Woodworking
Description
Woodworking is a statewide 4-H project. It features curriculum
that will guide you through the project. For a copy contact your
County 4-H Office or order online at: Extension
Publications.
Woodworking 1
This beginning project is aimed at grades 2-4. Learn safety practices, identify woodworking tools, observe the qualities of different woods, measure and mark boards, use a hammer and handsaw, identify different types of nails, connect wood with glue, construct a butt joint, sand and paint a piece of wood, and more.
BU6875, Measuring Up
Woodworking 2
This intermediate project is aimed at grades 4-6. Identify the functions of various tools, practice safety techniques, use a bill of materials, select a project to build (birdhouse, letter holder, or foot stool), understand differences among species of lumber, use a screwdriver and combination square, make a miter cut, use a pad sander, select a proper finish, select and care for a brush, and more.
BU6876, Making the Cut
Woodworking 3
This intermediate project is aimed at grades 6-8. Compare different types of hinges, use clamps and a T-bevel, make dowel and dado joints, use various stains, enlarge scale-drawn woodworking plans, use a hand plane, build a laminated cutting board, compare different grades of plywood, study woodworking careers, and more.
BU6877, Nailing it Together
Woodworking 4
This advanced project is aimed at grades 9-12. Start your own woodworking business; use a table saw, router, powered circular saw, and power sander; make dovetail, as well as mortise and tenon joints; evaluate exotic and veneer woods; create inlays and overlays; test various adhesives; use chemical strippers; and more.
BU6878, Finishing Up
Woodworking Leader
BU6879, Woodworking Helper’s Guide
I’m a 4-H Project Leader. Now What Do I Do?
Events
Want to learn more about Woodworking? Try the links below.
Woodworking Project Training
Many counties hold local training for members and leaders in
their favorite project areas, including woodworking. Watch your
county 4-H Family newsletter or contact your county Extension office
for details.
Wisconsin 4-H and Youth
Conference
If you’re in grades 8-10, check out the next Wisconsin
4-H and Youth Conference, scheduled each June at the UW-Madison
campus. The conference offers educational seminars in most areas
of 4-H. Contact your county Extension office for details.
Wisconsin
State Fair Activity Stations
Each Activity Station features fun, hands-on activities on Visual
Arts, Sewing, Woodworking, Agriculture and other topics. Coordinators
need youth to help staff the stations and teach young fairgoers.
Look for latest information under Wisconsin State Fair Youth Expo.
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County Fair 
The county fair . . . what a great time it is! Every summer, families
flock to county fairs to see the latest 4-H project exhibits. Exhibiting
is a fun and educational way for youth to showcase their project
work to judges and to the public.
Judging materials are supported by Bill Shaw in memory of his wife, Shirley.
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Related Links
There’s so much more to learn in the 4-H Woodworking Project.
Just follow these links!
Inside
Woodworking
Free online magazine.
Museum of Woodworking Tools
Offers an instructional guide to sharpening tools, permanent
collection of tools of the past, and more.
National 4-H Curriculum
Visit this site for updated National 4-H Curriculum information including new titles. Purchase curricula by accessing the online order form.
Oak Factory: Woodworking Plans
List of woodworking plans available on the Web including outdoor
projects, furniture, kids’ toys, and more.
Oconto County 4-H Project Resources
This web site provides links for many mechanical science projects
including links for fun project ideas on woodworking.
Wisconsin Woodworkers Guild
Not-for-profit organization for the exchange of knowledge and
education on woodworking through seminars, demonstrations, lectures
and hands-on workshops.
WoodNet
Features woodworking tips, techniques, tool reviews, plans
and supplies for woodworkers from the editors of three woodworking
magazines: Woodsmith, ShopNotes, and Workbench.
Woodworker’s Central
Hangout for avid woodworkers with everything from tool and
safety information to woodworkers’ online games and chat rooms.
Woodworking
Plans
Offers vintage woodworking plans for board games and other
projects designed for hobby woodworkers and home workshops that
contain scaled diagrams and patterns, systematic instructions and
woodworking tips to build these projects with standard wood and
hardware.
Woodworkweb.com
Includes free plans for woodworking projects.
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Project Support
For more information on the 4-H Woodworking Project, contact the
following:
UW-Extension County 4-H
Offices
This is your link to a list of Wisconsin County Extension Offices.
Select the county of your choice.
UW-Extension
State Specialist: Melanie Miller
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Application for Registration as a Registered Judge for Wisconsin Fairs