This handsome tool chest is a great three-day introduction to several bedrock hand-tool joinery techniques: dovetails, dados, rabbets and shiplaps. Plus you'll learn how to cut a fingernail moulding, raise a panel, use cut-nails and rules for carcase construction. By the end of Day 3, you'll be able to pop all your tools in your new chest (which fits in the back of almost any car) for your drive home.

Beginners are welcome.

Cost

The class fee is $890 (due at registration), which includes the wood and lunch every day (the instructor will send suggestions for the hardware).

Cancellations will be accepted up until four weeks before the class for a full refund. If cancellation occurs within four weeks prior to the start of class, a refund will be issued only if the slot can be filled.)

For information on Covington, including where to stay and where to eat, click here.

Tools Needed (we have some loaners on most)
• Cutting/Marking Gauge (I prefer a wheel marking gauge, such as the Tite-Mark)
• Dividers (two pair if you have ‘em)
• Marking knife (Ideally, one that has one flat side)
• Dovetail template/marking gauge or bevel gauge
• Dovetail saw
• Coping saw
• Bevel-edge chisels (ideally 1/4", 1/2”  – but bring whatever you have)
• Mallet
• Crosscut-filed sash saw (or other large-ish crosscut backsaw) or panel saw
• Router plane
• Hammer
• Set of drill bits (up to 1/4”)
• Drill (battery or meat-powered)
• Countersink
• Screwdriver (slotted)
• Jack plane
• Block plane
• Smooth plane
• Ear plugs/ear protection
• And any other tools you just can’t bear to be without. For me, that includes my waterstones and honing guide, a 6” adjustable square, a double square (a.k.a. diemaker’s square or machinist’s square) and multiple mechanical pencils.