Dates: Monday, January 29 through Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Class does not meet on holidays, at night, or on weekends
Hours: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Price: $8695 is the full cost of the class. ($985 non-refundable, non-transferable deposit due at time of registration. Remaining balance of $7,710 due one month before the start of class. This will be…
Dates: Monday, January 29 through Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Class does not meet on holidays, at night, or on weekends
Hours: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Price: $8695 is the full cost of the class. ($985 non-refundable, non-transferable deposit due at time of registration. Remaining balance of $7,710 due one month before the start of class. This will be automatically charged to the credit card on file.)
Instructor: Eli Cleveland CF '09
This session is full. Join the waitlist here.
Overview: The Three-Month Furniture Making Intensive will guide you from basic hand and machine skills to advanced techniques in furniture making. Through a series of demonstrations and exercises, you’ll gain the knowledge and skills to build most tables and case pieces. Complete a number of small projects before moving on to building a shaker nightstand and a cabinet on stand.
These major topics are covered throughout the course:
- Tool sharpening (flat-edge tools)
- Hand tools skills and development
- Drafting and project organization
- Joinery (various mortise and tenon & dovetail joints as well as compound joinery)
- Machine room safety, machine set-up and procedures
- Lumber yard trip (measuring for an selecting the correct lumber for a project)
- Turning (spindle and faceplates)
- Veneering
- Case and table construction
- Finishing
Please contact us if you have questions about a particular topic. This class is suitable for beginners to lifelong enthusiastic hobbyists and everyone in-between. For those who wish to apply to one of our Career Training programs and who don't have much prior woodworking experience, this course provides prerequisite skill-building.
Prerequisite: None
Full Cost: $8,695 is the full cost of the class. $985 non-refundable, non-transferable deposit due at the time of registration. $7,710 remaining balance due one month before start of class. This will be automatically charged to the credit card on file. Note: General Registration and Cancellation Policies do not apply to this class. View more details on our CE FAQs page.
Tools and supplies: Please bring the items on this supply list to the first day of class. Many of the tools and supplies for Community Education classes are available for purchase from the NBSS Store by emailing store@nbss.edu. All sales are final and nonrefundable, and orders must be placed at least 7 days before the first day of class.
Technical Standards: Though this is an introductory course, the nature and length of the instruction requires that students meet these Technical Standards. For any questions about your ability to meet these standards, please reach out to ce@nbss.edu.
Veterans: Qualifying Veterans may use their post-9/11 GI Bill to cover the tuition for this course. Withdrawal from the course may impact VA housing benefits for those receiving them.
