Teaching a new class is always terrifying exciting. This year, the class I am most excited about teaching is the Campaign Chest class May 6-10 at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking in Franklin, Ind.
I am, as you know, quite nuts for furniture in the campaign style and am eager to vomit forth all the research I’ve been doing on the design and construction of these chests. Plus, I’m eager to teach a class that focuses on a fine piece of furniture using excellent wood and outstanding hardware.
Most of the classes I teach focus on skills – as they should be. So the projects for those classes are designed around the skills and giving students lots of practice.
This class offers a lot of opportunity to build skills – full-blind dovetails, planing highly figured woods, complex hardware installation, fitting fine drawers – and the result is one of my favorite furniture forms.
Plus, we’ll have the full arsenal of machines, assistants and benches at our disposal at the school.
The last time I talked to Marc Adams, he said there are still a handful of spots available in the class. If you are interested in the class, you can read more about it here.
I’ve received several inquires from people asking if this class would be appropriate for a beginning woodworker. Answer: Absolutely. This is a class covering basic carcase construction and a blend of hand- and power-tool techniques.
— Christopher Schwarz
Will you be providing the Teak? I’ll drive out from Boston if yes!
You supplying the Teak? I’d drive out from Boston for that.
Oh my. Is there any way I can fit this in?
I shouldn’t have bought those two 16″ tenon saws and that infill last week…
Could you do this class in Metten during an autumn season?
This sounds like a great class. Wish I could go. Why not come to Vermont? It’s lovely in the spring.
Please do this in Port Townsend next year.
Ok, I’ll bite. How about my livingroom? Beer is great…
Beer here is bad! Ordered my second copy of Anarchist’s Tool Chest due to a naughty Star Hill Stout. While I didn’t taste the hint of sticky caramel, the pages surely loved it.
Oh, no it’s not! You’re not getting the correct beer! There’s an Ossie stout which used to get imported here in Colorado a few years ago. It’s called Sheaf Stout. The label I saw was a yellow oval with a drawing of a sheaf of wheat.
I miss that a LOT! Hope you can find it there. If so, drink one for me!
As a book collector I’m glad to have a working shop copy. As a beer drinker I’m glad to seek out new brews! Thank you for the recommendation!