by your doors and drawer fronts. In this class, we'll learn to build frame and panel doors and solid drawer fronts which can be used in cabinetry and furniture alike.
Course Tuition: $750
Sliding scale: $495-1050
Materials Fee: $0
Refine your woodworking skills while building a box. Use the table saw and router table to safely process rough materials and cut miter joints, practice using a variety of jigs to cut joinery, and learn the fundamentals of veneering.
Course Tuition: $530
Sliding scale: $340-740
Materials Fee: $50
Covering the same content as our Basic Carpentry Skills 101 courses, this course serves as a joyful affinity space specifically for genderqueer and non-binary students.
Course Tuition: $0
Materials Fee: $90*
Our free courses are offered in solidarity and made possible by support from our community. If you would like to give a gift to Hammerstone to help us keep this course free please visit our Donate page today.
*Materials fee is non-refundable.
Hammerstone conceived this free class for immigrants and refugees in 2017 to support women affected by that era’s immigrant bans. What started as a small act of kindness has now grown into a vital program that empowers women with valuable carpentry skills and fosters cross-cultural connections.
Course Tuition: $0
Materials Fee: $0
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Carpentry fundamentals taught in this course include tools of the trade, measuring and marking, using hand- and circular- saws, assembly with screws and nails, and understanding wood as a material. Students build a pair of sawhorses.
Course Tuition: $530
Sliding scale: $340-740
Materials Fee: $90