Build A Stool

Learn how to build a full-size stool in this two-day weekend woodworking class with staff instructor Max Smith. Using a variety of power tools and hand woodworking tools, you'll create a stool with your personal touch while practicing tool techniques and getting real time feedback from an expert woodworker. Max will also share his knowledge of wood finishing to help you protect your new piece of heirloom furniture.

Although this class does not have strict prerequisites, it is designed for students who have taken our Foundations of Woodworking course, or who have equivalent shop experience with basic power tools like the table saw, chop saw, and block planes. While making your stool, you'll also get practice using less common tools like the spokeshave.

After completing this class, we recommend taking a follow-up class in seat weaving. You can learn how to finish your stool with either Shaker tape weaving on Dec. 8 or with fiber rush weaving on Dec. 21. These low-cost, half-day weaving classes take place on Sundays.

Dates: Sat. & Sun., Nov. 2-3, 9 AM to 5 PM
Instructor: Max Smith
Class size (max.): 6
Attendance (min.): 3*
Skill level: beginner/intermediate
Prerequisites: Foundations of Woodworking course, or equivalent shop experience

Registration
Household Member & Above: $355**
Individual Member: $375**
General Public: $410
Bring a Partner: $200***
Register By: Oct. 29

Materials: $45 (price at checkout will include tuition and material cost)

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

**We encourage students to become members (for as little as $30/year) to receive 10-15% off 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.

***For an additional reduced price, students can bring a partner to class. This is a great opportunity to learn together. Select the "Bring a Partner" option when checking out. This ticket must accompany someone registering at full price.

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.