This course covers many of the major challenges associated with chairmaking. Students will make a pre-designed full-size dining chair and experience multiple stages of chair design and construction.

Course content:

Reading, understanding & creating scale drawings

Appreciation of grain and figure when selecting timber

Safe static machinery & power tool operations

Chair structure and joinery and its durability

Laying out and cutting accurate joints

Shaping and profiling parts

Jig and workshop aids

Planning & undertaking effective glue ups

Sanding & preparing parts for finishing

Selecting & applying suitable finishes

Students will start by reproducing a scale drawing with 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 and accurately laying out and cutting joints.

The parts are shaped and profiled, often using custom made jigs and other workshop aids.

The course will also cover the need for a successful glue up strategy, preparation of parts for finishing. and how to apply them will also be covered.