That is a great deal!

I think that if I had your situation (opportunity), I would go for
chair design/construction - if your instructor is adept
enough that is. Nightstands and such are relatively simple IMHO.

I've been plugging away as one of those "home
enthusiast/woodworker/fix-it-up types" for 15-20 years now and have
often thought that constructing a great looking dining room chair would
show real craftmanship - haven't arrived on my own yet.

I probably need a class!

Lou

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wrote:

Hello everyone,

I recently signed up for a voc. school course called "woodworking for
profit." Figured it would be a classroom sort of situation, but it
turns out that I've essentially bought 30 hours of shop time for $50
(a hell of a deal, if you ask me!) I've got a couple of projects on
the burner right now, but they are all geared towards my personal
tools, and I'm planning on just continuing them at home.

So, as a happy accident, I need to figure out what I'm going to do
with a fully equipped shop and an instructor (with all his fingers, no
less).... The overall goal is for me to eventually become adept at
general furniture making, focusing mainly on tables and chairs of
various sorts. I'd like to make full use of the opportunity, so does
anyone have any suggestions? I was thinking of building the bent-arm
morris chair in the latest edition of Woodsmith, but the project needs
to to fit into ten 3-hour shop sessions, and I'm wondering if anyone
has made one of these, and if so, is thirty hours long enough for an
intermediate woodworker to do this?

Of course, if there is a challenging piece that will provide a better
learning experience, I'm more than open to suggestions- Steam-bending
or extensive dovetail cutting is out, but pretty much everything else
is fair game.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!