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   billy5151 | Jan 30, 2009 08:35pm | #1

   crosschecking,

   There are no schools of that nature here except the VO/TECH Center, where they teach the basic skills. I used to do a traveling woodworking exhibit, mainly 16-1700's. You know stuff like riveing oak clapboard, busting out shakes and making shingles, a little pit sawing.timberframe/log cabin & playing with a few old hand planes. The people would eat it up. They would all ask where they could go to learn. I was willing to teach, but it always came to the liability issue. Ins. companies did not even want to go there. I even asked a few local museums. No go...putting sharp things in the hands of people...no way. I had one client of mine who is a big shot lawyer and he said "Bill you could do it with a few safety classes & have them sign releases. But the first time someone cut themselves, they would simply tell the judge that I didn't fully explain how dangerous sharp things really are." Yea, I wanted to start a school for years , but no takers. We were going to teach a variety of old time crafts. Including old time food preservation WHOOOOOWEEEE..... the Ins. Co.  LOVED THAT ONE.   

   Bill D.

   Quality Wood Chips

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   GRW | Jan 30, 2009 09:41pm | #2

   I've though about setting up a WW school as well.  I was going to teach kids. Our local kids WW school changed management and now markets adults only. As I looked into it I learned that many home schooling families network. They use this network to share materials and teaching methods. If you tap into this network you may fill a few classes quickly. When I asked someone from the network in my area if they think home schooling families would be interested, I was told that they could fill as many classes as I was willing to teach. Might be worth checking out in your area.

   GRW

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   Patrick_J_Harris | Jan 31, 2009 06:54am | #3

   Thanks GRW it is a great idea. I hate having such a passionate heart for the craft and have to see it with little future for younger generations. I will see what I can conjure up.

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   Robin9 | Feb 20, 2009 05:38pm | #4

   Here in Canada there are only two that I am aware of:

   Inside Passage School of Fine Woodworking in Roberts Creek B.C.

   and

   Rosewood Studio School of Fine Woodworking in Almonte, Ontario

   Both are private schools as opposed to publicly funded institutions and have a have excellent reputations.