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Introduction to Chair Making

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Introduction to Chair Making


2-week course designed for those with at least basic woodworking experience.

“Most woodworkers are both fascinated with and in awe of chairmaking. Chairs are seen as the pinnacle of the woodworker’s art and impossibly complex to make.”
Jeff Miller, Chairmaking & Design, 2006

Whilst no one chair can cover all the approaches to chair making, this course covers many of the major challenges associated with chairs. Students will make a pre-designed full-size dining chair in 10 days and in so doing, experience multiple stages of chair design and construction.

Introduced on the full-time furniture makers program in 2023, this approach proved highly successful, and is now being offered as a stand-alone short course for those wishing to start their journey into designing and constructing chairs.

Course content:

  • Reading, understanding, and creating scale drawings

  • Appreciation of grain and figure when selecting and machining timber

  • Safe static machinery and power tool operations

  • Chair structure and joinery and its contribution to durability

  • Laying out and cutting accurate joints

  • Shaping and profiling parts

  • Jig and workshop aids for chairmaking

  • Planning and undertaking effective glue ups

  • Sanding and preparing parts for final finishing

  • Selecting and applying suitable finishes

Students will start by reproducing a scale drawing which will aid in the reading and comprehension of drawings; the aim being to assist students produce their own chair drawings in the future.

A cutting list for all parts is derived from the drawings and students will then make the components. The focus then moves to accurately laying out and cutting joints.

With joinery complete, the parts are shaped and profiled, often using custom made jigs and other workshop aids.

The course will also cover the need for a glue up strategy. Finally, time will be spent on the preparation of parts for finishing. Suitable finishes and how to apply them will also be covered.

Course Dates

14th - 25th October 2024

Course Fee

$2500 including all materials.

Tutor

Stuart Faulkner



If you require any further information or would like to enrol, please complete the form below or call (03) 545 2674.


The course exceeded my expectations in every way.
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