Teaching Classes at the William Ng School
I receive quite a few emails from viewers/readers asking if I teach classes. Although I no longer offer classes out of my own shop, I do occasionally teach on the road. This January, I’ll be teaching two classes at the William Ng School in Anaheim, CA. You may remember this is where TreeFrog and I attended the Darrell Peart Aurora Table class. William has an incredible facility and I can’t wait to get back! So here are the details with class descriptions:
Modern Hall Table (Jan. 18th – Jan. 22nd, 2010)
This modern hall table was designed with two goals in mind: to capture attention and to teach you numerous key woodworking techniques. The jatoba legs feature compound curves that are cut on the bandsaw and finished with various hand tools and rasps. The legs are attached to the aprons via traditional mortise and tenon joints. The drawer and front apron are all cut from a single piece of wood and the custom drawer pull is attached via stainless steel dowels. 
The drawer joinery also features stainless steel dowels in a creative reinforced rabbet joint. The frame of the top features splined miters and the raised center panel is wrapped with a decorative wenge strip. This unique project will challenge your woodworking skills, as well as your creativity. Sign up here!
The John Hall Frame (Jan. 23rd – Jan 24th, 2010)
This unique picture/mirror frame is an accurate reproduction of the John Hall original and was featured in the August 2009 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. If you aren’t familiar with John Hall, he was one of the brothers responsible for building the large majority of the Greene & Greene creations we know and love. This walnut frame’s primary feature and challenge is the “inlaid half-lap jigsaw puzzle joint”. In order to make it, we’ll use many of the same skills required for decorative router inlay (a handy skill to have in your back pocket!). The frame also features various ebony plugs, giving the piece a measure of Greene & Greene styling. Sign up here!
On a side note, I actually taught a small class on the modern hall table a few years ago. Its a pretty intense 5-day project but its a lot of fun! I threw in some pictures below so you can see what a class might be like.
I hope to see some of your smiling faces at the William Ng School in January!
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What? No shots of you teaching me? Holy crap!
lol now why would I put pictures of you building a completely different project on this post? Well, having picture of Tom on my site might be a reason in and of itself I suppose… :)
Congrat’s on the teaching job, an awesome accomplishment indeed. Too bad it has to be so far away because that counts me out. You know for the next January teaching option up here in Minnesota is very nice, except the sub-zero weather, deep snow, and to top it all off-icy roads you could come and teach a class up here, just a thought.
Nate
Dear Santa, I have been a very good boy. This year for Christmas I would like plane tickets to Anaheim and a spot in Marc’s John Hall Frame class.
So what is skill level would you recommend someone have to be in the table class?
You should be comfortable around tools and have some familiarity with the jointer, planer, router and tablesaw. That’s really about all I would personally recommend.
What!? You mean I can’t just show up unannounced at your door with a six pack (of cannolis) and a slab of wood saying “help?”
Cereally, congratulations! (one more step in world domination, er, syndication, right?) While it will be some time before I can scrape up plane fare (let alone afford the classes I so desperately need), I am certain that there will be many who will be clamoring for more due to this.
Just as a side question: how many students are allowed per class? and do you have a personal comfort level regarding too few or too many students?
Dude, you show up at my door with a 6-pack of cannolis and we’ll be in the shop as soon as the coffee is made! lol.
I know the table class is limited to 16. Personally I am comfortable teaching however many we can get. But I think the students’ experience is much better when the class has as few students as possible. But obviously, William can’t keep his doors open that way, lol.
That is fantastic. It is great that you are passing on your skills and knowledge. I would so much like to attend either of those courses but alas Anaheim is a bit of a commute from Victoria, BC Canada…. mind you, with vacation time, some planning, and hitting the lottery it might just work…hhmmm.
Kidding aside, good luck and do all us Wood Whisperer Guild members proud.
hey mark I live out in orange CA and would love to take your class. would you allow someone 15 or younger with plenty of woodwork experience in your classes.
Hey man. I think you’ll have to take that up with William Ng. Just give the school a call and he’ll help you out. Age restrictions are not my decision to make. If it were up to me though, I would be more than happy to teach a responsible teenager. Believe me man, I’ve taught some adults that made me nervous as hell, lol.
peart said no.
william said hed talk to his insurance company. lol! but seriously, he did.
Hey Marc,
Would you be happy to teach an old forgetful? At least William doesn’t need to check with his insurance company.
Or does he? Haha.
Drool, drool!!! I’ll keep playing the lottery.