Woodworking: Make a Side Table (3 Week Course) w/ Daryan

**Note - This is four week course that will meet on Sunday Mornings from 9am - 1pm, February 1st - Feb 15th.

Course Description

The Jupiter Side Table is a great introduction to furniture making techniques and traditional joinery. We’ll be using african mahogany (aka sapele) for the top and hard maple for the legs and rails. You’ll learn how to layout & create joinery for mortise and tenons joints and half lap joints, cutting circles, tapering legs, counterboring, resawing, and bookmatching. You’ll gain experience using the bandsaw, drill press, table saw, milling machines like the jointer and planer, and hand held tools like the plunge router.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course students should be able to:

• Select appropriate lumber for their furniture pieces

• Safely use milling machines, the table saw, band saw and routers to mill, prepare, and shape pieces.

• Create a tapered leg using a jig on the table saw

• Cut mortise and tenon joints utilizing a plunge router and a table saw with a cross cut sled

• Cut half lap joinery using a dado stack on the table saw

• Create a circle using a router and a circle cutting jig