The Bauhaus Apprenticeship Institute in Chicago ???

One of the Woodworking at Home DVD magazine issues featured the Bauhaus Institute and show a fair bit of footage of students at work, as well as interviewed the institute founders and some employees. You might want to take a look at that. Heres a review of the DVD magazine itself -

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Today's your lucky day. I attended the complete four-class series at Bauhaus. The series is composed of

Basic Woodworking Hand Tools Power Tools Furniture Design

Up until starting classes, I had no formal woodworking training and just a little practical experience, though I had assembled the major shop components. With that level of experience going in, I found the Basic Woodworking mostly review of things I already knew, but some good information. My favorite was the hand tools class, which is one of the main reasons I attended. I wanted to get some instruction and experience using hand tools (chisels, mallet, hand saws, etc.) If nothing else, it will make you appreciate your mortising machine. The power tools class was also enjoyable and easier on my mallet-swinging arm. Honestly, I felt as though I got the least out of the furniture design class. At the beginning there is some instruction, but you quickly get to the point of coming up with something you want to design, drawing it up, Berthold critiqing it, you work on it more during class and at home, you bring it back in, and the cycle continues. Perhaps I expected too much.

All in all, I was happy with my experience and would recommend it to others. They recently moved, and I just checked their web site

If you have any other questions about Bauhaus, feel free to contact me.

todd

"harry palmer" wrote in news:RJn3d.1993$ snipped-for-privacy@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com:

Knowing nothing about the Bauhaus program, I can't comment on it.

I am well down the road of taking classes at an excellent adult education program, sponsored by the local school district. Our tax dollars at work.

Good skills. Excellent safety. Nice people. Well-equipped shop, where students can learn to use the tools, before falling into the Sears trap.

Check around for such an alternative. You may be pleasantly surprised.

Patriarch

Thanks Woodcrafter

this is great information and I will sign up for a years subscription. Thanks again

Mk

hey Todd

spot on and thanks alot. I will pop up and sign up sometime next week. Seems that you have done exactly what I intend to do. Thank you for the kind offer of further help, I will take you up on it. Thanks again.

Mk

"patriarch snipped-for-privacy@nospam.comcastDOTnet" "harry palmer" wrote in

good advice Patriarch

I already looked around Chicago for such a course but couldn't find one. I'm signing up for Bauhaus soon. Thanks for your guidance.

Mk