American Woodworking Academy

Basic Furniture Making

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Constructing a Drop Leaf Table with Four Spindle Legs

 

Immerse Yourself and Acquire Machining Proficiencies! Delight in twenty-four lab hours of woodworking. This experience is for the beginner through the amateur. Trainers will demonstrate and then guide you through various joinery construction techniques. Then you will learn about furniture joinery and using stationary tools in producing curved and turned pieces.

The following are specific woodworking technologies presented.


space.gif (890 bytes)Planning a project
space.gif (890 bytes)Surfacing wood to the desired thickness while creating two parallel faces
space.gif (890 bytes)Learning about table aprons and stretchers
space.gif (890 bytes)Duplicating on a lathe from a template
space.gif (890 bytes)Creating an arc
space.gif (890 bytes)Routing a drop leaf table edge
space.gif (890 bytes)Machining Mortise and Tenon joints
space.gif (890 bytes)Producing wooden joints
space.gif (890 bytes)Installing drop leaf table top hardware

 

Class for AGES 12 and UP or School's Permission
Class # SPI-603
A certificate is awarded upon class completion
Prerequisites SPI-600, 601. NO materials or tools needed.

 

The class takes twenty-four hours in eight hour blocks of time over a three-day period encompassing a Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Days and times may be altered depending on the circumstances.

 

FEES: Tuition $425.00 + Laboratory $100.00 + Materials (solid stock) $35.00 = $560.00 and you keep the project.

 

Contact the Academy Office for additional information:

Phone ..(636)-343-3750
Fax ...(636)-343-0871
E-Mail ...info@awacademy.com
Mailing Address ...1304 West Lark Industrial, Fenton, Mo 63026


See WEB site calendar for dates, if no date noted please contact Academy to place a reservation for a future date..

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Last Updated 08/27/09