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Who is this for?
- Complete beginners looking for an intensive and comprehensive introduction into woodwork and furniture making
- Those with some prior experience in woodworking looking to hone their skills and refine their furniture making abilities
- Prospective students of our mainstream Furniture Design & Making course looking for a taster before committing to a longer course
What you’ll learn
Throughout the 12 sessions you’ll learn how to:
- Mark out and prepare timber accurately
- Use hand tools including saws, chisels and planes with accuracy and confidence
- Cut and fit traditional woodworking joints
- Hand-plane rough-sawn timber to a finished surface
- Sharpen and maintain woodworking tools
- Understand how timber behaves and how furniture is designed to accommodate movement
- Use selected power tools and workshop machinery safely
- Assemble, clamp and glue furniture components
- Prepare and finish timber surfaces using common industry finishing techniques
- Troubleshoot common woodworking mistakes and learn practical workshop tips from our experienced furniture maker
By the end of the course you will:
- Take home your own handcrafted hardwood side table, typically made from American Cherry
- Understand the fundamental principles of furniture construction
- Gain experience using both hand tools and machinery
- Develop practical skills you can apply to future home projects
- Build the confidence to continue your woodworking journey
- Have a strong foundation for progressing to more advanced furniture-making courses
Our Furniture Making Saturday School has a capacity of only 10 spaces. This small group setting allows each student to get more 1:1 time with the tutor, providing a more personal experience for all attendees.
This course is also great for those with some previous carpentry or woodwork skills that are looking to hone and refine their abilities and explore more furniture making techniques in a workshop environment.
You will need to bring:
- Steel toe cap boots (TO BE WORN AT ALL TIMES WHILE ON COURSE)
- H or 2H pencils
- pencil sharpener
- rubber/eraser
- notebook/paper
This course has 12 sessions
10:30am-4:30pm
Autumn dates
Saturday 3rd October
Saturday 10th October
Saturday 17th October
Saturday 24th October
Saturday 31st October – NO CLASS DUE TO HALF TERM
Saturday 7th October
Saturday 14th October
Saturday 21st October
Saturday 28th October
Saturday 5th December
Saturday 12th December
Saturday 19th December
Saturday 26th December – NO CLASS DUE TO CHRISTMAS BREAK
Saturday 2nd January – NO CLASS DUE TO CHRISTMAS BREAK
Saturday 9th January
£1,050
This course is perfect for prospective applicants of our Furniture Design & Making course, and gives a great introduction into the practice of furniture making. You can find out more about these courses here:
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Please note that the College reserves the right to modify or cancel courses prior to their start date
- For currently enrolled BCC students (on a study programme or apprenticeship) a 25% discount will be applied on the fees for a short course taken in the same academic year that they are enrolled
- For any currently enrolled short course student who wants to enrol on a full or part time study programme (19+) in the subsequent academic year we offer a 50% fee rebate on the cost of their short course.
- For any BCC alumni of study programme or apprenticeship they can get a 20% discount on the short course fee.
Discounts can be redeemed when applying directly via the college, any short course ticket purchased on Eventbrite must use a discount code which can be requested at Admissions@thebcc.ac.uk
