Wall-hung Display Shelves

Beginner friendly course to learn basic woodworking joinery by building a wall-hung display shelf. The shelf extent dimesions will be about 16 x 15 x 4".

No prior experience needed for this course, all supplies and materials are provided. Partcipants will be introduced to each machine, provided operational overview, safety considerations, and have hands-on experience.

Over the course of this 3-hour workshop we will be using dimensional lumber to create a wall-hung display shelf using a variety of beginner friendly joinery such as dados, rabbets, dowels, dominos, and french cleats.

The workshop is hosted at Clear Creek Makerspace and open to everyone. $100 per participant, $80 for CCM members.

Please wear comfortable well-fitted clothing, close-toed shoes, put your hair up, and be prepared to get a little dirty :)

Discover the joy of turning raw wood into something beautiful with my 5-part woodworking series—designed for absolute beginners and guided step-by-step. You’ll build real projects, learn essential tools and joinery, and leave with the confidence to design and create your own custom pieces. I recommend taking these courses in order as each subsequent course will layer on more advanced topics. That said, none of these courses will have pre-requistives, so feel free to take any course that piques your interest. Take all five and I will present you with a custom built piece to award your journey with me!

• -- Learn how to safely use essential wood shop equipment such as the miter saw, planer, jointer, table saw, bandsaw, router table, and more.
• Woodworking II: Wall-hung Display Shelves -- Beginner joinery such as butt, rabbet, dowel, domino, pocket holes, grooves, dados, french cleats and more.
• -- Intermediate joinery such as sliding dovetails and the mortise and tenon.
• -- Advanced joinery such as handcut dovetails. This course will focus on layout, cutting pins and tails for a perfect fit... and fixing gaps post-mortem.

• Woodworking V: Bending & Laminations Serving Tray (TBA)-- Advanced topics such as bending on a hot iron and using multi-part or structural forms to build laminations.

Picture Frames, Woven Cutting Boards, End Grain Cutting Boards (TBA), Marquetry Keepsake Boxes, Hardwood Knife Scales

We will take dimensional softwood lumber and build a small wall-hung cabinet.

As part of the course, you'll learn:

• Dimensional construction lumber vs hardwood
• Discussion on wood movement and why we need to mill lumber
• How to use the Festool Domino joiner
• How to measure and cut for dowels
• How to cut and fit dado joints
• Cutting and fitting rabbets
• Cutting case miters
• Using a pocket hole jig
• Reinforced butt joint
• How to mount a french cleat
• Discussion on staining and finishing options

David is a skilled handyman and fine woodworker with a passion for building, fixing, learning, and teaching. He runs Applewood Handyman as well as Moon Rabbit Woodworker, small businesses where he design-builds custom pieces ranging from hardwood picture frames and flamingo-inspired bent lamination side tables to built-in cabinets and solid wood tabletops. With a background in mechanical engineering, David combines creativity and technical precision to his work. Follow his Instragram @MoonRabbit.Woodworker!

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