Description
***This class is not currently being offered.Click hereif you want us to consider offering it again in the future.
In this four day class you will work along with Tom Calisto to build a Sailor’s tool chest, based off an antique chest given to Tom. This sea chest will refine your hand tool skills, with special emphasis on learning compound angled dovetails.
About the Instructor:
Tom Calisto is an expert hand tool maker and engineer, with specialty in making historical hand saws. He has been featured on the the PBS TV show The Woodwrights Shop. He also teaches woodworking classes at Roy Underhills Woodwrights School and is a regular contributor to Fine Woodworking Magazine and Popular Woodworking Magazine.
Materials Fee:
The class fee is $175. It will be payable directly to the instructor before, or on the first day of class.
How to Get Here & Where to Stay:
The address of the school is 5700 Buffalo River Rd. Earlysville, Virginia 22936 (Google Maps here). The school is convenient to quite a few hotels, stores, and restaurants, and is only 8 minutes from the Charlottesville airport. Many more details are listed on the school’s main page here.
Class Policies, Liability Waiver, & Cancellations:
A PDF document with the full class policies and a liability waiver will be sent in the order confirmation email. All students are required to sign and return this document prior to attending the class. Anyone can cancel a class up to 2 weeks prior to the class for a full refund (minus a $25 fee that covers credit card processing fees and administrative work). Cancellations under two weeks before a class begins will be given a refund (less $25) if we can find someone else to fill the slot. If we have to cancel a class for an unforeseen emergency, inclement weather, or low number of registrations, a full refund will be given to students.
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