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  • Furniture School
    • Weekend Courses
      • Sharpening & Tuning Hand Tools
      • Cabinetmaking Fundamentals
      • Wood Machining
      • Making and Fitting a Dovetailed Drawer
    • 3-5 DAY COURSES by Skill
      • SKILLS WEEK – Sharpening & Essential Cabinet Making Hand Skills
      • JOINTS WEEK – Making a Table
      • DRAWER WEEKEND – Making and Fitting a Dovetailed Drawer
      • ANTIQUE FURNITURE RESTORATION TECHNIQUES
      • POLISHING WEEK – French Polishing & Modern Hand Finishes
      • VENEERING – Making a Games Board
      • LAMINATING – Making a Box with a Curved Lid
      • SHAPING A SEAT – Making a Bar Stool
      • FITTING LOCKS & HINGES – Making a Decorative Box
    • COURSES by Project
      • Project – Making and Fitting a Dovetailed Drawer
      • Project – Making a Table
      • Project – Making a Bar Stool
      • Project – Making a Decorative Box with Lift Out Tray
      • Project – Making a Danish Corded Stool
      • Project – Making a Games Board
      • Project – Making a Box with a Curved Lid
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The Veneering Week - Making a Games Board

Traditional Hammer Veneering & Using a Modern Vacuum Press 

About the course

No, actually there’s nothing wrong with veneer – this is not a cheap alternative to ’Real Wood’, Veneer is your big opportunity to make beautiful, decorative things using a vast selection of beautiful, sometimes outrageous, different woods from all over the world. Veneer allows large projects to maintain consistent colour and figure throughout, and the production of dimensionally stable panels that won’t be tempted to fight with any solid wood components in the near vicinity.

In short, Veneer opens up a whole new world of woodworking opportunities, both structural and visual.

Traditional methods of laying veneer are still valid in the 21st century, can be more versatile than modern methods, and only require a small selection of cheap low-tech tools. But, techniques using the latest resin glues, and equipment like the Vacuum Press, are brilliant when, for example, working on very large areas.

So, better learn how to do both!

What You Will Learn

  • TYPES OF GLUE – from the most traditional animal glues to the most modern resins
  • TOOLS & EQUIPMENT – required for Hammer & Vacuum Veneering
  • VENEER – how it’s produced; Thicknesses; Buying veneer; Storage; Laying out and Design possibilities; Preparing and handling veneer
  • PREPARING GROUNDWORK – Appropriate materials; Filling holes; Adding mitred Lippings
  • HAMMER VENEERING – Traditional techniques using hand-tools and hot animal glue; Halving & Quartering veneers; Laying bandings and letting in Inlays
  • VACUUM VENEERING – Making a ‘Lay-On’
  • DEALING WITH VENEER PROBLEMS – Areas of loose veneer or blisters & faults/blemishes
  • MAKING & VENEERING a STUNNING, DECORATIVE, GAMES BOARDS – Two boards suitable for playing Backgammon or Drafts/Chess
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Skill Level : Beginner / Intermediate 

Cost :  £750

Duration : 5 Days

Test Pieces : Two Games Board – Chess/Draughts & Backgammon.  Lifelong treasures to showcase your new veneering skills

Other : All tools & materials will be provided

All test pieces, and the Games Boards will be yours to take with you at the end of the week. If there’s time, the test pieces and the games boards will be polished.

** Please indicate on your booking form if you wish to purchase a set of Backgammon/Drafts counters and dice  **

Dates : 24-28 June 2024

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