Fine Wood Working courses

This course is designed as a practical introduction to working on and restoring antique furniture and will cover many of the main areas and techniques required for repair and refinishing. Ideally students will have some woodworking experience, so that structural repairs...fine wood working courses

Participants make a set project, a simple, elegant hardwood box with a veneered and inlaid lid, oiled, ‘smartHinges’ fitted and lined with leather. Choice of wood, veneer, inlay and leather colour. fine wood working courses

This course is aimed at the complete beginner or the woodworker who has some experience but wishes to get back to the basics of cabinet-making in order to produce furniture to a high standard. High quality cabinet-making is only possible with tools...fine wood working courses

Students for this course should have attended the FURNITURE MAKING I course or the weekend tuning & sharpening course, and will bring with them a well set up basic cabinet-making tool kit, as there will not be any time set aside...fine wood working courses

Ideally, students for this course will have attended the ‘Sharpening and Tuning’ course or the 1 day sharpening refresher course, and will bring with them a well set up basic cabinet-making tool kit, as there will not usually be any time...fine wood working courses

Students for this course will ideally have attended the FURNITURE MAKING I course or the weekend tuning & sharpening course, and will bring with them a well set up basic cabinet-making tool kit, as there will not be any time set...fine wood working courses

This course is designed as a practical introduction to the care of antique furniture. It will cover specific key areas which may reasonably be performed at home with few tools and little or no woodworking experience. This course is suitable...fine wood working courses

This course looks at the both traditional hand veneering, and the more modern method of veneering and laminating using a vacuum press. Veneering opens up huge opportunities for decorative work using exotic timbers and inlays, and using a vacuum press for...fine wood working courses

This course is appropriate for both the complete beginner, and the more experienced restorer or furniture maker, who is perhaps lacking in confidence, or would like to look at a new approach to an old subject. Whilst this course is described...fine wood working courses

This course is aimed at the woodworker who has some experience but who wishes to learn how to tune or ‘fettle’ a basic woodworking tool-kit and how to sharpen blades to ‘razor sharp’ using a combination of grinder and bench stones....fine wood working courses

12 week course – Cabinet-Making Skills & Techniques An intensive cabinet-making course covering the use of machinery but focussing particularly on developing hand-skills. During this course the student should acquire all the skills necessary to confidently embark upon project work. 24 & 36...fine wood working courses

Please contact John Lloyd Fine for details fine wood working courses