INTERMEDIATE COURSE

10-Week Course

Our 10-Week Course

This is a course designed for woodworking hobbyists who wish to explore a wide range of different skills within the craft. The course consists of a series of set projects designed to equip students with a comprehensive skillset, leaving them with a new level of confidence to tackle any future projects on their own.

With 8 students on the course being taught by 3 tutors, tuition is thorough and students will learn a wealth of skills across the 10 weeks.

Before the course starts, students will be sent three set furniture designs, from which they will be asked to pick one. This will then become the focus for their main project, along with four other smaller furniture projects, each of which will contain a long list of learning outcomes.

Students will also be expected to either bring an antique from home to be restored or to source one from an auction house in Edinburgh during the first week to be restored later in the course.

Students will create the following pieces of furniture on the course:
- Keepsake box in American white ash with veneered panel and wooden dowel joint
- One piece chosen from three optional designs (a contemporary console table with drawer and floating top; a mid-century coffee table; or an Arts & Crafts wall hanging cabinet)
- Bake-Off style technical challenge: a handmade stool in African sapele
- Mid-century bench in American red cherry with Danish woven cord
- Restoration project

Skills taught on this course include:
- Sharpening
- Measuring and marking
- Hand skills (Sawing, Chiseling, Screwing, Hand planing etc.)
- Making a bench hook/shooting board
- Finishing techniques (French polishing, staining, spray lacquering, Oil and Wax)
- Veneering
- Joinery (half-lap, wedged tenon, bridle, dovetails, dovetailed half-lap)
- Glue selection
- Selecting timber
- Producing a cutting list
- Machine induction (bandsaw, mitre saw, radial arm saw, table saw, track saw, surface planer, thicknesser, pillar drill, table router, handheld router, orbital sander, domino machine)
- Weaving (Danish paper cord)
- Cutting tapers
- Restoration

Please note, this course is for adults aged 18 years and over.

The fee for the 10-Week course is £9,000, with a £2,000 deposit payable to secure your place, with the remaining balance payable one month before the start of the course. The cost of timber is included in this fee. All fees are non-refundable.

The upcoming course dates for 2024 / 2025 are:

7 Oct – 13 Dec 2024 (Half term 8 Nov – 11 Nov)
12 May – 18 Jul 2025 (Half term 13 Jun – 16 Jun)
29 Sep – 05 Dec 2025 (Half term 31 Oct – 3 Nov)

If you would like to join us, please fill in the application form below.

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