Silva Bay Shipyard School » Silva Bay Shipyard School http://www.boatschool.com Maintaining the Art of the Wooden Boat Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:43:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Introduction to Woodworking for Women – 2011/12 http://www.boatschool.com/posts/introwomen/ http://www.boatschool.com/posts/introwomen/#comments Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:06:01 +0000 admin http://www.boatschool.com/?p=460 The Silva Bay Shipyard School invites women to join us for the Women in Woodworking weekend course taught by local woodworker Jan Sabine. This two-day introductory course will teach participants shop safety, use of basic woodworking tools and an introduction to power tools while working on a small project that will be taken home at the end of the weekend. Through our short courses we hope to foster involvement in the Silva Bay Shipyard School by encouraging members of our community to get involved in woodworking and the shipyard school. Participants from Nanaimo and surrounding areas are encouraged to join us, please inquire about shuttle service to Silva Bay from the ferry terminal on Gabriola.

Now Scheduled for TBA

Price: $100, all materials and tools provided

Contact: info@boatschool.com or the Silva Bay Shipyard School at 250.247.8809

]]> http://www.boatschool.com/posts/introwomen/feed/ 0 Bronze Casting Demo Pictures! http://www.boatschool.com/posts/bronze-casting-demo-pictures/ http://www.boatschool.com/posts/bronze-casting-demo-pictures/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:09:35 +0000 admin http://www.boatschool.com/?p=343 The casting demo was a great success with about 45 people in attendance. The school will definitely be running at least one bronze casting short course and will add a casting furnace and setup to the tools available to students at the school. Details of course dates and outlines forthcoming.

A huge thanks to both Quill and Peter for doing a fantastic job showing off their skills.

Click below for pictures and video:

Pouring some molten Bronze from Silva Bay Shipyard School

SBSS Casting Demo - More chocks

And two of the final products!

Silva Bay Shipyard School Bronze Casting

Watch for updates on our Bronze Casting short course.

]]> http://www.boatschool.com/posts/bronze-casting-demo-pictures/feed/ 0 Bronze casting demonstration at the school http://www.boatschool.com/posts/bronze-casting-demonstration/ http://www.boatschool.com/posts/bronze-casting-demonstration/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:24:37 +0000 admin http://www.boatschool.com/?p=307 The Silva Bay Shipyard School is hosting a bronze casting demonstration on the weekend of January 23-24th 2010. The demonstration is going to focus on both marine and artistic castings with boat builders Peter Gron and Quill Goldman.

Bronze Casting

The event is being held ahead of the SBSS’s upcoming bronze casting short course where students will learn how to cast their own patterns.

Peter and Quill will be preparing and casting from 1-3pm on both Saturday and Sunday at the school.

The demo is free and all are welcome. Please stop by and see how casting is done!

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