• $25

Skills Over Jigs

  • Course
  • 36 Lessons

Inspired by no-nonsense wisdom of the past, this course is designed to offer freedom from jigs and build skills of precision and speed. The aim is to help woodworkers overcome their dependence on jigs, not in order to become more pure or elite, but so they can become more free. With more than 5 hours of video instruction and other valuable course materials, Skills Over Jigs will equip you for efficient handwork.

Contents

Introduction

Introduction – Welcome to the Course!
Woodworking Skill Assessment.pdf

Freehand Sharpening Exercise

Assignment
Freehand Sharpening
Exercise Completion: Freehand Sharpening

Knife Exercise

Assignment
Making a Round Dowel
Exercise Completion: Carving a Dowel

Chisel Exercise

Assignment
Chopping a Square Hole
Exercise Completion: Chopping a Square Hole

Stock Prep Exercises

Assignments
Crosscutting a Board
Ripping 1" Stock
Ripping 1-1/2" Stock
Resawing
Hewing to a Line
Exercise Completion: Stock Prep

Planing Exercises

Assignments
The Board Exercise
Thickness Planing Resawn Stock
Planing Square Stock to Fit the Square Mortise
Exercise Completion: Planing

Backsaw Exercise

Assignment
Sawing Blocks
Exercise Completion: Sawing Perfect Cubes

Joinery Exercises

Assignments
Dovetail Joinery
Mortise & Tenon Joinery
Rabbet Joinery
Dado Joinery
Exercise Completion: Joinery

Putting It All Together: Final Project

Assignment
Final Project and Conclusion
Skills Over Jigs Box Project.pdf
Exercise Completion: The Sliding-lid Box