Not sure if many of you have seen this new show. It's
basically a view of different trade schools and following
a student through a project or two. I caught one on
AIM - an industrial college (?) in Arizona and a
guy was painting a Jeep. The one more germaine to
this group was one I saw on Sunday. It had to do with
a young man who had left banking to follow his dream
of becoming a furniture maker. He was going to Red Rocks
College (Sedona, Texas??). Anyways the show followed him
as he made his first joints - mortise/tenon. All without
a ruler or any other measure then his eyes and hands.
His instructor tells him - "your eyes are more accurate
then any ruler". His next project (final?) is making
a chair - quite tricky as to the joinery, then finally
a European style workbench.
Sounds like a great school and I noticed that the other
students where a "bit long in the tooth" (like me!).
Catch it you can!
MJ Wallace
http://www.rrcc.edu/finewood/index.html
http://www.bucks.edu/catalog/2092.html
http://www.palomar.edu/woodworking/
http://appliedtechnology.humber.ca/programs/IW/
http://www.bc.cc.ca.us/academic/occupational/woodworking.asp
http://www.crfinefurniture.com/
http://selkirk.ca/learning/programs/?programid=34
http://www.cerritos.edu/wood/
http://www.conestogac.on.ca/woodwork/
I am sure there are more. ..
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>Not sure if many of you have seen this new show. It's
>basically a view of different trade schools and following
>a student through a project or two. I caught one on
>AIM - an industrial college (?) in Arizona and a
>guy was painting a Jeep. The one more germaine to
>this group was one I saw on Sunday. It had to do with
>a young man who had left banking to follow his dream
>of becoming a furniture maker. He was going to Red Rocks
>College (Sedona, Texas??). Anyways the show followed him
>as he made his first joints - mortise/tenon. All without
>a ruler or any other measure then his eyes and hands.
>His instructor tells him - "your eyes are more accurate
>then any ruler". His next project (final?) is making
>a chair - quite tricky as to the joinery, then finally
>a European style workbench.
>
>Sounds like a great school and I noticed that the other
>students where a "bit long in the tooth" (like me!).
>
>Catch it you can!
>
>MJ Wallace
Larry Levinson
Talking up to the vocal ...
LLevinson*Bloomberg.net
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