Woodworking Classes in NYC, New York

In this beginners pyrography workshop you’ll learn how to use a wood burning tool and how to use different nibs to create a variety of wood burned effects in your designs. We’ll show you how to prepare the wood, transfer the design, work with the different nibs to create the artwork, add lettering to enhance the piece, and use watercolor and colored...

Craft your own contemporary and minimalist side table, constructed using oak and classic half-lap joints Woodworking is an age-old craft and one of the most versatile skills. With some woodworking know-how and the right tools, you can create anything. Do you have a picture in your head of the perfect piece of furniture for your home, the one piece...

Frankentable – It’s a table! It’s a lamp! It’s a phone charger! Trick out that beautiful table you made with a one-of-a-kind built-in lamp and a phone charger to boot! You know that cool little table you built in our “Make a Small Table” workshop here at Craftsman Ave? Make your table even cooler by adding a custom copper lamp and built-in...

This workshop will help you build your own self-powered ride – an old school, hardwood pintail longboard skateboard. A longboard is perfect for cruising around and honing your carving skills. And you’ll get bragging rights when someone asks you where you bought your sweet board. This workshop is an excellent exercise in the core woodworking skills...

Build your own custom outdoor chair based on the traditional Adirondack design. In this class you will learn to make accurate measurements and cuts, and to assemble your own chair with our patterns and instruction. Minimal previous woodworking experience necessary.

Enhance your skills and home tool kit in this hands on course as you build your own custom hand plane based on the design and style of Jim Krenov. Blades and kits will be supplied.

Are you interested in learning how to use a lathe? Do you want to make your own wooden pens? Then we have the class for you!  This one day class will get you started in turning and pen making. You will learn about wood prep, turning, wood finishing and pen assembly. At the end of the class you will leave with 2 finished pens ready to write in...

Come spend some time alongside the Rondout Creek while you learn to carve your own spoon from local hardwoods.  This beginner level class will include the basics of woodworking and carving tools. Each student will leave with a spoon and memories to bring back to their own kitchen. All tools are provided, but students are welcome to bring their...

Join us for this one day build of a live edge table.  Each student will get to pick a flitch of locally harvested and kiln dried hard wood. The students will then use draw knives sanders and other hand tools to remove any bark and smooth the live edge. The piece will then be cut to the final dimensions at the preference of student and planed and...

In this class each student will start with readily available lumber and end up with a complete bookcase. It can be filled with books or anything else as is or finished at home with stain, polyurethane or another preferred finish. The students will use common shop machinery including the table saw, miter saw, band saw, drill press and sanders to mill...

In this workshop, you’ll learn the fundamentals of knife making in two 4 hour sessions. This workshop is focused on the reductive (or stock-removal) technique of knife making.  In this workshop you’ll start with a raw piece of annealed tool steel, which you’ll shape and polish into a useful addition to your kitchen. We guarantee food made...