Furniture Design and Construction for Beginners

Overview

“Are you ready to get down to business? We are going to start with the cutting, identification and sanding of each of the pieces of the project! I will show you how to start making the cutting lines to optimize the material. You will learn how to understand and arrange each of your pieces.”

In this video lesson Patricio Ortega (Maderística) addresses the topic: Selection of Material, Cutting, Identification of Parts and Sanding 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Furniture Design and Construction for Beginners. Learn the essential steps for designing, planning, and building wooden furniture in your own signature style.

Partial transcription of the video

“Material selection: Unassembly In this lesson we will do the cutting, identification and sanding of each piece of the project. The first thing I do, before making the cuts, is analyze the cut list. The idea is to organize the cuts to optimize the yield. For example: we are going to work on a board that measures 244 by 122. What we do is organize these cuts, these pieces, and distribute them optimally on the board. Whenever you do this, start with the largest pieces, they go on the top of the board. In this case, it would be the 79 cm ones, the top and the base, and the back that is 75.4. Ea...”

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Course summary for: Furniture Design and Construction for Beginners

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (3001)
• 117002 students
• 5 units
• 27 lessons (5h 18m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Craft, Design

• Areas

  Arts & Crafts, DIY, Furniture Design & Making, Interior Design, Woodworking