Lower 48 Woodshop

Lower 48 Woodshop The Lower 48 Woodshop aims to help more people in Oakland discover the joy of turning wood into beautiful objects.

Lower 48 is nonprofit woodturning school.

'Turning People into Turning People'

We welcome everyone including women, people of color and the queer community. Our work is made possible thanks to our generous community of donors and volunteers. You can make a secure online donation at this URL: https://secure.squarespace.com/commerce/donate?donatePageId=58ce153ce4fcb507620bcf88

Lower 48 is the

brainchild of Jolie Karno, a skilled woodturner and accomplished instructor at Techshop in San Francisco and The Crucible in Oakland. She loves teaching, and has introduced scores of people to fine woodworking.

Meet our newest employee! Joshua got his first job and Lower 48 has a cleaner floor. Welcome Joshua!
03/08/2026

Meet our newest employee! Joshua got his first job and Lower 48 has a cleaner floor.

Welcome Joshua!

02/15/2026

Kids these days…

02/14/2026

Youth making the woodstuffs!

02/03/2026

Pretty morning tree viewing.

02/02/2026

Captured here on video: You can see very moment a power tool user becomes a hand plane addict!

February Labs are OPEN. Come turn with us!
01/31/2026

February Labs are OPEN. Come turn with us!

New Open Labs for Lower 48. Come turn with us! We are selling spots for the month every month. One ticket buys 4 labs ...
01/31/2026

New Open Labs for Lower 48. Come turn with us! We are selling spots for the month every month. One ticket buys 4 labs from to 9:30pm on Tuesdays in February!

We have allllll the fun.

There's a link to the Eventbrite page in the comments below.

Newest shop signage.
01/01/2026

Newest shop signage.

12/23/2025

Joshua has been taking lessons and making progress every time he comes over and makes a new project.

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1212 19th Street
Oakland, CA
94607

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