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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
    • Information
      • Skill Levels Explained
      • Course Dates & Prices
      • Booking Form – Short Courses
      • Terms & Conditions – Short Courses
      • Accommodation
      • Student Life
      • Student Gallery
      • Graduate Links
      • About us
      • Demos and Talks
      • Gift Vouchers
      • Benches to Rent
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  • Course Dates
  • Bespoke Furniture
  • Antique Restoration
  • John Lloyd’s Blog
  • Students Tool Shop

Wood Machining Course

About the course

This course is an introduction to using the machinery that might be found in a small to medium sized woodworking workshop and is suitable for those who have their own machinery or are considering purchasing. General Health & Safety issues will be covered, followed by setting-up, maintenance and use of the machines, with individual tuition on each machine. 

Throughout this course our overriding concern will be SAFETY!

Some previous cabinet making skills would be useful for this course, but are not essential.

What You Will Learn

The main elements covered for each machine will include safe working practices, adjusting/setting up, choice of blade & blade changing, jigs and dust extraction.

Band-Saw

  • Dimensioning timber components
  • Cutting dovetails, wedges, tapers etc.
  • Design & use of a point fence
  • Cutting veneers
  • Cutting tenons

Table-saw with sliding table

  • Dimensioning veneered board material using the scoring unit
  • Cross cutting and cutting short lengths using the sliding table
  • Removing a waney edge
  • Cutting timber to dimension using the rip fence

Planer-thicknesser

  • Surface planing techniques to remove wind, cupping etc.
  • Using the fence to plane narrow edges and for angled work
  • Thicknessing

Spindle moulder

  • Cutting grooves, rebates and mouldings
  • Cutting curved components using templates
  • Cutting tenons

Morticer

‘Domino’

Biscuit Jointer

  • Butt joints
  • Mitre joints
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Skill Level : Beginner

All levels welcome

Cost :  £400 (2026: £420)

Duration : 2 Days

Other : Protective equipment will be provided.  Students may bring their own if they wish. Max. 4 students.

Dates :

28-29 June 2025
4-5 Oct 2025

31 January – 1 February 2026
4-5 July 2026

3-4 October 2026

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    Read what our recent students say about this course

     “I got exactly what I wanted – advice on what to look for in machine tools, which tools are more useful than others, as well as lots of tips and tricks.”

    “John is incredibly knowledgeable, but also made it easy to understand – plus he came across a decent guy. Cakes, biscuits and sense that this was a family venture without super-tight time keeping made this very enjoyable and refreshingly uncorporate. I picked up lots of tips and found it easy to ask questions. I also discovered that what I want is a good bandsaw rather than a good table saw and that in itself will have saved me the course fee!”

    “Well structured and comprehensively covered the subjects.Time well used with sensitive feel for the needs of the participants.”

    “I liked the techniques side of using the machines, e.g. what joints you could make and how.”

    “Lots of detail. Practical advice regarding buying machinery, tailored to our circumstances.”

    “Very organised with every opportunity to ask a full range of questions.”

    “Excellent course by a skilled experienced tutor with a great amount of information imparted over the weekend. A good relaxed learning environment.”

    “This was a very detailed, technical course on the operation and use of a number of important machines found in workshops. Excellent detail on making sure no one hurt themselves (H&S). John Lloyd is a pretty good communicator!!”

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