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Last Updated: Saturday, January 12th, 2002, Created: Saturday, January 12th, 2002

Woodworking courses for Women.

Many women are intimidated by power tools, especially when they didn't grow up in an environment that encouraged them to work with tools. That is why Jennifer Hart gives power tool classes to women.

We visited the class and watched as in one course they got some hands on use of table saws, band saws, drill presses and more.

You can contact Jennifer through Wisdom to Share in Toronto to check out a wide variety of non-traditional hands-on courses.

If you know of other similar courses available across the country, let me know and we will list them as well.

One of the students from that course came into the studio to have another little lesson on using the jig saw because in her small apartment she is much more likely to be using a small portable power tool than one of the large ones.

The most important thing for a jig saw beginner to learn is to feel when the shoe of the saw is flat on the wood. So many people, Wendy included, tend to lift the back of the saw up off the wood, losing a lot of control over the cut.

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