[email protected] writes:
>Howdy,
>
>I tried posting this question a few days ago, but for the life of me I
>can't find it now.
>
>I'm interested in any basic woodworking classes in the PDX area. I'm
>acutally in Vancouver and I have a rotating schedule, so it makes
>difficult.
>
>Any pointers in a general direction would be great.
>
>Thanks
>
Visit Woodcrafters in Portland on Davis, one block east of Grand Boulevard
(forget the numbered street at the moment, sorry). They have brochures
there for several classes in the Portland area as well as demos nearly
every Saturday. Great store and friendly, helpful staff. You'll also
enjoy the specialty woods. They have a good supply of books also.
I'm on my way to a 15-minutes-from-now appointment and don't have time to
look up the location (dial-up) for you, but I think they also have a
website.
Be interested in what you find out. I'm considering some myself, with some
real woodworkers, not like the jerk that "taught" the class that argued
with me that my sewing cabinet would never work because the top drawer
(for scissors, tapes, pins, etc.) was too shallow and couldn't be useful.
Aside from we were told to design something useful for ourselves, he just
couldn't process that a 3-inch deep drawer was basically useless for
things that were less than an inch tall! Oh, well.
Good luck.
Glenna
In a kitchen re-do the "certifiable kitchen designer" put drawers
under the cook top meaning the drawers needed to be about 2" deep.
They got the spice jars out of the cabinet and stayed close to where
they're used.
On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 08:47:05 -0800, [email protected] (Glenna Rose)
wrote:
>
>Be interested in what you find out. I'm considering some myself, with some
>real woodworkers, not like the jerk that "taught" the class that argued
>with me that my sewing cabinet would never work because the top drawer
>(for scissors, tapes, pins, etc.) was too shallow and couldn't be useful.
>Aside from we were told to design something useful for ourselves, he just
>couldn't process that a 3-inch deep drawer was basically useless for
>things that were less than an inch tall! Oh, well.
[email protected] (Glenna Rose) wrote:
> [email protected] writes:
>>Howdy,
>>
>>I tried posting this question a few days ago, but for the life of me I
>>can't find it now.
>>
>>I'm interested in any basic woodworking classes in the PDX area. I'm
>>acutally in Vancouver and I have a rotating schedule, so it makes
>>difficult.
>>
>>Any pointers in a general direction would be great.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
> Visit Woodcrafters in Portland on Davis, one block east of Grand
> Boulevard (forget the numbered street at the moment, sorry).
6th.
Also Rockler in Beaverton (Beaverton Town Square) and Woodcraft in
Tigard. Woodcraft has more classes on a regular basis. As I have not
taken any classes, I can't comment on their utility.
Oregon College of Arts and Crafts:
http://www.ocac.edu/
Gary Rogowski's Northwest Woodworking Studio:
http://www.northwestwoodworking.com/
You might also want to check out The Guild of Oregon Woodworkers:
http://www.guildoforegonwoodworkers.com/
Also check out community college offerings, both the credit and non-
credit classes.
Clubs are good source for informal training and perhaps finding a mentor.
LD