Introduction to Furniture Making - Part Two: Carcase Construction

Over this fun five day course, you’ll learn the comprehensive skills involved in making a solid timber carcase construction with a hand-cut, fitted dovetailed drawer. On completion, this project may be wall mounted for future use as a bedside table or keepsake box.

This course is suitable for students who have completed the Introduction to Furniture Making - Part One: Frame Construction course, or with previous experience.

You will cover:

• Design factors for the functionality of drawer and carcase construction
• Considerations of grain direction, wood movement and aesthetics when selecting components from stock
• The process of accurately marking out joinery
• Cutting and fitting dovetail joinery
• Sanding, detailing and pre-finishing prior to glue up
• Gluing up and clamping techniques
• Clean up and final assembly of carcase and drawer
• Fitting of cleat for wall mounting/ installation
• Drawer fitting