Build a Shaker-Style End Table

In need of a simple sofa or bedside table? This project is an ideal piece for someone with some woodworking skills but who is new to furniture making. You will walk away with not only an elegant and useful piece of furniture with a classic design, but also build on your skills:

• Understand how much lumber to source for a project
• Familiarity with the steps needed in any building process
• Practice layout and measuring
• Learn to cut accurately with power tools
• Form strong joinery with the use of power tools
• Practice in glue-ups and assembly
• Advice on stains, paints, and finishes

Since there is a lot to cover over three full days, this is an intermediate class: being familiar and comfortable using basic shop tools like the miter saw, table saw, and some hand tools, is a requirement. This workshop is perfect for students who have taken our Foundations Of Woodworking power tools and shop safety class, or who have equivalent shop experience.

Dates: Sat.-Sun. July 18-19, 9 AM - 6 PM
Sat. July 25, 9 AM - 6 PM
Instructor: Max Smith
Class size (max.): 6
Attendance (min.): 3*
Skill level: intermediate
Prerequisites: familiarity with using power tools

Registration (per person)
Household Member & Above: $475**
Individual Member: $500**
General Public: $550
Register By: July 12

Materials: $75 (included at checkout)

*Classes that do not meet the minimum attendance number may be cancelled or rescheduled. If so, you will receive a full refund or credit regardless of the cancellation date.

**We encourage you to become a member to receive discounted class tuition. You must be a current member on the date of registering to receive your discount. Please login to activate your member discount. To become a new member, please sign up here, or call 845-338-0071.

Instructor: Max Smith is a multidisciplinary craftsman with ten years of experience in woodworking in various forms, stringed instrument repair and making, piano tuning and repair, boatbuilding, cabinetmaking, and as Maintenance Coordinator for the Beacon Sloop Club. He is a full time instructor at HRMM and has participated as a skills demonstrator at the Eric Sloane Museum in Kent, CT. Max frequently sails his 15' Goat Island Skiff, inviting friends and teaching them the basics of sailing.