Come as a beginner, leave as a woodworker! Learn the proper usage of five essential woodworking tools while creating a gorgeous, handcrafted cutting board. This class will take place over two sessions one week apart. Registration covers both sessions. All tools and materials will be provided to each attendee. This class is entry level; no prior experience necessary!

Tools Used: Table Saw, Miter Saw, Planer, Router, Orbital Sander

Experience Level: Beginner to Intermediate

This class will take place over two 3-hour sessions. Please ensure both dates work for you.

Teacher: Dave Floyd

Dave’s first taste of woodworking came when he helped his parents replace a master bathroom in his childhood home as a teenager. When he and his wife purchased their current home, a 1785 Center Hall Colonial on the Great Sacandaga Lake, he found himself developing his woodworking skills through projects like cabinets, countertops, molding and shelving. Now, as a retired 1st grade teacher, Dave is interested in focusing on more detailed woodworking skills. The woodworking project in Dave’s photo is a black walnut cutting board/lazy Susan with a heart-shaped stone from the Great Sacandaga Lake in the center, on a bed of red epoxy and covered in clear epoxy.

“Saratoga Joinery is fantastic hub for collaboration, sharing, and learning…and sanding, lots of sanding…woodworking is 20% fun, 80% sanding.”

-Dave Floyd

Woodworking Basics: Cutting Board