Basic Woodworking: Can you Cut it?

Heads up woodworkers! No matter what your level of expertise this workshop offers a rare opportunity to glean some tricks of the trade from a professional woodworker with over 35 years of experience and a passion for wood and working with wood. The class will be primarily demonstrative and will cover everything from concept to completion of a project. The emphasis will be on getting the most out of your tools, time and materials through understanding sequence, process, theory, and technique. Students will have the opportunity to feel for themselves the ease of a properly tuned tool and see the excellent results obtained. Profile: John Manthei, cabinet/furniture maker, architectural woodworker and artist, has been working with wood since he was a youngster. After 36 years as a professional, he finds he enjoys the process of passing on the information and skills he has amassed.