Intro to Tool Sharpening

Learn how to keep your bench chisels, hand planes and other bevel-edge tools razor sharp and ready to perform at their best in this one-day sharpening workshop. Taught by expert woodworker Cam Velazquez, this hands-on course covers tool setup, grinding, honing, evaluating cutting edges, storage/maintenance best practices. We'll explore a variety of sharpening methods including classic whetstone, motorized wheels (bench grinder, Tormak), adhesive sandpaper, and more.

Students can bring in one chisel and one hand plane to sharpen, as well as any honing guides and sharpening stones to the class session.

Open to students 18+ only.

If you don't have a chisel or plane of your own to bring in, that's fine! We'll provide some extras to practice on as needed.

Cancellation: You can cancel your ticket for a refund (minus a 3.5% fee to cover our credit card processing costs) at any point up to 7 days prior to your scheduled class date. Cancellation for any reason within 7 days of your scheduled class will be non-refundable. No-shows are considered non-refundable cancellations.

Rescheduling: You can reschedule your ticket to another date (subject to availability) at no cost at any point up to 7 days prior to your scheduled class date. Rescheduling requests within 4-7 days of your class date will incur a $100 rescheduling fee. No rescheduling will be permitted for any reason within 4 days of your scheduled class start date/time. So for example, the cutoff would be 9am Tuesday for a class starting Saturday 9am. If no other class dates are available at the time of your request, we can move you to a placeholder event until new dates open up.