Our shop is located on the first and second floor of a three-story, 15,000 s.f. historic barn.  The barn was built in the late 1800’s at the peak of Vermont’s early dairy industry.  It is a high-drive barn with beautiful post and beam architecture. 

The spacious barn has been renovated to house a new workshop, bench room, office, lumber storage, finish room and gallery.  All the original beams have been restored to preserve the historical value of the structure and give a warm comfortable feeling in the shop.  

The shop is equipped with plenty of machinery, and countless hand-tools and router bits for student use.  

On the main floor, students work on a radiant heat floor at their own bench, away from the noise of the mill room.  The finish room, adjacent to the bench room is equipped with a well-sized exhaust system to ensure good air quality.  The back wall of the finish room is part of the original stone foundation of our barn.  

The second floor of the shop contains the gallery for display of student work, and pieces made by members of the Guild of Vermont Furniture Makers.  Adjacent to that is the gallery classroom.  The second floor also houses the lathes, library and an upholstery room.

The third floor of the barn features beautifully restored post and beam architecture and is being preserved for future use. 

The Mill Shop Contains:

20” General Planer with carbide helical cutter-heads

Two 8” General Jointers with carbide helical cutter-heads

Delta Table-Saw

General Table-Saw

Festool Compound Miter Saw

Makita Compound Miter Saw

Ryobi Drill Press

Power-Matic Mortiser

Centauro 24” Band-Saw

Delta 14” Band-Saw

Spindle Sander

Router Table with Lift System

The Lathe Room Contains:

18” General Lathe

16” Jet Lathe

Nova 3000

Custom Faceplate Lathe equipped for extra large turnings