Thanks for Stopping By!
Thanks to all of you who took the time to stop in to our booth at the Saratoga Springs Woodworker’s Showcase. It was a busy weekend, for sure. Our featured demonstrations on Mortise and Tenon Joints and Making a Shooting Board were well attended both days. The booth was bustling with activity and demonstrations in creating dovetail joints, carving, creating raised panels with a hand plane, timber-framing and fine instrument making. Up next? Our annual open house is scheduled for April 25th from 10am-noon. You can sign up to attend at our classes page ...
Read More2015 Woodworkers Showcase in Saratoga Springs This Weekend!
We will be back at the NWA Woodworkers Showcase this year on March 28 and 29, 2015 at the City Center in Saratoga Springs. This year, in addition to our booth, we have been invited to be one of the featured demonstrators at the showcase. We will be repeating two demonstrations on both Saturday and Sunday. We will also be raffling off a beautifully restored antique Stanley #4 Smoothing Plane and a $250 Maplewood Gift Certificate at our booth. Enter your e-mail to the right for more chances to win! >>>>> Maplewood Center for Common Craft – Demonstration...
Read MoreThe Year in Pictures
Thanks to everyone who helped to make 2014 a great year of woodworking classes here at Maplewood. We doubled our course offerings, based on your feedback and workshop requests. Some have asked… “Why no classes during the winter months?” The simple answer is the Maplewood instructors use the winter months to continue building furniture and developing their own woodworking skills. Check out Jacob’s website for Orchard Lane Fine Furniture to see some of the current projects keeping our hands full this winter. Also, check out Marty Macica’s...
Read MoreSummer 2014 Workshop Schedule
We have many new classes coming up this summer including several opportunities to cut dovetails by hand. Our Thursday afternoon workshop series begins on June 12th with a hand-on chisel sharpening class. We also have several new project classes, including a small Shaker-style end table and a one day shooting board class. All tools and materials are provided for our workshops. Use the Classes menu above for more detailed information or to...
Read More2014 Northeast Woodworkers Showcase (with Video)
Thanks to all who stopped by our booth at the NWA Northeast Woodworker’s Association Showcase in Saratoga Springs. Many thanks to the Ed Burke of the Saratogian for capturing some nice video of the demos and activity going on around our booth. (Note: That CNC router you hear in the background was not from our booth). There was also some nice photos in the Saratogian and Daily Gazette Be sure to check out our 2014 class schedule here at Maplewood We will be back at the 2014 Northeast Woodworkers Showcase this weekend in Saratoga Springs. This year, we will be...
Read MoreTimber Framing Class (with video)
We always enjoy our Introduction to Timber Framing Class here at Maplewood. Participants spent three days building a timber-framed sawhorse that incorporates three traditional timber framing joints, including the angled knee brace. This is a “hand-tool only” workshop, so beams are crosscut with hand saws and mortises are drilled with antique beam drills (otherwise know as a “boring” machine or beam auger). Maplewood instructor Nick Richards uses traditional layout and joinery methods to allow participants to see and experience how craftspeople built homes and...
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