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:
10am-4pm
10th May
17th May
24th May
31st May – No class due to Half Term
7th June
14th June
21st June
28th June
5th July
12th July
19th July
26th July
2nd August
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 Admissions@thebcc.ac.uk.
