Andy Petersen

Beginner woodworking, at the bench since 2008

American Fork, UT Doing this since 2008 2 classes

Home woodworker since 2008, thirty-plus projects built in his garage shop

Community instructor · a local volunteer, materials reviewed by the program

He built his first bookshelf at 45 after his son's crib project went sideways, and thirty projects later the garage is still a mess of sawdust and clamps. He teaches the shelf class the way he wishes someone had taught him: slow on the joinery, honest about the mistakes that ruin good lumber.