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…
Author: The Urban Woodworker
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…
Dust Collection Progress
Dust collection progress. Dust collector now fully extended and half the duct work installed. Airmax from Surrey doing a great job here.
Last night of Hand Tools Demystified
Last night of #handtools Demystified , practising “Coarse, Medium, Fine” @lostartpress . It’s time for flattening a rough board to make a simple cheese / serving board. Loads and loads of shavings, no noise, just fun.
Moving the machines
Starting to move some of the machines into the new #woodworking shop in order to finalize the layout for ducting and electrical drops. Pro-Tech Machinery movers did a great job.