Woodworking: Build Your First Piece of Furniture

Woodworking: Build Your First Piece of Furniture

“Thank you for getting this far with you and I hope you enjoyed sharing this journey through the world of woodworking with me! To help you get organized, I've come up with a list of essential steps I'd like to see in your project: • Choose the material that is most suitable for your furniture. • Draw each piece of furniture with the measurements you need. Height, width and depth. Keep in mind the thicknesses of certain parts. • Transfer your designs to the wood of your choice. • Make test cuts before cutting in earnest. • Carefully sand to the touch you want. Do it in your time. You can apply some finishing at this stage, but if not needed, move on to assembly. • Assemble the furniture patiently, enjoying the process. Remember how important this step is. • When the furniture is assembled, break the corners and finish if you haven't done it before. • Dust the furniture before applying any product and respect the drying time between coats. And finally, congratulations! You started! These are some of the steps I took to create my project view:

Now it is your turn! Gather all your images and share your project by clicking on the "Create your project" button. Your publication will be part of your portfolio here at Domestika and will be a space for you to showcase your work in the community. Have new ideas, create alternatives, enrich your creativity. Also, I invite you to give feedback and comment on the work of the creative community. Take the opportunity to network! Whenever possible, I will also comment on the works and follow what is happening in the forum. To the next! ”

Partial transcription of the video

“Final project Dear student, new carpenter, this is the end of our course and thank you for getting me this far. Hope you enjoyed it too. In this video, I'm going to reinforce some important points and not let you forget that you have to start somewhere. What I showed you can be replicated in other creations and as of now, you have enough knowledge to continue experimenting in the world of carpentry. I would like you to remember that it might be the first time that you are having contact with all this information, with these accessories, with these machines, so don't cover yourself so much n...”

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Course summary for: Woodworking: Build Your First Piece of Furniture

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (37)
• 2318 students
• 4 units
• 14 lessons (1h 32m)
• 5 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Arts & Crafts, Interior Decoration, Woodworking