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🪚 Intro to Sash Making Workshop
October 27-31

Five Days. Field-Based Joinery. The Foundation of Window Craft.

Location: The Historic 1929 Hotel Seville in Harrison, Arkansas

WindowLympics training for Best Sash Competitions

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The Intro to Sash Making Workshop is a five-day immersion into the art and structure of sash joinery—taught entirely with mobile tools and field-based techniques. You’ll learn how to build functional, historically accurate sash from raw material using traditional joinery methods adapted for modern efficiency.

 

Whether you're a beginner or a carpenter seeking to sharpen your skills, this course will give you a strong grasp of the principles that power the Window Craft movement—one mortise and tenon at a time.

🗓️ What You’ll Learn:

Day 1: Millwork & Mortise-and-Tenon Basics

Create a screen frame using square-cut bridal joints to master layout, shoulder lines, and clean joinery.

 

Day 2: Storm Window Joinery

Add offset tenons and glazing rabbets. Learn how joinery must shift when accommodating glass and sash profile details.

 

Day 3: Casement Sash Making

Build a fully functional casement sash. Learn how to shape meeting joints, control for warp, and route accurate profiles.

 

Day 4: Double Hung Sash – Top & Bottom

Construct a matched pair of double-hung sash and understand the mechanical relationship between top and bottom rails.

 

Day 5: Divided Lite Joinery

Integrate muntin bars and build a full 6-lite double-hung sash—where your understanding of layout, joinery, and sequencing is fully tested.

🎯 Finish Division Showcase

Students submit their best completed sash for judging in the WindowLympics Joinery Division, highlighting fabrication precision, joint fit, and glazing readiness.

🎯 Who It’s For:

  • Carpenters and woodworkers interested in historic joinery
     

  • Beginners who want to learn traditional skills the right way
     

  • Window restorers looking to expand into fabrication
     

  • Anyone seeking a trade they can own, master, and carry with them

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💡 What You’ll Leave With:

  • A set of functional sash you've made by hand
     

  • Mastery of mortise-and-tenon principles and sash sequencing
     

  • The confidence to make storm, casement, and double-hung sash on site
     

  • A deep appreciation for the craft and the community behind it

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💰 Cost & Registration

Intro to Sash Making - at the Historic 1929 Hotel Seville in Harrison, Arkansas
📅 October 27-31, 2025
🎟 Orientation and Welcome: Sunday, October 26
Opportunity to compete the WindowLympics!

🔹 Registration Cost: $1,500 per person

This includes:

  • Five full days of advanced hands-on training

  • Access to all tools, materials, and equipment (including Sash Factory)

  • Hands-on instruction from Steve Quillian

  • Completed projects entered into the WindowLympics

  • Opportunity to compete in Saturday WindowLympics

  • Entry into the Hand of Finish ceremony

  • Lifetime connection to the Window Craft movement

 

Spots are limited. This event is designed for a focused group of serious learners ready to train at a high level.

 

🔗 How to Register:

  1. Click on the Email us to Register Now button
    (We will work with you on payment options)

  2. Secure your spot with a $500 non-refundable deposit

  3. Remaining balance due by October 17, 2025

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