Do you…

…appreciate well made, solid wood structured items?

…lack experience working with wood but would love to learn?

…require a good quality, strong work bench?

If you answered yes to any of the 3 questions above then this is the course for you.

Scope:

‘Here’s your chance to learn some basic hand skills while producing your own sturdy workbench’.

During the class, you will spend time learning some basic hand skills, exploring basic wood jointing techniques and the correct tool selection to complete tasks, while producing your own strong and functional workbench.

You will find out about the characteristics of the materials being used and techniques of how to work with these.

This course is designed to give participants the skills required to complete basic home woodworking tasks successfully & skilfully.

Topics Covered:

• Preventing costly mistakes.
• Calculating materials.
• Tool selection, maintenance, correct uses, safety and skilled techniques.
• Introduction to time saving power tool techniques using chop saws, routers & oscillating tools.
• Basic woodworking joint types, characteristics and uses.
• Selecting timber – preventing, recognising and managing defects.
• Wood preservation, protection and finishing.
• Adhesive types – uses and characteristics.
• Gluing & clamping.