Furniture Design and Construction for Beginners
Discounts
A course by Patricio Ortega (Maderística) , Furniture woodworking instructor
Joined January 2019
About the video: Discounts
Overview
“It is time for you to know how to make the cuts. I will show you how to do it on the body of the cabinet, the door, etc. Strawberries will be your best allies for this process. You will know three different ways to make the recesses, I will tell you when to use each one.”
In this video lesson Patricio Ortega (Maderística) addresses the topic: Discounts, 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
“Rabbets In this lesson, we will make the rabbets. Basically, we are going to focus on the door and the rabbet for the shelf. Let's start with the door. We start with the rabbet in the body, later we'll adjust the rabbet of the door to that of the body. We will use the bench router. You could use your manual router, but you can convert your manual router. It is much faster and comfortable with a bench router. We will use a 9 mm end mill. It will do this rabbet and with it, then we will make this one. The same cutter will serve for the rabbet on the side of the shelf. There are three rabbets ...”
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Course summary for: Furniture Design and Construction for Beginners
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, DIY, Furniture Design & Making, Interior Design, Woodworking

Patricio Ortega (Maderística)
A course by Patricio Ortega (Maderística)
Patricio Ortega is a furniture maker and founder of Maderística, a small workshop specializing in handcrafted furniture design. With 14 years of experience, he has focused on mastering plywood, developing innovative techniques, and sharing his knowledge with over 1,800 students. As an architect and self-taught instructor, Patricio blends creativity and technique to create functional and durable furniture.
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