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Intro to Sash Making — Uvalde, Texas
March 23–27, 2026

Part of the Uvalde Spring 2026 Window Craft

Outpost Deployment

Learning to build the heart of the historic window — and the foundation of long-term stewardship.

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What This Workshop Is

The Intro to Sash Making workshop is the primary entry point into Window Craft.

Historic windows live or die at the sash. When sash fail, windows are replaced. When sash can be built and repaired well, historic houses endure.

 

This workshop teaches participants how historic window sash utilize:

  • Mortise and tenon joinery

  • Frame and panel techniques

  • Cope and stick joinery

  • Meeting rails for double hung windows

  • Muntins for divided lites

using traditional joinery, repeatable processes, and a production-minded approach rooted in real field work.

 

This is not hobby woodworking. This is trade skill development with a clear purpose.

 

 

Why Sash Making Matters

Sash making cannot be isolated from the historic wood window.

 

Every historic house community has windows that are beyond repair — not because they were poorly designed, but because time, water, and neglect take their toll. When the ability to replicate sash disappears, cheap and ugly vinyl replacement becomes the default.

 

The Intro to Sash Making workshop exists to reverse that trend by restoring local capacity:

  • Capacity to repair when possible

  • Capacity to replicate when necessary

  • Capacity to save historic houses instead of tearing them down

 

This skill travels well. What you learn here can be taken home and put to work immediately.

 

How the Workshop Works

Over five days, participants are introduced to all the millwork and the processes used to produce authentic wood window sash efficiently and accurately.

The focus builds every day:

  • Mortise and tenon to build screen frames

  • Adding glazing rabbets to build storm windows

  • Adding traditional sash profiles on casement sash

  • Adding meeting rails to make double hung sash

  • Adding muntins to make divided lite sash

 

The goal is not mastery in one week. The goal is orientation — knowing what right looks like, how the system works, and how to continue building skill.

 

Who This Is For

This workshop is open to a wide range of participants, including:

  • Tradespeople looking to add durable, transferable skills

  • Preservation-minded builders and carpenters

  • Individuals exploring Window Craft as a long-term path

  • Homeowners who want to understand what proper sash making actually involves

 

That said, this workshop is also a leadership touchpoint.

 

Many future outposts begin when someone learns this skill, returns home with the means to practice it, and starts serving their local historic house community.

 

Everyone is welcome. Those with leadership capacity will be recognized and followed up with.

 

Workshop Cost

The Intro to Sash Making is a five-day, in-depth workshop.

 

Workshop Tuition: $2,000

 

This tuition reflects the amount of time, tooling, instruction, and real-world process exposure required to properly orient someone to authentic sash making.

 

The Sash Factory Option

For participants who want to put this skill to work immediately, there is an optional equipment pathway.

 

Completing the Intro to Sash Making workshop gives participants the knowledge and sequencing needed to begin authentic sash making immediately after the class. When paired with the proper equipment, the skill can be used right away to serve historic houses and begin recouping the cost of training.

 

The Sash Factory is a purpose-built router table system designed specifically for historic sash production. It is the same system used in active Window Craft work and teaching environments.

 

Bundle Option:

  • Intro to Sash Making Workshop: $2,000

  • Sash Factory Router Table: $5,000

  • Workshop Discount: $500 off workshop tuition with Sash Factory purchase

 

Bundle Total: $6,500

 

This bundle must be paid in advance.

 

Participants may:

  • Take the Sash Factory home with them after the workshop, or

  • Arrange shipping following the workshop (variable additional cost)

 

This option is intended for those who are serious about continuing the work, producing sash, and generating real value in their local historic house community.

 

Relationship to the Uvalde Outpost

This workshop takes place immediately after the Uvalde Outpost Build-Out.

 

That means:

  • Tools and systems are already in place

  • Instruction happens in a working environment

  • Participants see how sash making fits into a larger restoration framework

 

The Uvalde outpost is not just a venue. It is a platform.

 

Looking Ahead

For some, this workshop will be a valuable standalone experience.

 

For others, it will be the first step toward:

  • Deeper training

  • Leadership development

  • Establishing Window Craft capacity in another community

 

Both paths are valid.

 

This workshop exists to open the door — and to help the right people walk through it.

 

Next Steps

 

The work begins at the sash.

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