The Winter season registration at Roundhouse is almost here. Courses tend to fill quickly so be sure to be ready on Tue Dec 10, 7pm (online & in-person) Wed Dec 11, 9am (phone). For online registration go to https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/woodworking.aspx and click “register for activities” then search woodworking. For telephone registration the number is 604 713 1800…
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Winter Program Registration Date – Lower Lonsdale
The Winter 2020 Woodworking course registration date is November 20, 2019 at 7am. Click here to register online or call 604-987-7529 Drop-ins: We recently made a change to the drop-in schedule and have replaced the Friday afternoon drop-in with an evening session from 6:30pm to 9:30pm. We think this will serve the interests of those…
Wood Turning Level 1
We seldom have space in an upcoming course but for those who may be interested we do have a course with space starting this Friday Nov 15 at the Roundhouse. This course is taught by master turner Ed Pretty. If you are interested you will need to register by Wednesday Nov 13, 19. The course…
Roundhouse Fall registrations opening
Following close behind our North Vancouver Fall 2019 course registration date, the Roundhouse courses will be available for registration at 9am August 20, 2019. To see the new Urban Woodworker programs that are offered see woodworking in the www.roundhouse.ca program guide. from there you can navigate to the registration site. We have just completed a…
Fall 2019 Registrations and …
Lower Lonsdale Fall Registration date is August 14, 2019 at 7am. View our latest Woodworking courses online at https://www.nvrc.ca/woodworking Newcomers to the North Vancouver Recreation Commission should pre-register for a membership here https://www.nvrc.ca/programs-memberships/new-registration-system-account-creation Woodworking for the Modern Urbanite. Sometimes it’s hard to imagine how one can fulfill the dream of woodworking when one can barely…
Summer Course updates – Lower Lonsdale
A new registration date is upon us. We are well into our Spring Course schedule in Lower Lonsdale and May 21 is the day for Summer registrations that start in June / July. We had initially opened up Summer courses for registration in March 13 at the same time as the Spring courses but this…
Spring Summer Registration Dates
Spring / Summer Course Registrations For Lower Lonsdale courses the registration date is March 13, 2019 at 7am. https://www.nvrc.ca/programs-memberships/program-directory/urban-woodworking For Roundhouse courses the registration date is March 19, 2019 at 9am online and in-person only. All Level 2 courses must be registered for in-person or by phone. No phone registrations on March 19, 2019. www.roundhouse.ca…
Roundhouse Registration Date Dec 11, 2018
We are a month into offering courses in our new Community Woodworking Studio in Lower Lonsdale and its better than we anticipated. The new studio is bright and offers a comfortable working environment. The wood flooring (actually finished OSB) is comfortable when standing for hours on end and in the case of dropping tools, well…
New Community Woodworking Studio has lots going on
The Winter 2019 course programming for the Lower Lonsdale Community Woodworking Studio is now online at https://www.nvrc.ca/programs-memberships/program-directory/urban-woodworking . Registrations open at 7am on Nov 21, 2018. Urban Woodworker’s Community Woodworking Studio in North Vancouver’s Lower Lonsdale recently opened its doors and before we knew it we were fully registered with waitlists. It’s been a great start to…
Jeremy in Italy
Another amazing moment in Cremona. Yesterday we visited the Violin Museum in Cremona and saw some incredible instruments dating back to the 1500’s. It was there I noticed a particular maker’s bio – Robert Gasser who started making violins in 1979 in the Italian tradition. Today I was fortunate to meet him purely by chance…