Beginning Cabinet Making 1
14th – 25th March (full time students only)
9th – 20 May
29 August – 9 September
5 – 16 December 2011
6 – 17 January 2012
12th – 23rd March 2012
Fees: $1640 with $350 deposit
Materials included
Prerequisite: None

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Dovetail Cabinet & Carcase
4 April – 29 April (4 weeks)
2 – 27 April 2012
Fees: $2352, GST included
Non refundable deposit of $600
Material costs: $300 – $600 depending on choice of project and materials.
Prerequisite: Beginning Cabinet Making or similar experience.

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Three–legged bar stool
Dates: 16 – 18 February (3 days)
Fees: $395 GST included
Materials: Min $200 GST included
Prerequisite: None

Shaping and forming of wood is such a specific skill area that people who specialise in it become known as 'shapers'.

Nigel Whitton has used his background as a ship-wright and oar-maker to develop a Tage Frid bar stool design to allow all the basic techniques to be learnt in 3 days. Join us to make this beautiful stool in Maple, Walnut or Cherry-beech. Discover how to lay out and and achieve a 'fair' shape in your work. Learn the best methods to form tapers, rounds, ovals and seats using spokeshaves, draw knives, rasps, planes and abrasives. Setting out and drilling on compound angles and making of round tenon joints will also be covered. A great project.

 

Outdoor trestle table
Dates: 21 – 25 February (5 days)
Fees: $625 GST included
Materials: Min $600 GST included
Prerequisite: None

Build your own outdoor trestle table ready for your late summer BBQs. The course covers specialised techniques for outside furniture, including the making of glueless joints.

 

Wall hung-shelves
Dates: 26 – 28 February (3 days)
Fees: $395 GST included
Materials: Min $50 GST included
Prerequisite: None

Over three days furniture maker Thorkild Hansen will teach you to build a set of beautiful delicate wall–hung shelves, with wedged through tenons.

 

Fine four–seater table
Dates: 7 – 11 March (5 days)
Fees: $625 GST included
Materials: $300 – $500 GST included
Prerequisite: None

A five–day course taught by John Shaw, building a fine and lightweight four–seater table, enabling you to learn structural aspects of woodworking such as mortise and tenon, and explore design options offered by using band sawn veneer on the top surface. .

 

Skateboard
Dates: 26 – 27 March (2 days)
Fees: $260 GST included
Materials included but not cost of trucks & wheels
Prerequisite: None

Form and shape your own skateboard in a weekend. This is a great course for kids aged 12 and up, including the grown up kids out there, who have always fantasized about making their own skateboard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rocking horse head
Dates: 28 March – 1 April (5 days)
Fees: $625 GST included
Materials: Min $150 GST included
Prerequisite: None

This course aims to carve the head of a rocking horse used in making a traditional Victorian style rocking horse. It is envisaged that once the skills and confidence to carve the head are achieved the rest of the body is easier. A completed model will be present to copy and discuss. It is a project which can be undertaken by those new to carving especially under supervision and certainly gives the skill and confidence to undertake carving of other unrelated projects, especially 'carving in the round' and 'relief' carving. Some tuition in carving tool sharpening will be given.

 

 

Windows & Doors
Dates: 2 – 3 April (2 days)
Fees: $295 GST included
Materials: None
Prerequisite: None

A weekend workshop observing the step–by–step methods of making a rail and stile door and matching casement window. Perfect for owner / builders.

 

Electric guitar
Dates: 18 – 22 April (5 days)
Fees: $625 GST included
Materials: Min $500 GST included
Prerequisite: None

Spend five glorious days crafting your own coveted electric guitar with a solid wooden body, fret board and neck, and fitted electrics.

 

 

Beginning Cabinet Making 2 – A Wall Cabinet
26th April – 6th May
12th – 23rd September
7th – 18th November
Fees: $1695 with $350 deposit
Materials included
Prerequisite: None

This course is designed to take you beyond the levels of Beginning Cabinet Making 1 by teaching you how to make a small wall cabinet with a coopered door, designed by furniture maker Thorkild Hansen. This course will extend and reinforce all the basic skills learned in Beginning Cabinet Making 1.

 

Beginning Cabinet Making 3 – A Jewellery Box
10 – 21 October 2011
Fees: $1695 with $350 deposit
Materials included
Prerequisite: None

"The Jewellery Box – A box with a tray, a hinged top and a handle" designed by renowned furniture maker Vic Matthews will lead students into a fascinating area of fine woodworking. This course aims to introduce the principles behind working small and fine with the emphasis strongly on technique.

 

Frame & Panel
2 May – 20 May (3 weeks)
30 April – 18 May 2012
Fees: $1764 GST included
Non refundable deposit of $450
Material costs included
Prerequisite: Beginning Cabinet Making or similar experience.

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Bending Solid Wood
23 May – 3 June (2 weeks)
22 May – 1 June 2012
Fees: $1815 GST included
Non refundable deposit of $400
Material costs included
Prerequisite: Beginning Cabinet Making or similar experience.

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Marquetry
20th June – 8th July
18 June – 29 June 2012
Fees: $1176 GST included
Material costs are included
Prerequisite: None

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Stool Making / Table Construction
4 July – July 8 (1 week)
Fees: $588 GST included
Material costs not included
Prerequisite: None

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Classical Chair Making
4th July – 12th August
2 July – 10 August 2012
Fees: $3528 GST included
Non refundable deposit of $1000
Material costs not included.
Prerequisite: Beginning Cabinet Making or similar experience.

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Design & Make a Hall Table / Desk
15 August – 9 September (4 weeks)
13 August – 7 September 2012
Fees: $2352 inclusive of GST
Non refundable deposit of $1200
Material costs not included
Prerequisite: Beginning Cabinet Making or similar experience.

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Advanced Furniture Making
26th September – 2nd December (10 weeks)
24 September – 23 November 2012
Fees: $5880 GST included
Non refundable deposit of $1800
Material costs not included
Prerequisite: By negotiation

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