Rough to Finished: Lectures with Gary Rogowski
Saturday Jan 26th, 2013

Makeville Studio presents a day of lectures with Gary Rogowski of The Northwest Woodworking Studio in Portland, Oregon and Roger Benton and David Alexander Yepez of the Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event staff.

Sharpening Your Plane Irons with David Alexander Yepez
10-11am

Sharpening is one of the essential parts of woodworking. But for most of us, it’s not the sharpening itself that we’re after but the results. In this class you will learn three methods to sharpen tools in a fast, repeatable and efficient way that will help you spend more time at the bench and less time at the stones.
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Hand Planes: Putting your Planes to Work with Roger Benton
11am-noon

A sharpened and tuned plane in your hands is like a fine instrument. It can really be that satisfying. Learn how to tune and use a variety of hand planes that will transform your woodworking. Hand planes, once you know how to sharpen and finesse them, are time savers. They can eliminate sanding steps and give your work a depth and richness unmatched by any sanding machine. They are also capable of an accuracy and clarity of cut that no other tool can touch.
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3 Simple Finishes with Gary Rogowski
1-4pm

Here it is. An opportunity finally to learn about all those mystifying cans of finish on your shelf. Forget spray booths, dust-free shops, and hard to apply finishes. Learn 3 simple hand applied finishes that will give you easy application and repair qualities while supplying a protective barrier on your furniture. You don’t need fancy equipment and a spray booth to finish your furniture. You do need solid information, good light and clean rags in order to create beautiful finishes.
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Gary Rogowski has been woodworking and building furniture since 1974. He is a designer, maker, writer and the Director of The Northwest Woodworking Studio, a School for Woodworkers, in Portland Oregon.
For the past 15 years, the Studio has been the center for tradition-based woodworking classes in the Pacific Northwest. Gary is the author of dozens of articles, videos, and two books on joinery including The Complete Illustrated Guide to Joinery for Taunton Press.