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