Intro to Hand Routers 101
3 hrs $50 person
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Class Description
The powered handheld Router is a mainstay and incredibly versatile tool for the workshop. We look at the primary router types, bits, and accessories and what they do. We also look at safe and accurate set-up and use of the tool, with demonstrations of various cuts. The class includes types and sizes of routers and bases, review of the basic bits, the application of accessories, jigs and fixtures for the handheld router, demonstrations of edge work, mortising, template use, and tracing, maintenance and troubleshooting.
3 hrs $50 4-8 people
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Types & Sizes of Routers and bases
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Review of the basic Router bits
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Accessories (jigs & fixtures) & their uses
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Safe and Accurate set-up and use
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Demonstrations: Edge-work; Mortising; Templates and tracing
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Maintenance and Trouble-shooting
About the Instructor
With John Shinneman as your guide with his 38 years of furniture joinery and shop machinery expertise at your service.
How to Get Here & Where to Stay:
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We’re in-town with many choices for lodging, stores, and restaurants, all within a 5 minute walk through our little Seaside Village. There are airport shuttles, Lyft/Uber/Taxi, and a popular free bus system. A car is unnecessary here. Recommending a place to stay (there are plenty to choose from) is difficult as they range greatly in price and accommodations, from B&B, Motel, Inn, and Air B&B/VRBO. Let Google be your guide.
The Learning Lab’s Wood Shop is located behind Whidbey Island Center for the Arts (WICA), and behind the Children’s Theater, and behind the Island Dance Theater. The address is 723 Camano Avenue in Langley WA (commonly known as the old Langley Middle School) and parking for the Wood Shop is best on the West side of the campus in what is now The South Whidbey Community Center.
Class Policies, Liability Waiver, & Cancellations:
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When a class is reserved by you, you may CANCEL the class up to 10 business days prior to the day of the class for a full refund (minus a $25 fee that covers credit card processing fees and administrative work). Cancellations less than 10 business days prior will be given a refund (less $25) if we can find someone else to fill your place. If we cancel a class for any reason, a full refund of any paid-in-advance funds will be returned to registrants. Participants may be asked to sign a WAIVER of liability in which they take responsibility for their safety, represent they are not sensory impaired, have no medical conditions of which our Staff ought to be aware, are knowledgeable of and will abide by Shop SAFETY rules, and they are representing they can physically, knowledgeably, and safely operate the tools of the Shop.