In addition to your basic weekly assignments, you can earn the “Journeyman” status (and, at the end, special acknowledgement) by completing at least 5 of the 8 journeyman projects during the course of your apprenticeship:
- Restore a wooden-bodied handplane
- Build a staked bench
- Build a small table with mortise-and-tenon joinery
- Build a small dovetailed box
- Build a half-blind dovetailed drawer
- Build a bookshelf
- Carve a spoon and eat a meal with it
- Apply decorative/creative painting to one of your projects
This challenge is not for everyone because it is completely self-guided. We do not provide designs, plans, or cut lists. If you would like advice about a particular aspect of your projects, we’re happy to give our thoughts, but this challenge is for self-directed learners.
Qualifying journeyman projects must be started and completed within the 8-week term. Past projects do not count toward the Journeyman status.