{"id":5433,"date":"2018-08-28T20:57:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T00:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/?p=5433"},"modified":"2018-08-28T20:57:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T00:57:50","slug":"upcoming-class-on-the-most-essential-topic-in-woodworking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/28\/upcoming-class-on-the-most-essential-topic-in-woodworking\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming class on the most essential topic in woodworking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_4946_edited-2.jpg\" alt=\"wood class\" width=\"570\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_4946_edited-2.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_4946_edited-2-150x116.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And the topic is: <strong>WOOD!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You must understand wood to successfully make things out of it. <strong>I will present this 5-hour class at the Woodcraft in Walpole, MA (about 10 miles southwest of Boston) on Sunday, September 9, 2018 from 10:00AM &#8211; 3:30PM.<\/strong>\u00a0You will be equipped with the practical knowledge to use wood intelligently to maximize the quality of your projects and avoid the pitfalls that lead to disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>In the woodworking instruction sphere, there are very few classes available on understanding wood, and most of those are small parts of much more extensive general woodworking courses. This <strong>freestanding, concise class<\/strong> is a great way to get the know-how you need.\u00a0The store has an excellent teaching facility.<\/p>\n<p>Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodcraft.com\/stores\/walpole\/classes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this link<\/a> and scroll down to September 9 to get sign-up details.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Among the areas we&#8217;ll cover:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>From log to board:<\/strong> Come to <em>really<\/em> understand grain and figure. Learn to astutely use figure to enhance your projects, especially curved work.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wood movement:<\/strong> We&#8217;ll cover practical <em>understanding and applications<\/em>, so this issue won&#8217;t catch you by surprise or riddle you with doubts. Try out pinless and pin moisture meters.<\/li>\n<li>Understand and see what really happens with <strong>resawing<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How to buy and store wood.<\/strong> Spend wisely. How to spot and avoid defects in boards.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bring:<\/strong> your sharpened plane,\u00a0card scraper, handsaw, and chisel\/knife to make shavings and sawdust as you <strong>sample the working properties<\/strong> of 20 species of wood.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And I promise, the learning will be <strong>fun!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And the topic is: WOOD! You must understand wood to successfully make things out of it. I will present this 5-hour class at the Woodcraft in Walpole, MA (about 10 miles southwest of Boston) on Sunday, September 9, 2018 from 10:00AM &#8211; 3:30PM.\u00a0You will be equipped with the practical knowledge to use wood intelligently to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5433"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5441,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5433\/revisions\/5441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}