Tool School for Kids will be held July 16-20. The workshop is open to children ages 10-12. Students will learn 19th century woodworking techniques and complete a project using only hand tools.
Tool School is based on a text from 1839 called “The Joiner and Cabinet Maker.” The book was written for children and it describes the experiences of a young apprentice in England learning the trade while introducing several tools and techniques.
Tool School will be offered July 16-20 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The cost is $40 per child and space is limited.
According to Dollie Boyd, director of museums at Tusculum, students in the class will read excerpts from that book and be given other historical source material. There will be other smaller projects along the way where students practice skills before starting on the larger project.
“Students will learn about trees, wood, basic hand tools including mallets, hammers, saws, planes, squares, gauges, boring tools and several other tools. Most of the tools the students will use are more than one hundred years old.”
For more information, call 423-636-8554 or email dboyd@tusculum.edu to reserve a spot.
Tool School at the Doak House Museum at Tusculum is open to children ages 10-12.