Woodshop Level 1

What you will work through

1. 1. Welcome to the Shop

   How this site works, what you already know, and what you want to build.
2. 2. Safety

   Gear, attitude, a clean shop, fire, and the Ten Commandments. No machine-specific rules yet.
3. 3. Drafting

   Plan the work, work the plan: scale, views, line types, and sections.
4. 4. Measuring

   Reading the ruler, the tape measure, thickness by width by length, and true size.
5. 5. Joinery

   Joints, squaring wood, fasteners, dowels and splines, clamping and gluing.
6. 6. Finishing

   Surface prep, friends and foes, staining, top coats, and oil and wax.
7. 7. Work Ethic

   What a work ethic is, the standards people share, I-management, and handling stress.
8. 8. Machine Safety — Table Saw

   Open this after the table saw demonstration: rip cuts, crosscuts, push sticks, and kickback.
9. 9. Machine Safety — Band Saw

   Open this after the band saw demonstration: curves, resawing, the blade guide, and where your hands go.
10. 10. Machine Safety — Miter Saw

    Open this after the miter saw demonstration: crosscuts, clamping, the 12/3 rule, and the coasting blade.
11. 11. Machine Safety — Drill Press

    Open this after the drill press demonstration: clamping, the chuck key, and what happens on the way out.
12. 12. Machine Safety — Jointer

    Open this after the jointer demonstration: flat faces, square edges, and the cutterhead you cannot see.
13. 13. Machine Safety — Thickness Planer

    Open this after the planer demonstration: even thickness, powered rollers, and standing out of the line of fire.
14. 14. Machine Safety — Nailers

    Open this after the nailer demonstration: tools that fire, where your holding hand goes, and double fires.
15. 15. Machine Safety — Drum Sander

    Open this after the drum sander demonstration: light passes, powered feed, and the openings you never reach into.
16. 16. Machine Safety — Belt and Disc Sander

    Open this after the stationary sander demonstration: the down side of the disc, the table gap, and small parts.
17. 17. Machine Safety — Hand Sanders

    Open this after the hand sander demonstration: the tools that catch and pull, and sanding up through the grits.
18. 18. Machine Safety — Dremel

    Open this after the rotary tool demonstration: high speed, small bits, and the tool that does not look dangerous.
19. 19. Proportion

    Reading to the sixteenth, ratios, the golden ratio, and sizing a project so it looks right.
20. 20. The Human Body and the Golden Ratio

    Measure the printed sheet to the sixteenth, turn the fractions into decimals, then see which ratios land near 1.618.
21. 21. Skateboard Design

    Why a deck is shaped the way it is: kicktails, concave, the plywood it is pressed from, and the mini.