Hands-on Classes
We have an emerging hands-on workshop program at Tear Cap Workshops. So far, we’ve offered courses in woodworking and stonewall building, as well as educational forestry walks and the Wood Innovators Conference. We have so much more planned for the future ~ please reach out and let us know if you have a request, suggestion, or an idea for a hands-on workshop.
Upcoming Workshops:
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| Facility Tour - Oct 16 | Tear Cap Workshops |
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| Make Your Own Shavehorse - October 26 and November 2 | Tear Cap Workshops |
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| Make a Simple Bench Workshop - November 20 and 21 | Tear Cap Workshops |
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Stone Wall Building
We offered our first stonewall building class in 2018 in partnership with the Stone Trust. What a blast! We’re offering another Introductory Stone Wall Building Workshop in 2019.
Take a look at our Stonewalling Workshop Policies page; please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
Woodworking
The Community Woodworking Shop
The Community Woodworking Shop is in the former planer building. This 80 by 40 foot space will be the home for all future woodworking classes, short-term bench rentals and community events. Our vision for this space is a four-season hub for creative exploration and hands-on skill building in wood.
We received grant funding from The Maine Community Foundation and the Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation to support a Rent-a-Bench Program that will increase community access to woodworking. The concept of the program is to offer a bench, tools, and and maybe a little extra help, to anyone who would like to complete their woodworking project in a community atmosphere.
More information about the Rent-a-Bench Program can be found here:
We are just getting a schedule together for the fall and winter 2019. So far, we are offering a Make Your Own Shavehorse Workshop at the end of October and early November, and Make a Simple Bench Workshop happening later in November as well.
And… we’re partnering with the Sacopee Energy Alliance to hold a Window Dressers build in the Community Woodworking Shop in November — a fun and easy volunteer opportunity for the community! More information on how to sign up to help is coming soon.
Please see https://windowdressers.org/ for more information about this community weatherization effort in Maine!
