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Woodworking Classes and Monthly Meetings

CLASSES

Woodworkers Monthly Meetings 2nd Tuesday of the Month.

Classes are held at the

Alaska Industrial Hardware Store (AIH)
2716 Commercial Dr, Anchorage, AK 99501

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Monthly Meetings are held at the

Alaska Industrial Hardware Store (AIH)

2716 Commercial Dr, Anchorage, AK 99501

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$40.00 membership fee required to take classes, good for 1 year and covers a family,

Treasure Box

 

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Date(s): 3/29/2025

 

Time:  10am to 4 pm.  One hour break for lunch. Lunch is not provided. 

 

Where:  Alaska Industrial Hardware Store, 2716 Commercial Drive, Anchorage

 

Class Description: 

  1. What you will make: We will make a box to keep your special items in

  2. Tools you will use: Assorted non power hand tools, including planes, chisels, egg beater drills and saws

  3. Knowledge and skills you will gain: Basic knowledge of woodworking as done for the last 2000 years

  4. Brief woodworking related biography of the instructor: Dohnn Wood rediscovered woodworking 25 years ago when he bought a house and learned he couldn’t afford to buy the furniture he liked. Since that time he has filed two houses and a cabin with furniture, been vice president of the woodworking club and taught hand woodworking at the Anchorage Waldorf School.

 

Age: 9-12 year olds

 

Number of Students:  Class size is limited to 6 students

 

Tools and Materials:  All tools are provided.  You do not need to bring any tools. 

 

Cost:  $10 materials fee.  $40 shop fee.  Instructors fee       Total cost: $50

 

Club Membership: You or a family member must be an ACWA member to attend this class.  Please click here to join the club

 

Cancellation Policy:  Club membership is not refundable.  Fees will be refunded on a case by case basis or if we can find someone to take the spot. 

 

Contact:  Dohnn Wood 907-227-2007

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Tissue Box Cover!

 

Date(s):  April 5-6 (2 days with engraving option)

 

Time:  10am to 4 pm.  Lunch is not provided.

 

Where:  Alaska Industrial Hardware Store, 2716 Commercial Drive, Anchorage

 

Class Description:

  1. What you will make: , which can be a nice home accessory or a simple yet attractive gift. Sized to fit the 5 inch cubical tissue box commonly available. It is an open bottom box (roughly 6”x6”x6”), made from any hardwood, preferably with a contrasting top and exposed splines. One board ½” thick, 6” wide and 24” long will suffice for the sides; the top is a 6”x6” square of any contrasting or attractive piece 3/16” thick. Splines can be made from a 6” wide, 3/4 ” thick scrap board about 8” long. The corners are splined miter joints, with a final 45⁰ cut along each vertical mitered edge, to expose the contrasting spline. An additional option is, after the sides are fully prepped but not assembled, the CDC engraver can be used to decorate the sides. Others have knowledge of this machine, so I step back…

  2. Tools you will use: Thickness planer, miter saw, table saw, dado blade or router table, oscillating spindle sander, scroll saw, clamps. not necessarily in that order. The wood supplied will be a selection of hardwood boards which must be milled to size. I will try to prep some wood for the 3/16” tops. I will supply a template for the hole in the lid, either a tsuba or an oval.

  3. Knowledge and skills you will gain: Measuring and marking tips for accurate wood preparation,cutting accurate miter joints, adding spline slots to the miter face, cutting a dado, box glueing and clamping tips

  4. Brief woodworking related biography of the instructor: John Fritz; I have enjoyed woodworking as a hobby for over 60 years, through at least six different home shop setups (not including my father or grandfather). I have finally accumulated all the shop tools I need. Unless I find one I missed. I enjoy making boxes and small useful gift items, since the family market for furniture is saturated (the kids have small houses). I have led several shop sessions: one on cutting a Gottshall Block with hand tools; another making a hardwood masking tape dispenser.

Age:  Adults; Young adults 16+

 

Number of Students:  Class size is limited to 6 students

 

Tools and Materials:  All tools are provided.  You do not need to bring any tools.

 

Cost:  $ 12 materials fee.  $40 shop fee.  Instructors fee    $2   Total cost: $$54

 

Club Membership: You must be an ACWA member to attend this class.  Please click here to join the club

 

Cancellation Policy:  Club membership is not refundable.  Fees will be refunded on a case by case basis or if we can find someone to take the spot.

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Shelf with Wall Hanging Rod
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Date(s):   April 26-27

 

Time:  10am to 4 pm.  Lunch is not provided.

 

Where:  Alaska Industrial Hardware Store, 2716 Commercial Drive, Anchorage

 

Class Description:

  1. What you will make: You will construct a wall shelf with a rod for hanging quilts/wall hangings.

  2. Tools you will use:Table saw, band saw, router, drill press, jointer, planer,various hand tools

  3. Knowledge and skills you will gain:You will learn how to: mill wood for a project, use a router to make a stopped dado and finish an edge, use a bandsaw to cut a profile, and a drill press to cut a circle.

  4. Brief woodworking related biography of the instructor:Sandy Mckinnis has been making furniture and other wooden items for over 45 years.

 

Age:  Adults; Young adults 16+

 

Number of Students:  Class size is limited to 5 students

 

Tools and Materials:  All tools are provided.  You do not need to bring any tools.

