Upcoming
Hand Cut Joinery: Dovetailed Sliding Lid Box
From $ 650 usd
+ available add-ons
Fri, Feb 14, 2025, 9:00 AM EST – Sun, Feb 16, 2025, 5:00 PM EST
Saratoga Joinery, 69 Caroline Street, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA Map
Dates Breakdown
Fri, Feb 14, 2025, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST
Session 1
Sat, Feb 15, 2025, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST
Session 2
Sun, Feb 16, 2025, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST
Session 3
This class uses hand tools only.
Join us for a hands-on class where you'll learn to create a beautifully crafted candle box-sized, dovetailed, hardwood box with a shaped base and sliding lid. In this workshop, you’ll explore English hand-tool methods, precision dovetail joinery and the mechanics of a sliding lid. Perfect for beginners and seasoned woodworkers alike, you'll gain practical skills while creating a functional and elegant storage piece. Leave with your own unique box and the confidence to tackle future projects!
This is a three day class led by the talented Logan Simms. Students can expect:
Day 
:
:+ Cut dovetails
+ Intro to plough plane
+ Make grooves for lid
+ Glue up box carcass
Day 
:
:+ Intro to smoothing plane
+ Shape box bottom
+ Plane box carcass flat
+ Sharpen up
+ Trim up dovetails
+ Glue up bottom and carcass
+ Shape siding lid
Day 
:
:+ Mortised thumb catch
+ Glue clean up
+ Finishing prep
+ Intro to finishing
+ Finish
Tools Used: 3/4" or 1", and 3/8" chisels; hard and soft faced mallet; smoothing plane; dovetail saw; dual-pin or dual wheel marking gauge; combination square; marking knife; sliding T-bevel or dovetail marker; single-cut, flat file.
Experience Level: Beginner to Advanced
Ages: 16+. All minors must be accompanied by an adult.
Instructor: Logan Simms
This class will take place over three 8-hour sessions. Each day will include two 15 minute breaks and one 30 minute break for lunch. Students are encouraged to bring food and drinks with them. There are also many great lunch options within walking distance of Saratoga Joinery.
*Note: All tools will be provided, but students are welcome to bring your own sharpened, clean tools. If you have any questions, reach out to the instructor by email.
About Logan:
On Logan's 18th birthday, he and his father took a hand tool woodworking course from master artisan Paul Sellers. He was instantly hooked and spent several years honing his craft, woodworking professionally in his hometown of Greenwich, NY, and subsequently teaching with Master Sellers and on his own at the Maplewood Center for Common Craft. Logan has since moved into another realm of professional work and continues his passion in an amateur status, teaching and doing what he loves whenever he gets the opportunity.
Instructors
Logan Simms
Contact us
- Tori Colarusso, Executive Director
- to••••i@sar••••y.org
Location
Saratoga Joinery, 69 Caroline Street, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
Classifications
Categories
- Woodworking Classes
Levels
- All