{"id":162,"date":"2010-01-19T13:33:06","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T20:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.polymathdesignlab.com\/weblog\/?p=162"},"modified":"2011-01-30T21:43:23","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T04:43:23","slug":"so-classy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.polymathdesignlab.com\/weblog\/2010\/01\/so-classy\/","title":{"rendered":"So classy"},"content":{"rendered":"

I started off this weekend with my first ever actual woodworking class over at Techshop Portland<\/a>. They’ve just started splitting the drum sander into its own class\u00a0 – apparently people weren’t cleaning up after themselves and were blowing through sandpaper strips like nobody’s business, and occasionally setting their projects on fire!<\/p>\n

I’ve been wanting to learn how to use more of the power tools and woodworking equipment over at Techshop anyway, and I’ve just started playing a bit with using the laser cutter to do veneer inlays – a process that stood to be seriously sped up by the ability to do a quick <\/em>and accurate finish sanding after gluing in the inlay. So when the drum sander class showed up in a time that fit my schedule, I jumped!<\/p>\n

The class was great – not only did I get to learn the drum sander, but as the person teaching me had seen the sorts of things I do on the laser cutter, he also showed me how to use the band saw and planer to make nicely finished thin wood stock, like I use for my jewelry, out of larger pieces of lumber – awesomeness!<\/p>\n

Now I just have to decide which class is next on my own personal agenda… more woodworking? The vinyl cutter? Maybe metal casting… hmmm.<\/p>\n