North House Folk School - Courses, Classes, Workshops

Traditional Shaving Horse Building Workshop (Service Learning)

Woodcarving, Woodworking & Furniture Craft

Jim Sannerud

Support North House Folk School’s passion for woodworking and woodcarving while learning the fundamentals of putting together a traditional shaving horse - a must-have shop tool for any traditional woodworker. As a group, students will build up to 6 shaving horses for the North House woodshop (from ash and oak hardwoods), while learning basic mortise and tenon joinery, the assembly and function of the shaving horse and an introduction to applicable woodcarving projects related to the shaving horse (including some woodturning demonstrations). After this workshop, you will go home with a set of plans and know-how to pursue their own shaving horse project on your own. Experienced and beginning woodworkers are encouraged to register. Your participation fees for this service learning project may include:
   * traditional hand tool maintenance and use
   * basic mortise and tenon joinery
   * basic woodworking skills
   * lunch served daily on the North House campus for all service learning participants
   * pizza potluck in North House's wood-fired pizza oven

Dates

No classes currently scheduled

Course Details

Length in days:

Hours:

9am-5pm

Tuition:

$75.00 per student (includes lunch served each day)

Materials:

Included

Levels:

All Levels

Age with adult:

14+ (Review age guidelines/policy)

Making it happen:

When should I enroll?
We can't hold classes without students! Decisions regarding course cancellations (as related to minimum enrollment) are made three weeks before the class starts--so if you've got a course in mind, plan ahead and sign up at least three weeks in advance! That way we'll know you're coming, courses are more likely to meet minimum enrollment numbers, and then they'll actually take place.
Also watch for the words "nearly full" next to course dates. When that notation appears it means there are only one or two spots left--so sign up soon!
Do you take last minute registrations?
Of course! Although it's important that courses meet minimum enrollment three weeks before their scheduled start dates, we know that life doesn't always allow for prior planning. As long as there are still spots left in a course we're happy to accept your registration last minute.
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!)

Traditional Shaving Horse Building Workshop (Service Learning)