With: Duane Case

Class Size: 6 / Open to adults and children ages 9 years and up with accompanying adult

Woodworking Shop Steward Duane Case will share both shop safety information and give a basic introduction to the tools and equipment that are available for community members to use during regularly scheduled Open Shop time. Attendance at an Orientation session is required before using the Shop. If you have taken a woodworking class at Chase's Mill, attendance at an orientation may be waived. Anyone wishing to use a power tool will be given a safe usage training to that machine prior to using it. These will not be part of the basic orientation, but will be given as needed during Open Shop time.

Youth ages 9 and up are welcome to attend the orientation and then use the hand tools in the shop with an accompanying adult. Youth ages 16 and 17 are allowed to use the power tools after attending a Woodworking Shop Orientation and having a safe usage training to the power tools, with the permission and guidance of a parent or guardian.

All those using the shop will also be asked to review and sign the safety policy for the Mill and the Woodworking Shop. This one-hour orientation as well as Open Shop Hours are free to the public.

Duane Case has managed to cobble together a life working with wood and related materials, despite failing 8th-grade shop class. He has experience in a variety of crafts, including picture framing, boat building, furniture repair and upholstery, carpentry, and home repair and rehabilitation. One of his "happy places" continues to be making clouds of saw dust and wood shavings.