Workspace Safety: Intro to Routing

In this workshop, students learn how to safely and effectively use a router table and router templates to create a modern hardwood valet tray. The class introduces precision routing techniques for shaping and trimming workpieces while reinforcing setup, bit selection, and safe operation practices.

Each participant receives a pre-cut hardwood blank (cherry, walnut, or maple) and a routing template to guide the process. By the end of the session, students leave with a completed valet tray and a solid understanding of the router’s versatility for shaping and detail work.

This is a required course for anyone who wants to use the above tools in our WorkSpace.

Please dress appropriately for working in a woodshop: closed-toe shoes, hair tied in the back, and no loose clothing. It's important to be on time for this workshop as this is a safety course and all information is important. Late arrivals may not be able to join.

For more information on our WorkSpace and when you can use it to work on your projects, check out our webpage.

NOTES:

a) Workshops are transferable to another person and only refundable if we have people on the waiting list who can take your spot. Please make sure this date works with your schedule.

b) Member-rate tickets are reserved for current Ottawa Tool Library members. If a non-member registers at the member rate, we will follow up to collect the price difference plus a $15 administrative fee.

c) If you are registering for a young person, please note that children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult with a ticket for the same workshop. Children under the age of 13 are not permitted in many of our workshops (other than Tinkering School and some demo nights). Please reach out to us if you have questions about the person you wish to buy a ticket for BEFORE you purchase a ticket: info@ottawatoollibrary.com.