Jim Tolpin – “Working with Hand Tools” 

Jim will demonstrate making joints with hand tools and smoothing wood with a hand plane.  

Jim has worked professionally in woodworking for thirty years as a boat builder, a timber-frame housewright, and a custom cabinetmaker. He is a founder of the Port Townsend School of Woodworking.

He has authored twelve books and numerous how-to articles published in most of the major woodworking magazines.