Skills class or project class?
Even though learning new skills is the meat of a beginner class, Megan Fitzpatrick finds it's the project that makes it appetizing.
This silverware tray (a two-day class) is a lesson in dovetails and in cutting and smoothing curves and handholds by hand.
A recent woodworking forum thread involved a debate as to whether a “skills” class or a “project” class is the better way to get started in hand-tool woodworking. It is my contention that most hand-tool classes – whether you’re building a project or not – are skills classes that by (almost) any other name would smell more sweet. (And may I just say how happy I am that there are once again in-person classes about which to debate!)