The Woodworking School at Pine Croft is housed in a timber frame structure designed/built by local woodworker Don Weber along with Kelly Mehler and located within the College’s 9000-acre forest.
This impressive two-story shop is nestled into the foothills of the Berea College forest. With large windows both up and down stairs that fill the rooms with natural light and views of the forest, it is the perfect spot to get away and do some woodworking. There is even a creek just behind the shop that brings some forest creatures to our doorstep.
Upstairs we have a benchroom fitted with 10 benches for students and instructors to work at. This is also where the majority of our hand tools are stored and used. Upstairs we also have a designated sharpening station as well as a small office/library room. When the weather is nice we set up tables outside to eat lunch but when its uncomfortably hot or raining we’ll eat lunches upstairs at the benches.
The downstairs machine room offers a full selection with offerings from Felder and Saw Stop and provides all the machining capability needed for our courses or the running of a small professional shop.
Although we have a few midi lathes at Pine Croft, our turning classes will take place at Berea College’s main campus within the Student Craft Woodcraft building. Woodcraft’s recently constructed hand tool room contains 7 lathes and the required tools for all our projects.
