Ari Stool Making - Koitoya Woodworking Class 2024
Event description
Ari Stool Making
This is a 4-days course
$1380
1. 24-25 February & 23-24 March 2024
2. 20-21 July & 24-25 August 2024
Content
Making Ari Stool
This program includes lots of technical aspects of joinery and router jig work. Well supported even for beginners.
This program also requires physical skills for hand curving.
Well suited for beginners, with a help of using jigs.
Well suited for intermediate to advanced level to learn about Sliding Dovetail joinery, router jig works.
Ari Stool
Ari stool was originally designed by Hiroshi for the educational project. The basic design includes a few interesting skills, traditional Sliding dovetail joinery and shaping by curved plane.
"Ari" is a Japanese word for dovetail joinery, which refers to the shape of ant's antenna. Do you prefer Dovetail or ant's antenna?!
Hiroshi has designed a few versions, and so have his students! Come and make your version of Ari stool!
This program suits beginners to advanced woodworker.
This course is designed for beginners. But the secretive elements of making Sliding Dovetail joinery, and use of Japanese small planes will inspire advanced makers.
This course uses router very heavily. Your safety will be assured with lectures and jigs we use. Also, there will be lots of handworks, plane shaping and chiseling.
You will gain the following from signing up
- Ari stool, all made by yourself by hand and power tools
- Hands-on experience on sliding dovetail joinery.
- Hands-on experience on a curved Japanese plane.
- Advanced routing knowledge with jig work.
Design limitation and free details
- Low stool
- Size about W500 x D250 x H420~450mm
- Leg angle will be 75 degrees
- Free to design details
- Profiles - round, curved, or angled
- Rails - you can add or not to add a middle rail.
Dates (2 occasion)
1. 24-25 February & 23-24 March 2024(Sat~Sun)
2. 20-21 July & 24-25 August 2024 (Sat~Sun)
Time
4 days, 24 hours in total
9:00-12:00 | 13:00-16:00
* Please be flexible for your schedule after the class. Sometimes your project requires extra time to finish.
Schedule
Day 1
AM: Design the details, Lectures
PM: Sliding dovetail 1
Day 2
AM: Sliding dovetail 2
PM: Shaping the seating tops
Day 3
AM: Glue up
PM: Middle rails & pins
Day 4
AM: Middle rails & pins
PM: Finishing
Lecturer
Hiroshi Yamaguchi (KOITOYA Design/Make/Teach)
28 years of experience. Learned in Takayama, Japan.
Supporting Staff
Clare Solomon (assistant, Koitoya)
Fee
$1380
Class size
Maximum 8
Location
Koitoya Design/Make/Teach (Fyshwick, ACT)
New address
4/18 Maryborough Street, Fyshwick ACT 2609
Parking
Please park your car in the public parking area along Maryborough Street (Free), opposite from Burning Log.
We have two parking spots officially. Please contact me for the spot if you need to walk less for your health condition.
Way to the workshop
18 Maryborough Street is a battle-axe block, located inside of the block, so you will be walking through the driveway that leads to the block from Maryborough Street.
The driveway has 2 accesses, one next to Burning Log, and one next to Sunrise Church.
Unit 4 is a blue painted building on the right-hand side of the block.
Album from past workshop
Things to bring
Please wear working shoes.
Bring your own water bottle and lunch.
Things to be supplied
Tea and coffee, snacks, filtered water
Refund Policy
Personal cancelation
Refunds up to 14 days before event
Humanitix fee is nonrefundable.
for more information, please contact Hiroshi
koitoya@gmail.com / 0412340619
