Furniture Making Saturday School - Short Course - Autumn
About this Event
This is a practical, workshop based course that offers a comprehensive introduction to furniture making with hand tools and also some power tools and static machinery. Students will undertake the construction of small end table in hardwood for taking home at the end of the course.
Students will learn:
- General design principles
- To use marking out tools to lay out joinery.
- To use a handsaw, chisels and planes to cut and fit basic woodworking joints.
- How to sharpen edge tools (chisels, plane irons).
- How to hand plane timber from sawn.
- 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 prepare timber surfaces and finish with oil.
- Lots of tips and tricks and how to fix your mistakes!
Dates & times:
10:30am-4:30pm
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
This course is 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
Refund policy:
- 100% refund if the learner has provided 4 weeks notice.
- 50% refund if the learner has provided 2 weeks notice.
- No refund if less than 2 weeks notice.
- If a learner wants to postpone to a later course date then this can be done with no impact on fees paid as long as we have 1 week's notice of their intentions.
For all refund requests please contact us directly at [email protected].
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 1050.00
