Woodworking vacations

I have given you a review from the school of hard knocks in my tips and tricks blog.

That’s the only woodworking school I have attended. :-)

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX

I haven’t been there yet, but this July I will be taking a class at the Northwest Woodworking Studio in Portland, Or. The class is going to be Chris Schwarz and is all about handsawing. A week of handsawing! I liked your blog on your woodworking vacation. I’ll see if I can do the same for my class.

-- http://theinquisitivewoodworker.com/

School of hard knocks…. hummm where is that? I’ve never heard of it—- wait, I may have been introduced to that school just outside of Hope, Arkansas.. Not a fun school. Expensive to!

Mike’s school sounds much more fun.

Looking forward to your blog Mike. I hear Chris puts on a good, entertaining class.

-- Like a bad penny, I keep coming back!

In June 2007 I took a one-week class, curves and veneers, at Inside Passage School of Fine Woodworking near Vancouver, BC.

It was a great time. I found Robert Van Norman to be a very nice guy with a good sense of humor, and a great teacher. They teach a nice blend or power and hand tools there. But the emphasis, at least in my class, was really on developing fine hand tool skills. The location is beautiful too.

I highly recommend Inside Passage for anyone looking to improve their hand tool skills or interested in James Krenov’s methods of work. I plan to go back.

-- johnjoiner