This Session : Meets on 2 Thursdays:  March 19 and 26, 2020 : 6:30pm-9:00pm

Alternative Session : Meets on 2 Saturdays:  Fabruary 1 and 8, 2020 : 10am-12:30pm

Experience the joy of handcraft combined with hi-tech machines. Create a high-quality, family heirloom while learning woodworking, laser cutting and design. Use hand and power tools, clamps and glue to build a beautiful keepsake board. Finish it off with your own laser-engraved design. 

This is a two session class that covers woodworking basics, design and laser engraving. You will leave with a beautiful, hardwood, custom designed and engraved cutting board.

What you will do

- Create a design on paper that combines multiple types and widths of wood strips (maple, walnut and cherry).

- Learn to cut strips with the table saw and chop saw*

- Glue and clamp the strips into your chosen design

- Plane, sand and route your cutting boards

- Learn to design and laser cutting

- Engrave your design onto your finished cutting board**

- Finish with food grade oil

*You will not cut all your own strips due to time constraints

**Depending on designs and number of participants, you may need to return to pickup your engraved board"