Featuring guest speaker Leah Houghtaling!
Sometimes all it takes is the perfect finish to make your woodwork sing. On the other hand, it’s easy to wreck a beautiful beginning with an ugly stain. This tutorial offers the opportunity to play around with assorted natural finishes in a low stress environment.

Course Tuition: $70
Sliding scale: $45-100

Material Fees:
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Field trip time! Join Hammerstone founder Maria and our official cheesemonger Rachel Freier, owner of The Cheese Club FLX, as they share their professional guidance on shopping for lumber and…cheese! We’ll take two big box stores in Ithaca by storm and show you exactly what you need to look for, and how to ask for it.

Course Tuition: $70
Sliding scale: $45-100

Material Fees:
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Don’t let a broken toilet make your day crappy - a little plumbing knowledge goes a long way! Learn about the inner workings of your toilet: how a toilet flushes, how to replace a toilet, and the top ten reasons a toilet is leaking (and how to fix it!)

Course Tuition: $70
Sliding scale: $45-100

Material Fees:
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Did you know that you can open up your power tool and see what's going on inside? While you might think you need to send your tool off to a shop to be fixed, it's possible to buy replacement parts and fix a lot of things yourself.

Course Tuition: $70
Sliding scale: $45-100

Material Fees:
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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 won’t expect perfection in this workshop, you will certainly build confidence and unlock new woodworking skills in just two hours.

Course Tuition: $70
Sliding scale: $45-100

Material Fees:
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Whether you’re finally ready to repair that antique lamp you bought years ago or you want to learn how to build your own table lamp, this tutorial is for you!

Course Tuition: $70
Sliding scale: $45-100

Material Fees:
$0