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
- 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
- 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 only be redeemed when applying directly via the college, any short course purchased on Eventbrite is not eligible for discounts.
