Dovetailed Cabinet

Length: 5 weeks
Dates: February 16 - March 20
Fees: $3475, GST included
Non-refundable deposit: $600
Material costs: $200.00 to $400.00 depending on choice of project and materials.
Prerequisite: Beginning Cabinet Making or similar experience.

This course builds systematically on skills developed in Beginning Cabinet Making. Students will be given a choice of three set projects, enabling them to practice, hone and expand on the skills already learnt. In each of the projects, traditional dovetailing and drawer making will be given special emphasis, thereby fostering the particular accuracy and skills required for these to be successful. This will provide a new benchmark for their approach to fine woodworking.

As well as dovetails, students will be introduced to mortise and tenon joinery, dowel construction, half-laps and other joints appropriate to their projects. More advanced methods of machining and procedures for maintenance and set-up will be introduced. Students will learn the basics of wood technology. This will include information on milling, drying and storing of timber, timber selection and identification, and understanding the issues and solutions to the problems of wood movement.

Street Address
The Centre for Fine Woodworking, 465 Wakapuaka Road, RD 1, Nelson 7071 (See Map)
Postal Address
Centre for Fine Woodworking, PO Box 1452, Nelson 7040, New Zealand. E-mail: info@cfw.co.nz, phone: +64 3 545 2674,