 

Cost:  $ 50 materials fee for red oak.  $40 shop fee.  Instructors fee: $50       Total cost: $140.  You will need to supply a heavy-duty curtain rod. 

 

Club Membership: You must be an ACWA member to attend this class.  Please click here to join the club

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Knife Holder
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Date(s):  May 17-18, 2025

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Time:  10am to 4 pm.  Lunch is not provided.

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Where:  Alaska Industrial Hardware Store, 2716 Commercial Drive, Anchorage

 

Class Description:

  1. What you will make: Knife Holder

  2. Tools you will use: Table saw, planer, band saw, sander, router, assorted hand and gluing tools.

  3. Knowledge and skills you will gain: Build your custom designed kitchen knife holder using standard woodworking tools including Dado Blades on the table saw.

  4. Brief woodworking related biography of the instructor: Greg Lyall is a retired mechanical engineer that took up woodworking about 8 years ago. He builds custom furniture and enjoys steam bending projects.

 

Age:  Adults; Young adults 16+

 

Number of Students:  Class size is limited to 5 students

 

Tools and Materials:  All tools are provided.  You do not need to bring any tools.

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Bring measurements of your kitchen knives to class if you want a custom size. Blade lengths and widths, and handle lengths and widths will be required (or bring them to class). Otherwise, we will make a generic size holder.

 

Cost:  $40.00 materials fee.  $40 shop fee.  Instructors fee $40      Total cost: $120

 

Club Membership: You must be an ACWA member to attend this class.  Please click here to join the club

 

Cancellation Policy:  Club membership is not refundable.  Fees will be refunded on a case by case basis or if we can find someone to take the spot.

Modern Floor Lamp
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Dates:

Sun 3/23, 5pm-9pm
Tue 3/25, 5pm-9pm 

Thu 3/27, 5pm-9pm

Tue 4/1, 5pm-9pm

Thu 4/3, 5pm-9pm

 

Where: Alaska Industrial Hardware Store, 2716 Commercial Drive, Anchorage

Class Description:

 

We will make a Modern Floor Lamp, based on the YouTube https://youtu.be/SZiyio32l2g.

 



Students will use the planar and jointer to mill rough lumber, the tablesaw to rip boards to length, the router to cut half-laps, the sliding compound miter saw for crosscutting, and the router for profiling edges.


Age: Adults. 


Number of Students: Class size is limited to 8 students


Tools: All tools are provided. You do not need to bring any tools.

 

Materials: Students are responsible to bring in their own wood. You will need 7bf of 4/4 wood, figure 2 8' boards that are 6" wide.


Cost: $25 materials fee for the lamp kits (not including a lamp shade). $40 shop fee. Total cost $65.


Contact: Marc Brown, marc@chezbrown.org. 650-269-4980

 

Club Membership: You must be an ACWA member to attend this class.  Please click here to join the club

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Cut Off Sled
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Date(s):          May 24-25,  2025

 

Time:  10am to 4 pm.  Lunch is not provided.

 

Where:  Alaska Industrial Hardware Store, 2716 Commercial Drive, Anchorage

 

Class Description:

  1. What you will make:3 in one Table Saw Cut Off Sled

  2. Tools you will use:Table Saw, Router, Band saw

  3. Knowledge and skills you will gain: Use of basic woodworking machines

  4. Brief woodworking related biography of the instructor: Active ACWA club member.

 

Age:  Adults; Young adults 16+

 

Number of Students:  Class size is limited to 5 students

 

Tools and Materials:  All tools are provided.  You do not need to bring any tools.

 

Cost:  $80.00 materials fee.  $40 shop fee.  Instructors fee $0      Total cost: $120.00

 

Club Membership: You must be an ACWA member to attend this class.  Please click here to join the club

 

Cancellation Policy:  Club membership is not refundable.  Fees will be refunded on a case by case basis or if we can find someone to take the spot.

 

Contact:         Jim Powell jpow1700@gmail.com

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Outdoor Bench
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Date(s): May 31, June 1

 

Time:  10am to 4 pm.  Lunch is not provided.

 

Where:  Alaska Industrial Hardware Store, 2716 Commercial Drive, Anchorage

 

 

Class Description:

  1. What you will make: Outdoor Spruce bench.

  2. Tools you will use:Table saw, various hand planes, thickness planer jointer, drill press, electric sanders, handsaws, chisels, scrapers.

  3. Knowledge and skills you will gain: Learn how to make through mortise and tenon joints using a hardwood wedge to secure the joint. Learn basics of various woodworking machines used in project.

 

  1. Brief woodworking related biography of the instructor: 10 years building houses.Avid do it your selfer.Furniture and cabinet making experience.Musical instrument building.Timber framing experience.Wood milling experience.

 

Age:  Adults; Young adults 16+ Advanced beginner level.

 

Number of Students:  Class size is limited to 6 students

 

Tools and Materials:  All tools are provided.  You do not need to bring any tools. Ear protection and dust mask helpful.

 

Cost:  $20 materials fee.  $40 shop fee. Instructors fee $100  Total cost: $160.00

 

Club Membership: You must be an ACWA member to attend this class.  Please click here to join the club

 

Cancellation Policy:  Club membership is not refundable.  Fees will be refunded on a case by case basis or if we can find someone to take the spot.

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