Kansas City Woodworkers Guild
Woodworking classes and shop access in Kansas City, MO · club · since 1984 · nonprofit
Six courses listed, three for beginners. Machines, furniture making, cabinetry and hand tools. Membership is $200 a year; shop privileges are available only after completing required safety steps and earning your Green Name Badge.
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Woodworking classes at Kansas City Woodworkers Guild
Rough to Ready
Basic Woodworking
Intro to Hand Tool Woodworking
Intermediate Woodworking
Safety Orientation
Holiday-Themed
Membership prices and shop access
Before you can use it Members only — Shop privileges are limited to members who have completed our safety training. Shop privileges are available only after completing required safety steps and earning your Green Name Badge.
Access: members with shop privileges, after safety steps and a Green Name Badge; a volunteer foreman must be present.
Student
$60a year
- Eligibility: Full-time high school or college student
Senior
$100a year
- Eligibility: Age 65+
Regular
$125a year
Sawdust Maker
$200a year
- Includes shop access
Woodworker Plus
$250a year
- Includes shop access
- Class discount: 20%
Benefactor
$325a year
- Includes shop access
- Class discount: 20%
- How to join
- Anyone interested in joining the Guild is welcome to attend a meeting
Special interest groups
- Fourth Tuesday of each month (except December) at 7pmFinishing SIG
- Third Monday of each month (except December) at 6:30 pmCNC SIG
- Fourth Sunday of each month, 2pm to 4pmHand Tool SIG
- Fourth Wednesday of each month at 7pmLaser Engraver SIG
- First Sunday of each month from 3pm to 5pmFurniture Making SIG
- Fourth Tuesday of each month from 6pm to 8pmCarving SIG
Shop size: 12,000 sq ft. Ages: 18+.
Also offered: Member library, over 3,100 books, 200 videos and magazines.
Events and workshops
- third Wednesday of every month, 7-9 pmMonthly membership meeting with speaker
Map and directions
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Details from kcwg.org, checked October 2026.