Let's build a planter box! /w Robert

Learn how to build your own planter box! I will expertly guide you as you learn how to safely use the various tools. The best part is that all of the sanding will be done for you! You will gain practical skills in joining boards using basic joinery techniques. By the end of the workshop, you'll proudly take home a beautiful planter box that you made yourself; gnomes not included, I'm afraid.

• No prior woodworking experience necessary.
• Materials and supplies will be provided for you.
• During this event, Clear Creek Makerspace will be open for event participants. Please ring the front doorbell, or come around to the back and knock on the windowed doors.

This 3.5-hour course will cover topics such as:

• The trusty half-lap joint
• The trusty brad nailer
• Using the mitersaw
• Using the bandsaw
• Gluing and clamping techniques

If you want to bring a snack, Clear Creek Makerspace has a refrigerator and microwave that participants may use.

After a night of letting the glue cure, your planter box will be ready to pick up! Just add seeds, soil and water, and you're on your way to a successful garden!

Robert Niemeyer has a wry sense of humor (as evidenced by the photo of him created by his Metro State students). He's been woodworking since the age of six with a 33 year break before picking it back up at 39 years old. At 42 years old, Robert is now a tenured associate professor of mathematics at MSU Denver where he spends his time thinking about woodworking and what to make next. (If you're the dean of my college reading this, I am also thinking about teaching when working!) In other words, Robert really enjoys woodworking, helping others and talking about math.

Robert has made lots of small-to-medium sized pieces of furniture, ornamental pieces and plenty of cutting boards and other box-shaped objects. When he's not teaching or in the workshop building and helping, Robert can be found in either a coffee shop, trail, dog shelter or staring off into The Abyss (The Abyss has been staring off into us for just as long, it seems; he's really a nice guy! His name is Geoff.)

Robert loves to help, inspire and create with others. If you've got a problem, he's got a solution! If he's got a problem, you'll hear absolutely colorful language coming from him about it.

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