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Shopsmith National Woodworking Academy
 Classes & Events July 2008
 In July 2008, the Shopsmith National Woodworking Academy offers two six-day classes to develop your tool savvy and woodworking know-how. During each class you build a single woodworking project while learning to use various tools in the Shopsmith woodworking system. The first class focuses on the five modes of the Shopsmith Mark V, while the second concerns the Shopsmith's special purpose tools and accessories. Between the two classes, we will host an "Owner's Weekend" of woodworking seminars and tool demonstrations.
The Shopsmith National Woodworking Academy's hands-on training sessions and Owners' Weekend take place at the Academy training facility in Dayton, Ohio.

July 12 through 17, 2008
 Building a Grandmother Clock
with the Shopsmith Mark V
► Click HERE for a day-by-day syllabus. ◄
Everyone in this six-day class will build an heirloom “Grandmother Clock,” approximately 36” tall. As we work, we will use all five modes of the Shopsmith Mark V – saw, sander, lathe, drill press, boring machine. Includes a field trip to Frank Miller Lumber to choose lumber for the project and a tour of the saw mill. Class size is limited to six people. $750 for six days, materials provided. Your choice of working in cherry or walnut.
  • Table Saw mode -- Busting up lumber, cutting parts to size, cove cutting to create moldings.
  • Drill Press mode -- Mounting holes for clockworks, pilot holes for wood screws.
  • Horizontal Boring mode -- Dowel joinery for door assembly
  • Sanding mode -- Truing joints, parts, assemblies.
  • Lathe mode -- Making decorative split turnings for doors.

Note: The clock case is designed to accommodate both mechanical and electronic clockworks. We will provide a battery-driven quartz movement with pendulum and chimes at no extra cost. If you wish to mount a traditional mechanical works, there will be an additional fee for a 14-day brass movement that strikes the hours and half-hours.
Grandmother clock case (left) and Mantle clock case (right).

July 18 through 20
 Shopsmith Owners' Weekend
To show it’s appreciation for its customers, Shopsmith will host a weekend of woodworking seminars and demonstrations. You can also bring any woodworking tools you might want to part with to swap and sell. And, if you’re in the market for new tools, you can try out every tool we have in our inventory. All these events are FREE.
  • Times: 9:00 am to 5::00 pm Friday and Saturday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Sunday.
  • Seminars -- Attend woodworking seminars on a variety of topics. ►Click for schedule.◄
    • Friday, July 18, 2008
      • 10:00 am: Making a Wood-Strip Canoe with Drew Achtermann.
      • 11:00 am: Steam-Bending Wood with Nick Engler and Jim McCann
      • 2:00 pm: Sharpening with Sandpaper, Nick Engler
      • 3:00 pm: Chemical Wood Stains with Nick Engler
    • Saturday, July 19, 2008
      • 10:00 am: Cutting Lumber with an Alaskan Sawmill, Drew Achtermann
      • 11:00: Bicycle-Powered Lathe with James Opika.
      • 2:00 pm: Scraping Tools, Nick Engler & Jim McCann
      • 3:00 pm: Making and Using a Gunstock Lathe (for duplicating three-dimensional parts), Les Garner & Nick Engler
    • Sunday, July 20, 2008
      • 2:00 pm: Drying Your Own Lumber, Nick Engler & Drew Achtermann
      • 3:00 pm Making Cabriole Legs with Jim McCann
  • Demonstrations -- Get some hands-on experience with any Shopsmith tools you've been wanting to try.
  • Tool Swap: During open hours. Sell, buy, trade pre-owned tools and parts. ►Click for rules.◄
    • May be any brand of woodworking tool, hand or powered.
    • Must bring your own table or display.
    • Set up outside in grass, weather permitting.
    • In the event of inclement weather, will set up inside factory building.
    • You set your own terms of sale (cash, check, credit card, livestock...)
    • We cannot be responsible for lost or stolen items; nor will Shopsmith assess any item, or offer any opinion on value or condition of an item.
  • Factory Tours: Saturday and Sunday, as requested. Please note the plant is closed down on these days so the lines won't be up and running.
  • Socialize -- Rub elbows and swap lies with other Shopsmith owners.
  • Purchases: Owing to the fact that the store is closed and that many large items are built when ordered, don't plan to be able to purchase Shopsmith items and take them with you. We will take orders if you try a tool and decide to buy, but it most likely will be shipped.
  • Elsewhere in Dayton that Weekend: United States Air Force Museum, Wright Brothers National Historic Park, Packard Automobile Museum, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton Air Show. See http://www.activedayton.com/ and http://www.daytondailynews.com/e/con...entertainment/
     

And for you aviation and history buffs, Nick and Drew will take you on a field trip Saturday evening to pull their 1905 Wright Flyer out of its hangar and swing the props. (Weather permitting.) This historic aircraft replica was built by over 300 children with tools donated by Shopsmith.
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Meet the cast & crew of "Shopsmith's Sawdust Sessions."


Get some hands-on time with any piece of Shopsmith woodworking equipment you've been wanting to try. This is our new "Automatic Operator" accessory -- makes it absolutely impossible for you to so much as cut your finger, although these units have been known to go beserk from time to time and blow up planets.

July 21 through 26
 Building a Tool Chest
with Shopsmith SPTs and Accessories
 ► Click HERE for a day-by-day syllabus. ◄
Everyone in this six-day class will build a classic Wooden Tool Chest with multiple drawers and shelves to keep you small tools and accessories organized and handy. As we work, we’ll use all the Shopsmith Special Purpose Tools – band saw, scroll saw, jointer, planer, overarm router, belt sander, and Sand Flee. Includes a field trip to Frank Miller Lumber to choose lumber for the project and a tour of the saw mill. Class size is limited to six people. $750 for six days, materials included. Your choice of working in cherry or walnut.
  • Band Saw -- Resawing for book-matched panels and drawer fronts.
  • Scrollsaw -- Marquetry inlay (in door and drawers)
  • Thickness Planer and Jointer -- Truing and preparing lumber.
  • Overarm Router -- Drawer guides and joinery.
  • Belt Sander -- Preparing panels, truing finger joints.
  • Strip Sander -- Sharpening hand tools
  • Sand Flee -- Fitting drawers, leveling inlays.


Small and large tool chests, side by side.
Walnut and maple tool chest, front closed.


Tool chest, marquetry detail. Left, large and small tool chests side by side.

Registration
To sign up for one of the classes, call Customer Service at 800/543/7586. We require a deposit of $375 to hold your place. This deposit is refundable if you call to cancel 4 weeks in advance of the class or if we can fill your vacancy. If the classes are full, please put your name on our waiting list.

As to accommodations, Shopsmith is just across the Interstate from a great selection of motels and hotels on Miller Lane in Dayton, Ohio. You can find a  list HERE.
Lathe work at the Academy.

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