Furniture Design and Construction for Beginners

Overview

“Finally, I will teach you how to turn your cuts into a piece, you will learn how to identify the characteristics that will help you define them. I will show you how to mark the pieces for later use in an optimal way.”

In this video lesson Patricio Ortega (Maderística) addresses the topic: Selection of Material, Cutting, Identification of Parts and Sanding 3, 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

“We already have all the boards cut. What we need to do now is transform them into pieces. The difference between a board and a piece is that the piece has a specific position in space. That is. it has a top. a bottom. an inside. outside. front and back. We have not defined that yet. To achieve this goal. we must scrutinize every component individually to identify its appealing or unappealing traits. thus deciding how it should be oriented—facing inwards or outwards. up or down. front back. For clarity. we'll employ a straightforward naming system to prevent any confusion. We are going to ma...”

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Course summary for: Furniture Design and Construction for Beginners

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (3023)
• 119424 students
• 5 units
• 27 lessons (5h 18m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Craft, Design

• Areas

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