Short Course – Half Term School – Furniture Making

This is a one week condensed version of our 10 week evening class that gives students an opportunity to experience the fundamentals of furniture making in a friendly workshop environment. In a small group, we’ll make a side table out of pine with traditional hand tools and a variety of powered machinery. Suitable for complete beginners, you’ll culminate the course with foundational skills and principles to support you on your subsequent woodworking journey. We’ll learn:

  • How to interpret a project from a CAD drawing
  • The structure of wood and how it guides your approach to working with it
  • Using marking out tool such as knives, squares and gauges to prepare the wood for shaping
  • To work with handsaws, chisels and planes to cut, shape and fit archetypal woodworking joints
  • How to assemble your components with glue and clamps
  • To prepare timber surfaces and finish with oil
  • How to sharpen edge tools
  • How to work safely and efficiently in a woodworking workshop

Please bring:

  • Steel toe cap boots (TO BE WORN AT ALL TIMES WHILE ON COURSE)
  • H or 2H pencils
  • pencil sharpener
  • rubber/eraser
  • notebook/paper

To apply, please use our online form here

  • College certificate
  • Interest in design and woodworking/furniture
  • No prior experience necessary
  • 18+ only

Please bring:

  • Steel toe cap boots (TO BE WORN AT ALL TIMES WHILE ON COURSE)
  • H or 2H pencils
  • pencil sharpener
  • rubber/eraser
  • notebook/paper
  • Kennard Road Site
  • Timings are 10am-4pm
  • Dates TBC
  • Fees £600
  • N/A (college certification only)
  • Opportunity to gain material for portfolio or develop your experience in craft/woodworking skills
  • Other woodworking mainstream programme

Apply via our website here or buy your tickets on our Eventbrite

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