Short Course: Saturday School – Furniture Making – FULL for Spring 21 but apply for next term

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COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is full for the Spring 2021 term. Please apply to go on the waiting list or to join the Summer term course.
This is a practical, workshop based course that offers a comprehensive introduction to woodworking and furniture making with hand tools and also some power tools and static machinery. Students will make a dovetailed box with a hinged lid and a small side table to take home at the end of the course. Students will learn:
- To use marking out tools to lay out joinery.
- To use a handsaw, chisels and planes to cut and fit basic woodworking joints (dovetails, halvings, mortice and tenons).
- How to sharpen edge tools (chisels, plane irons).
- How to hand plane timber from sawn.
- The safe use of an electric router and how to use it to run grooves in timber.
- Some basic timber technology and how woodworking joints and furniture are assembled to allow for timber movement.
- How to clamp and glue up your components.
- How to cut hinge housings and fit hinges.
- How to prepare timber surfaces and finish with oil.
- Lots of tips and tricks and how to fix your mistakes!
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
QUALIFICATION
- College certificate
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
- Interest in woodworking/furniture
- No prior experience necessary
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
COURSE DURATION
- 15 weeks
- Saturday – full day
FEES
- Fees tbc (please apply via website to register interest and we will contact you with further details)
LEVEL
- N/A (college certification only)
- Opportunity to gain material for portfolio or develop your experience in craft/woodworking skills
PROGRESSION
- Other woodworking mainstream programme