4-Week Fine Furniture Making Course

4-Week Fine Furniture Making Course Content

This 4-week fine furniture making course combines projects from our 1-week programs with additional time to develop core skills. Beginning with small projects like the Chinese Puzzle and Octagonal Cutting Board, students build essential skills in tool preparation, gaining control of hand planes, saws, and chisels. Next, students tackle a table (from our Joinery Masterclass), which challenges them to cut joints by hand and introduces precision use of portable tools and router tables. The final project, the Tri Table with a marquetry top, uses lamination and veneer techniques to complete an exciting month of fine furniture making. Throughout this course, students will create beautiful, timeless pieces: a Chinese puzzle, an octagonal cutting board, a low table with exposed joinery, and a circular side table with marquetry top. These pieces, designed by award-winning furniture designer Will Acland, serve as sophisticated teaching aids, ensuring students achieve the high standards associated with the Waters and Acland Furniture Workshop and School.

All students need to bring a hand plane and small selection of chisels of high quality.

After booking your place you will receive an email with more general details and tool purchasing advice.

We have a maximum of 5 students on our short courses which allows for our dedicated tutors to provide much needed close supervision.

All courses take place in our new ‘short course’ facility which is situated next to the  long course ‘(Designer Maker’) bench room. This allows our short course students to observe our long course students hard at work creating their beautiful pieces of fine furniture. The atmosphere is one of creativity and learning.

Furniture Making Course Highlights

• Create a Chinese puzzle and gain control of your chisel.
• Create an octagonal cutting board with chamfered edges and gain control of hand planes.
• Set up and sharpening of hand plane and chisels.
• Using the ‘scary sharp’ system for sharpening.
• Learn the unique Waters and Acland sharpening methodology.
• Advanced techniques for planing and chiselling.
• Accurate edge jointing and wood preparation.
• Use our workshop tools and understand what sharp really is.
• Accurate dimensioning of components.
• Understanding workshop drawings.
• Sanding and preparation for finishing.
• Wood finishing.
• Cut mortise and tenon, bridle and half lap joints by hand and machine.
• Assembly and glue up techniques.
• Creating laminated components.
• An introduction to veneering and marquetry.
• Using jigs and formers.
• Take away a beautiful low table with exposed joinery and circular table with marquetry top to be treasured for generations to come.

Notes

• If you would prefer to pay via bank transfer please email us for further information.
• If you have any questions regarding the course please don’t hesitate in getting in touch.
• If a course is fully booked please contact us and we will put you on a waiting list to receive the latest course dates.
• Gift vouchers are available. Contact us for further details.
• Bespoke small group and 1 on 1 courses can be arranged.
• Contact us for further details.

Terms and Conditions

• To secure a place full payment of the course fee is due at point of booking.
• We offer a 14 day cancellation period with full refund from the point of booking.
• Up to 60 days before the course start date 50% of the course fee will be refunded on cancellation.
• Within 60 days of the course start date all course fees become non refundable.