Not sure if many of you have seen this new show. It's
basically a view of different trade schools and following
a student through a project or two. I caught one on
AIM - an industrial college (?) in Arizona and a
guy was painting a Jeep. The one more germaine to
this group was one I saw on Sunday. It had to do with
a young man who had left banking to follow his dream
of becoming a furniture maker. He was going to Red Rocks
College (Sedona, Texas??). Anyways the show followed him
as he made his first joints - mortise/tenon. All without
a ruler or any other measure then his eyes and hands.
His instructor tells him - "your eyes are more accurate
then any ruler". His next project (final?) is making
a chair - quite tricky as to the joinery, then finally
a European style workbench.

Sounds like a great school and I noticed that the other
students where a "bit long in the tooth" (like me!).

Catch it you can!

MJ Wallace

Just did a GS on Red Rocks - it's in Colorado. I checked out
the course of study - looks great for those in the area (Denver).

MJ Wallace

http://www.rrcc.edu/finewood/index.html
http://www.bucks.edu/catalog/2092.html
http://www.palomar.edu/woodworking/
http://appliedtechnology.humber.ca/programs/IW/
http://www.bc.cc.ca.us/academic/occu...oodworking.asp
http://www.crfinefurniture.com/
http://selkirk.ca/learning/programs/?programid=34
http://www.cerritos.edu/wood/
http://www.conestogac.on.ca/woodwork/

I am sure there are more. ..



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Not sure if many of you have seen this new show. It's
basically a view of different trade schools and following
a student through a project or two. I caught one on
AIM - an industrial college (?) in Arizona and a
guy was painting a Jeep. The one more germaine to
this group was one I saw on Sunday. It had to do with
a young man who had left banking to follow his dream
of becoming a furniture maker. He was going to Red Rocks
College (Sedona, Texas??). Anyways the show followed him
as he made his first joints - mortise/tenon. All without
a ruler or any other measure then his eyes and hands.
His instructor tells him - "your eyes are more accurate
then any ruler". His next project (final?) is making
a chair - quite tricky as to the joinery, then finally
a European style workbench.

Sounds like a great school and I noticed that the other
students where a "bit long in the tooth" (like me!).

Catch it you can!

MJ Wallace

Larry Levinson
Talking up to the vocal ...
LLevinson*Bloomberg.net
(remove the star etc ....)