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Registration Begins Friday, February 21, 2025
Join the Palo Alto Adult School woodworking team and create your dream project! Our woodworking classes are designed to address a wide variety of subjects and varying woodworking experience levels.
You will learn basic woodshop safety, how to mill lumber from rough boards into a specific size, complete a simple glue-up, then turn your glue-up into a matching set of rolling pins on the lathe using the spindle roughing gouge. No prior experience is required. Learn More
Duration: 3 Sessions: Mar 28, Apr 4, & Apr 11
Day(s) of the week: Fri
Time: 6:30–9:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $210
Instructor: Tina Chou, tchou@pausd.org, and Albert Wang, awang@pausd.org
Come and try combining a sharp metal tool with spinning wood on the lathe to create wood shavings and a rolling pin! Learn More
Duration: One Session
Date range: Mar 29
Day(s) of the week: Sat
Time: 1–4 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $70
Instructor: Tina Chou, tchou@pausd.org
Come and turn a square block of wood into a beautiful (and round) pen! Learn More
Duration: One Session
Date range: Apr 19
Day(s) of the week: Sat
Time: 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $70
Instructor: Tina Chou, tchou@pausd.org, and Albert Wang, awang@pausd.org
You will learn the basic fundamentals of woodturning by making rolling pins, a mallet, and bud vases. Learn More
Duration: Two Sessions
Date range: May 24 - May 25
Day(s) of the week: Sat & Sun
Time: 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $280
Instructor: Tina Chou, tchou@pausd.org
You will build on your Woodturning 1 skills and learn the basics of turning wooden bowls. Learn More
Duration: Two Sessions
Date range: May 31 - Jun 1
Day(s) of the week: Sat & Sun
Time: 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $280
Instructor: Tina Chou, tchou@pausd.org
Develop woodworking skills while building a table from rough wood using power tools. Learn More and Register
Duration: 10 wks
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $300 each section
Instructor: (SECTION A): Sean McCluskey, sean94118@gmail.com, and Derek Witte, dwitte@pausd.org (SECTION B): Rayan Ghazal, rghazal@pausd.org, Alex Granieri, agranieri@pausd.org, and Marty Lastowski, mlastowski@pausd.org
Build the same stool you have seen and used in the woodshop. Review safe use of shop machines, and more! Learn More
Duration: 10 wks
Date range: Mar 25 - May 27
Day(s) of the week: Tue
Time: 6:30–9:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $300
Instructor: Steve Garcia steve@adzac.com
You will have the opportunity to review and expand upon skills learned in Woodworking 1. The class will focus on safety, joinery using power tools, and understanding the medium of wood. Learn More
Duration: 9 wks
Date range: Apr 1 - Jun 3
(No class: Apr 8.)
Day(s) of the week: Tue
Time: 1:30–5 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $315
Instructor: Sumit Roy, sroy@pausd.org, and Derek Witte, dwitte@pausd.org
Come work on your own project, while learning setup and techniques for power tools and hand tools! Learn More
Duration: 9 wks
Date range: Mar 31 - Jun 9
(No class: Apr 7 & May 26.)
Day(s) of the week: Mon
Time: 2–5 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $270
Instructor: Darryl Dieckman, ddieckman@pausd.org, and Sumit Roy, sroy@pausd.org
No glue, no screws – no problem. Advance your woodworking skills as you learn drawbore mortise and tenon joinery. Learn More
Duration: 10 wks
Date range: Mar 24 - May 26
Day(s) of the week: Mon
Time: 6:30–9:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $300
Instructor: Marcus Miller, wmmiller2@yahoo.com
Work at your own pace with access to instruction, equipment and advice when you need it. Learn More
Duration: 10 wks
Date range: Apr 2 - Jun 4
Day(s) of the week: Wed
Time: 6:30–9:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $300
Instructor: Rayan Ghazal, rayan@pausd.org, and Sharad Patel, spatel@pausd.org
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