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 20th September

Saturday 27th September

Saturday 4th October

Saturday 11th October

Saturday 18th October

Saturday 25th October

Saturday 1st November (No class due to Half Term)

Saturday 8th November

Saturday 15th November

Saturday 22nd November

Saturday 29th November

Saturday 6th December

Saturday 13th December

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.

Furniture Making Saturday School - Short Course - Autumn