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Handcrafting Doors: From Stiles to Rails

Shelter, Woodworking & Furniture Craft

Randy Schnobrich

Doors play a role in everyone’s day-to-day life, whether solid, windowed or screened. They do everything from keeping the weather out to guarding our belongings. In this course, you'll learn about the basic techniques of door construction. Styles include a basic interior door (32” wide) and a screen door (36” wide). If time allows, cabinet doors will also be discussed. Each day will include the use of a table saw for material preparation and mortise-tenon joinery. Interested students have the opportunity to purchase the completed doors (approx $125/door) at the end of the weekend.

The primary focus of this course is building a two-panel door with mortise and tenon joinery. The skills needed to create a full-size interior door will be emphasized, but these can easily be adapted for building exterior doors. A classic single-panel cabinet door may also be built if time allows. Door finishing will be discussed as well.

Dates

Sat, Apr 14, 2012 - Sun, Apr 15, 2012

Course Details

Length in days:

Hours:

9am-5pm

Tuition:

$175.00 per student (May 1-Oct 31)
$175.00 per student (Nov 1 - Apr 30)

Materials:

Included

Levels:

Beginner to Advanced

Making it happen:

When should I enroll?
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Do you take last minute registrations?
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When will new course dates be posted?
New course dates are posted both in the spring and fall to coordinate with our course catalog release dates. All the new dates are opened for enrollment on the same day and at the same time, so that everyone gets a fair crack at a spot in the courses they're interested in. As that time rolls around we announce when the new dates will "go live" in our e-newsletter. (sign up here!)

Handcrafting Doors: From Stiles to Rails