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Tillers Instructor Dave Kramer

A former Tillers staff member, Dave Kramer specializes in both power and hand tool woodworking, yoke making Dave was featured in Rural Heritage's Yoke Making I and II instructional videos), furniture construction, wheelwrighting, cart construction, blacksmithing and tool making, training oxen, drafting, and welding.

Dave has spent 20 years teaching drafting, woodworking, building construction, blacksmithing, and tool making at schools in the United States, East Africa, and the West Indies. He also spent two years operating machinery at a wood milling company. Dave has taught at Tillers since 1995. He is a certified Industrial Arts teacher with vocational authorization in woodworking and construction trades. He is also a licensed builder in the state of Michigan and a member of the National Education Association.

Dave's years of woodworking, teaching, and international experience and enthusiasm make him an invaluable Tillers' instructor and volunteer. As he says, "I love woodworking!"

Dave's classes

Wheelwrighting - 464

Mission Style Rocking Chair - 466