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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.
The first class of Woodturning modified into a 3-hour standalone lesson. You will learn basic safety, operating a lathe, and using the spindle roughing gouge to turn a simple rolling pin. Learn More and Register
Duration: One Session
Day(s) of the week: Starts: Mon Oct 5 | Sun Dec 6)
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 and Register
Duration: One Session
Day(s) of the week: Starts: Sun Oct 25 | Tue Dec 8)
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $70
Instructor: Tina Chou, tchou@pausd.org
You will learn the basic fundamentals of woodturning by making rolling pins, a cocktail muddler, a mallet, and bud vases. Emphasis will be placed on developing proper technique with traditional tools through practice and repetition. Learn More and Register
Day(s) of the week: Starts: Tue Sep 8 | Thu Sep 10 | Sat Oct 3)
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $280
Instructor: Tina Chou, tchou@pausd.org
Just in time for the holidays, revisit the spindle turning techniques you’ve already learned to make some decorative ornaments! Learn More
Duration: One Session
Date range: Dec 10
Day(s) of the week: Thu
Time: 6:30–9:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $70
Instructor: Tina Chou, tchou@pausd.org
For previous students wanting more time at the lathe to practice, repeat a past class project, and/or work on their own project(s) with some instructor supervision. Learn More and Register
Day(s) of the week: Starts: Sat Nov 14 | Sat Dec 12 | Wed Dec 16)
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $140
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
Instructor: SECTION A: Sean McCluskey, smccluskey@pausd.org, and Derek Witte, dwitte@pausd.org; SECTION B: Rayan Ghazal, rghazal@pausd.org, Alex Granieri, agranieri@pausd.org, and Marty Lastowski, mlastowski@pausd.org
Develop woodworking skills while building a blanket chest from rough wood using power tools. Learn More
Duration: 10 wks
Date range: Sep 15 - Nov 17
Day(s) of the week: Tue
Time: 6:30–9:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $300
Instructor: Anitra Romfh, aromfh@pausd.org, Padriac Romfh, jromfh@pausd.org, and Marcus Miller, wmiller@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: Sep 14 - Nov 16
Day(s) of the week: Mon
Time: 6:30–9:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $300
Instructor: Marcus Miller, wmiller@pausd.org, and Aaron Straight, astraight@pausd.org
In this course we will build a knock-down bench. This class will build on the skills developed in Woodworking 1, focusing on safety, process, developing joinery skills, and understanding how to use the machinery. Learn More
Duration: 10 wks
Date range: Sep 25 - Dec 4
(No class: Nov 27.)
Day(s) of the week: Fri
Time: 6:30–9:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $300
Instructor: Chris Cahill, ccahill@pausd.org, and Nicholas Lewin-Koh, nlewinkoh@pausd.org
This class will introduce woodworkers to the use and maintenance of common hand tools used in fine woodworking. Learn More
Duration: 10 wks
Date range: Sep 15 - Nov 17
Day(s) of the week: Tue
Time: 1:30–4:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $300
Instructor: Sumit Roy, sroy@pausd.org and Tom Gaston, tgaston@pausd.org
Build an epoxy river charcuterie board, just in time for Thanksgiving Dinner! Learn More
Duration: 4 Sessions: Nov 16–17 & Nov 23–24
Day(s) of the week: Mon & Tue
Time: 9 a.m.–1 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $160
Instructor: Marc Brown, marc@chezbrown.org
Come work on your own project, while learning setup and techniques for power tools and hand tools! Learn More
Duration: 8 wks
Date range: Sep 14 - Nov 9
Day(s) of the week: Mon
Time: 2–5 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $240
Instructor: Claude Godcharles, cgodcharles@pausd.org, and Sumit Roy, sroy@pausd.org
Work at your own pace with access to instruction, equipment and advice when you need it. Learn More
Duration: 10 wks
Date range: Sep 9 - Nov 18
(No class: Nov 11.)
Day(s) of the week: Wed
Time: 6:30–9:30 p.m.
Location: Palo Alto HS Woodshop
Price: $300
Instructor: Rayan Ghazal, rghazal@pausd.org, and Sharad Patel, spatel@pausd.org
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