Backyard Woodworking
Rustic Woodworker Daniel Mack has been working with fallen wood, saplings, logs and driftwood for 30 years. He uses a variety of simple, traditional and contemporary woodworking tools to make furniture, architectural elements and sculptures.
This workshop will give you the basic skills to make your own rustic projects from common woods and driftwood and possibly start a small side business.
Cost $80 per 4-hr Clinic. Come to any or all!
Meeting 1 at Mack’s Shop in Warwick
Introduction to Safety, Materials and Tools, Mortise/Tenon Work Make a small Slab Table.
Meeting 2 at Mack’s Shop,Warwick.
Build a small model twig chair.
Meeting 3 at Museum Village
Introduction/practice with the hand tools of woodworking.
Meeting 4 at Newburgh Waterfront and/or Plum Point Introduction to working with driftwood.
Meeting 5 at Bear Mt Park
Outdoor Benches: Large scale Joinery, durability
Birch Bark veneering.
Meeting 6 at Museum Village Small-scale woodworking. Intro to whittling, carving and rustic accessories. Directions for Marketing and Selling
Contact Dan Mack for more details