9:00 am

Orientation – Meet  at Shopsmith Academy, introductions, review Grandmother Clock plans.

9:30 am

Seminar – The Way Wood Works – Nick explains three important properties of wood and how they affect woodworking design and construction.

10:15 am

Alignment and Adjustment – Class will check machines for proper alignment and align them if needed.

11:00 am

Travel to Miller Lumber in Union City, IN.

12:00 noon

Stop at “Maid Rite Hamburgers” for Lunch. Marvel at the chewing-gum-covered walls.

1:30 pm

Arrive at Miller Lumber, take tour of sawmill, drool over the lumber, purchase some wood, promise to come back with a trailer and lots of money.

4:30 pm on

Arrive back at Shopsmith, unload lumber, mark boards.

9:00 am

Instruction – Busting Up Lumber --  How to use each board efficiently, cutting the lumber to size for easy jointing and planing, ripping and crosscutting to final size on the table saw.

9:45 am

Bust up boards, joint and thickness lumber, cut parts to size

12:00 noon

Lunch

1:30 pm

Instruction – Dadoing and Routing -- Setting up and using the dado cutter and router to makes dadoes, rabbets, grooves and other simple joinery.

2:15 on

Cut joinery for clock case.

9:00 am

Seminar – Sanding and Scraping – Professional secrets for quickly smoothing a wood surface and preparing it for assembly.

9:45 am

Complete joinery, prepare wood surface

12:00 noon

Lunch

1:30 pm

Instruction – Keeping Assemblies Square – Using corner squares to keep corners at 90 degrees when assembling cases.

2:00 on pm

Assemble clock case; true assembly with sanding disc.

9:00 am

Instruction – Doweling – How to join the frame parts of small doors with dowels.

9:45 am

Drill holes in door parts for dowels using the horizontal boring machine, assemble doors. Also drill the hole in the clock face on the drill press.

12:00 noon

Lunch

1:30 pm

Instruction – Cove Cutting – Cutting concave surfaces on the table saw.

2:15 on

Cut cove stock for clock bonnet moldings, shape waist and base moldings with router. Glue up stock for split turnings, rout glass rabbets and complete doors.

9:00 am

Instruction – Basic Turning Techniques – Learn to make three basic shapes on the lathe and you can turn anything.

9:45 am

Begin turnings – mount stock on lathe, round stock, begin turning shapes.

12:00 noon

Lunch

1:30 pm

Instruction – Making Miter and Bevel Cuts

2:15 on

Complete turning and split them, glue split turnings to doors, miter the moldings and the base parts, fit the molding to the bonnet and waist.

9:00 am

Instruction – Installing Hinges – How to make a hinge mortise for a small hinge.

9:45 am

Fit the doors to the case using the sanding disc, make hinge mortises. Attach molding to the top and waist, using the drill press to create holes and slots for screws.

12:00 noon

Lunch

1:30 pm

Seminar – Finishing Basics – Nick explains the types of finishes available and how to apply them.

2:30 on

Catch up on the tasks you have not yet completed, begin to finish sand the wooden parts of the clock, pack up the clock and your tools.