9022. Intro to Wood: Short Session
Class - Wood | Available
Learn the basic skills, tools and safety rules of woodworking through hands on practice and exploration in the wood shop. Starting with hand tools, you will learn to measure, mark, and cut simple half lap joinery. From there you will dive into milling and dimensioning lumber, have a crash course on table saw safety, and get a chance to explore your creative side at the band saw by making a cutting board of your own design with the material you have milled. The final project, a simple trivet, will have you learning basic joinery with machines.
Additional Information:
A $20 materials fee will be added to the total class fee at checkout
Registration will close one week prior to the start of class
Enrollment is open to students ages 18 and up
- The primary focus of this class will be on learning how to use tools through hands on practice. Rather than completing a single project. You will create a couple small projects during class including a cutting board which you will design and learn to use the band saw and other tools to achieve that design, and a trivet with half lap joinery which you will learn to cut with both hand and machine tools.
David Draper
David has enjoyed woodworking for almost 60 years, having started as a small child working with his father on personal woodworking projects in military base hobby shops. He worked in a small residential cabinet shop in New Mexico as well as a custom carved gun cabinet shop in Montanna during his college days. Throughout a thirty-year accounting and corporate career, David continued his woodworking hobby out of his garage. In 2011, a major lifestyle change saw David leave the big business world and return to school to be a Middle Grades teacher focusing on science, engineering, and design, often using 3D printing and laser cutting tools with his school students. In 2023, while continuing as a middle school teacher, David returned to professional woodworking focusing on benches, cabinets, cutting boards, clocks, and other custom work for clients. Also at this time, he started teaching woodworking classes at Sawtooth on weekends and weeknights. On May 29, 2026, David retired from the WS/FCS system and on June 1, 2026, David took on the dream role of Director of Wood Programs at Sawtooth.