Build a shooting board while developing your hand plane knowledge and skills!
Learn how to tune, sharpen, and use hand planes while building a precision shooting board you’ll take home and use for years. In this two-session, hands-on class you’ll cover plane anatomy, sharpening fundamentals, plane technique, and accurate layout. You will then build, tune, and practice using your own shooting board for easy, square, repeatable end grain.
Class Details:
- Instructor: Chris Fontaine
- Class Level: Basic
- Class Meetings: 2
- Dates & Times:
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- Saturday, August 29, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
- Sunday, August 30, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
- Portion of shop restricted to class use: Hand Tool Room
- Location: KCWG Shop - 1717 Washington Street - Kansas City, MO 64108
- Maximum Class Size: 6
- Minimum Class Size: 4 (If the minimum class size isn't met, the class will be canceled.)
- Expected Skills: Ability to work safely in the shop.
Tool List:
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- Safety glasses
- 12” Combination Square
- Small machinist square
- Mechanical pencil or #2 wooden pencil
- Sliding t-bevel
- #4 plane or #5 plane
- Tape measure
Optional Tools:
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- Marking knife
- Marking gauge
- Bevel up plane
- Router plane
- Sharpening stones
Please note that many of these tools are available at the Guild if you do not own one or more of the above listed tools. Do not permit the lack of a tool keep you from signing up.
Fees & Payment:
Class fees are based on your Guild membership level at the time you sign up for the class. Payment is required at the time of enrollment.
- "Sawdust Maker" Guild membership level price: $125
- "Woodworker Plus" / "Benefactor" Guild membership level price (20% discount): $100
Withdrawal Policy: Withdrawals made within seven (7) days of the start of the class will NOT receive a refund.
Instructor Information:
Chris Fontaine is the owner of Teacher & Apprentice Workshop, a Kansas City–based hand-tool woodworking and vintage tool restoration shop. He has been woodworking for over 12 years and has more than a decade of experience teaching technical subjects in the healthcare technology field. Chris now focuses on helping woodworkers build skill and confidence with traditional hand tools through classes, education, and thoughtfully restored tools.
Important Requirements:
- Green Name Badge Is Required: Students must have a Green Name Badge to enroll in this class.
- Green Name Badge Requirements: You must complete the Guild’s online safety test and the Safety Orientation or Rough-to-Ready before the first course meeting. (The Membership Director provided access to the test in the welcome email you received upon joining.)
For Guild Members Only – Not a member? Join HERE!
