Woodworking

There’s nothing like the beauty of the winter season in the Adirondacks! Make a holiday ornament for yourself or your loved ones. Over the course of this day students will progress from making a simple wooden Christmas ornament to one requiring the skills you will have achieved during the day. The course will include instruction on the safe use of the power scroll saw, pattern transfer, the cutting of multiple ornaments using the stacking process and the process of making interior cuts in a piece of wood using a scroll saw. Appropriate for beginning woodworkers and those with some experience.

Dates/Times

• Sunday, November 6, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Instructor: Walt Ulrich

Member Tuition: $100.00
Non-Member Tuition: $125.00

Material Fee: $15.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.

Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY

This class is designed for both the beginning and experienced scroll saw user with patterns of increasing difficulty to be used during the day. The first pattern to be completed by the student will have all exterior cuts of varying tightness of curvature. The second pattern will have both interior and exterior cuts requiring the student to become accustomed to frequently resetting the scroll saw blade. The final pattern will require the student to make numerous intricate interior cuts to complete. The patterns shown in the photo are only representative of possible trivet patterns to be used. The owl is the most difficult and should only be attempted by a daring student.

Dates/Times

• Saturday, July 30, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Instructor: Walt Ulrich

Member Tuition: $100.00
Non-Member Tuition: $125.00

Material Fee: $20.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.

Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY

This class is designed for both the beginning and experienced scroll saw user with patterns of increasing difficulty to be used during the day. The first pattern to be completed by the student will have all exterior cuts of varying tightness of curvature. The second pattern will have both interior and exterior cuts requiring the student to become accustomed to frequently resetting the scroll saw blade. The final pattern will require the student to make numerous intricate interior cuts to complete. The patterns shown in the photo are only representative of possible trivet patterns to be used. The owl is the most difficult and should only be attempted by a daring student.

Dates/Times

• Sunday, October 2, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Instructor: Walt Ulrich

Member Tuition: $100.00
Non-Member Tuition: $125.00

Material Fee: $20.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.

Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY

Wooden puzzles are a great project whether you are a beginner or experienced woodworker. In this class students will learn the basics of the safe operation of a scroll saw, proper blade selection and installation, pattern transfer, proper cutting techniques and proper body positioning at the saw table. Each student will progress from learning to make moderate curves to tight curves using the scroll saw by producing, first, a wood maple leaf and progressing through more difficult patterns to a final puzzle which will require attention to detail and care in cutting. Come learn the secret tricks to ensure your puzzle is a success. It can make the perfect gift, too.

Dates/Times

• Sunday, September 11, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Instructor: Walt Ulrich

Member Tuition: $100.00
Non-Member Tuition: $125.00

Material Fee: $15.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.

Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY

This two-day workshop yields time enough to explore three styles of Shaker carriers; Fixed Handled, Swinging Handled and Divided carriers. Construction steps and hardware application will be demonstrated, and all participants will put their hands-to-work on their own carriers. These projects have a firm place in Shaker history as they were a very popular offering to “The World’s People” by Shaker craftsmen.

Dates/Times

• Wednesday, October 19, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
• Thursday, October 20, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Instructor: Eric Pintar

Member Tuition: $200.00
Non-Member Tuition: $250.00

Material Fee: $60.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.

Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY

Special Notes: This class is open to all experience levels, no woodworking experience required!

One of the most iconic items of Shaker woodworking, nesting oval boxes share elegance, simplicity and functionality equally. Using carefully prepared thin strips of wood each participant will carve the “swallowtails” of “fingers” on one end before soaking them in a hot water bath to soften for bending. Copper tacks are installed to hold the oval hoop together before top and bottom boards are fit and held by wooden pegs. Each student will construct five nesting oval boxes from cherry wood in this two-day workshop.

Dates/Times

• Friday, October 21, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
• Saturday, October 22, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Instructor: Eric Pintar

Member Tuition: $200.00
Non-Member Tuition: $250.00

Material Fee: $60.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.

Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY

Special Notes: This class is open to all experience levels, no woodworking experience required!

Each participant will become familiar with construction techniques as five serving trays are completed in this two-day workshop. Long thin band stock is carefully bent and custom boards seamlessly fitted to create a very useful project. With Shaker inspired elegance these are sure to become instant heirlooms. They even nest neatly when not in use making a proud display!

Dates/Times

• Wednesday, July 20, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
• Thursday, July 21, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Instructor: Eric Pintar

Member Tuition: $200.00
Non-Member Tuition: $250.00

Material Fee: $60.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.

Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY

Special Notes: This class is open to all experience levels, no woodworking experience required!

Open a new chapter in your wood working journey by making your own hand tool. Shape the wood body, harden and temper steel for the blade and make your first shavings all in one day!

Dates/Times

• Tuesday, October 18, 2022 – 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Instructor: Eric Pintar

Member Tuition: $100.00
Non-Member Tuition: $125.00

Material Fee: $40.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.

Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY

Take your next hike or walk around the corner with a unique hand-crafted walking stick. Frank will guide you through the process of taking a piece of ironwood and transforming it into a walking stick that will last a lifetime. The inlaid compass will help ensure you don’t lose your way on the trail! Makes a wonderful gift for the hikers in your life!

Dates/Times

• Friday, July 15, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Instructor: Frank Lagace

Member Tuition: $100.00
Non-Member Tuition: $125.00

Material Fee: $40.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.

Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY

Take your next hike or walk around the corner with a unique hand-crafted walking stick. Frank will guide you through the process of taking a piece of ironwood and transforming it into a walking stick that will last a lifetime. The inlaid compass will help ensure you don’t lose your way on the trail! Makes a wonderful gift for the hikers in your life!

Dates/Times

• Friday, September 23, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Instructor: Frank Lagace

Member Tuition: $100.00
Non-Member Tuition: $125.00

Material Fee: $40.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.

Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY