Making Wooden Furniture with Traditional Joinery
Select and Size Timber
A course by Sandy Buchanan , Furniture Maker and Sculptor
About the video: Select and Size Timber
Overview
“In this lesson, I will talk you through how to approach selecting and sizing your timber for a project like this. ”
In this video lesson Sandy Buchanan addresses the topic: Select and Size Timber, which is part of the Domestika online course: Making Wooden Furniture with Traditional Joinery. Explore traditional woodworking techniques to create a stylish and contemporary piece of furniture with a minimalist feel.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I'm going to talk you through the different types of timber available the importance of grain orientation and what we will need. For our project. This stool can be made in a wide variety of timbers. Of the two types, hard words are going to be the strongest, and soft words. Will generally be a little bit harder to work cleanly. Some common examples that may be available could be ash, Oak. or wanna. Whatever the species of wood you choose to make your project from, you should always look for kiln dried timber. This means that the timber has been dried to a moisture content of...”
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Course summary for: Making Wooden Furniture with Traditional Joinery
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Arts & Crafts, DIY, Furniture Design & Making, Woodworking
Sandy Buchanan
A course by Sandy Buchanan
Sandy, or Sand to his friends and family, is a bespoke furniture designer and maker based in Beckenham, London. Prior to setting up his workshop, Sandy had a 10-year career in the Oil & Gas E&P sector, working around the world as a geoscientist. He holds a bachelor's and master’s degree in geoscience.
After several redundancies, a general dislike for big corporate politics, and a growing unease about the sector, Sandy turned to making and crafting in the pursuit of meaningful work. His work is influenced by his childhood growing up in Hong Kong, the Chinese and Japanese appreciation and heritage of woodworking, and his choice of material. His pieces are produced skillfully and considerately, and are created to be used, allowing the beauty of nature to be enjoyed.
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