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This two day,
hands-on and much sought after workshop run by the ACT Woodcraft Guild,
is about the theory and practice of making hand tools. It covers the
selection of suitable metals – especially recycled materials,
the annealing, hardening and tempering processes, final finishing and
polishing, and demonstrations.
Previous
experience is not required. Participants should be able to complete
several projects, such as a scratch awl and a marking or paring knife,
or even a chisel and a small hammer, or a plane blade. Participants
should indicate in advance if there are particular tools they prefer to
make so as to ensure suitable materials and equipment will be available.
The tutor, Ian
Percival, is a well known and experienced tool maker who has
taught at numerous tool making workshops, including Master Classes at
the ANU and the recent and very productive workshop at the Guild. Ian
is also an accomplished woodworker and thus understands hand tools and
the needs of those who use these tools, especially woodworkers. Guild
members who have attended one of Ian's workshops have gone on to make
an array of much treasured, hand tools
Date
Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 March 2007 9.30 am to 4.30 pm
Venue
ANU School of Art, Wood
Workshop, Ellery Cres, Acton
Fee
Woodcraft Guild member $85;
non-member $85 + $15 (entit
to cover insurance etc.). The fee, payable in advance, covers all materials and equipment required
for this two day workshop, free parking, kitchen facilities etc. Fee refundable normally ONLY if a
replacement participant is available.
Convenor
Keith Houston, ACT Woodcraft Guild khouston@webone.com.au
or phone (02) 6247 0013
Sharpening Workshops
The first three Sharpening Workshops for 2007 have been completed and included:
Knives:
Carving, Chipcarving, Marking, Leather, Hacking, Kitchen, Pocket
& '
Chisels:
Carpenters' Paring, Firmer, Mortice; Dog Leg, Foot & Side
Chisels; Carvers' Firmer & Skew Chisels.
Planes: blades, chip breaker, cap iron. This workshop will include how to set-up and tune your plane.
Pending demand, further workshops will be arranged to cover:
Gouges
– straight, bent, back-bent, scribing and knuckle
gouges, veiners, fluters, allongees, tapers, spades and fishtails.
V-tools etc.
– V-tools, Fluteroni, Bacheroni, Macaroni,
Wing-parting tools and Corner chisels.
Turning tools
– Bowl, Roughing, Skew and Spindle Gouge, Parting
and Specialty tools.
Spokeshaves
– Metal and Wooden: straight, concave and convex.
Hand Saws
– Cross-cut, Rip and Back saws.
Chainsaws
Drill bits etc.
– e.g. Twist Drills,
Augers, Awls, Gimlets, and Centre, Spoon, Nose, Shell and Forstner bits.
Miscellaneous tools – e.g. Drawknives, Inshaves, Hook Knives, Scorps, Scrapers, Files, Rasps, Rifflers, Axes and Adzes,
Engraving tools and Scribers.
Workshop Fee: Woodcraft Guild member $40, non-member $40 + $15 (the $15 is a once-off, three month membership fee
and which covers all workshops); fee payable in advance: fee refundable ONLY if a replacement participant is available. The
fee includes access to equipment, class notes (including what to bring), tea/coffee, fridge and microwave facilities, and free
parking. Maximum of eight participants per workshop.
To
register or for further information, please contact: Keith
Houston: (02) 6247 0013 khouston@webone.com.au