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Tom Bodett, president of the board of directors for HatchSpace, uses a card scraper to smooth out a piece of wood at the HatchSpace’s High Street location in Brattleboro.

Tom Bodett, president of the board of directors for HatchSpace, uses a card scraper to smooth out a piece of wood at the HatchSpace’s High Street location in Brattleboro.

BRATTLEBORO — Learn a new skill this year with HatchSpace.

Join a woodworking class there for a great start on 2022. Those interested will learn from experienced instructors in a safety-first environment. A range of classes will be offered, some suitable for beginners as well and others for experienced woodworkers. Financial aid may be available; contact info@hatchspace.com for details.

Beginners are welcome at this two-day workshop, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 15 and 16. Participants will use the lathe, band saw, drill press, and router, to turn dried lumber into fun and functional 3-legged stools. The turned legs offer a great introductory exercise to those new to the wood lathe.

The card, or cabinet, scraper is a tool that should live in every woodworker’s apron. Learn all about it 9 to 11:30 a.m. Jan. 22. It saves time and leaves little trace of itself compared to hand and power sanding. The cost of the class includes a quality card scraper, a burnishing tool, and a diamond sharpening stone. You’ll leave with everything you need to take your finishing process to the next level.

Beginners are welcome at this introductory course, at this eight session course, Monday and Wednesday evenings 6 to 9 p.m., Jan. 24 to Feb. 16. This class is designed to give beginner students an overview of the safe use of some of the most common machines and hand tools used in woodworking, while building a three-legged stool. Participants will explore individual design by shaping and texturing wood surfaces and by the application of color and/or layers of color. Taught by Rhode Island School of Design graduate and studio furniture maker Martin Simpson.

Please Note: All class participants must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19

All classes will be held at HatchSpace, High Street and Green.

More classes, more info and registration at www.hatchspace.org/Calendar.

A group of locals with a French Canadian background have a tune session on the Creamery Bridge, in Brattleboro, Vt., on Thursday, June 9, 2022.

Rosie Schulick, the owner of Rosie Wonders Connection Cards, works on a new card design inside her studio at the Cotton Mill, in Brattleboro, Vt., on Thursday, June 9, 2022.

A team installs a new monument with a plaque on the Brattleboro Common, in Brattleboro, Vt., on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, to correct the incomplete information on the Civil War statue. The new monument was created by Abbiati Monument.

An international team carries the Peace Torch as they run through Brattleboro Vt., on Wednesday, June 8, 2022., The team started the day in Bennington, Vt., and was running 59 miles to Keene, N.H.

Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation’s Pipelines and Pathways Program hosted a Career Fair at Bellows Falls Union High School, in Westminster, Vt., on Friday, June 3, 2022.

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