The Brisbane School of Fine Woodwork is conducting a six day Dovetail Course with students making a Japanese style portable tool case. Students will learn the skill of cutting “through” dovetails, creating a floating panel floor and fitting a wedged lid. Dimensions are: 520mm (L), 260mm (D), 175mm (H). The timber we will be using is New Guinea Rosewood, a beautifully durable and stable timber.

The School is located just 2km from Samford Village and 25km from Brisbane.

Cost: $2000.00

Dates: 12/2/24 – 17/2/24
Time: 9am – 5:00pm

Book Tool Box Course

What to Bring:
– Lunch and snacks (the School provides light refreshments – coffee and tea)
– P2 dust mask
– 2mm clutch pencil with 2B leads
– notepad and camera

The Brisbane School of Fine Woodwork is pleased to announce a new, two-week full-time course on building a wall hanging cabinet. This piece will follow traditional joinery techniques, utilising hand cut dovetails in solid timber, hand fitted, hinged, a floating panel door and a french cleat to keep your piece nicely secured on a wall. The cabinet will be fixed design, approximately 460mm (H) x 200mm (W) x 165mm (D). The cabinet will be another heirloom piece to be passed down from generation to generation. Whilst this is an excellent transition piece between the Month Long Basics Course and the Month Long Cabinet on Stand Course, the Month Long Basics Course is not a prerequisite course. As with most of our courses, class size is limited to four students. All students have access to their own bench and fully equiped tool board. The School provides beautiful furniture grade timber for the project. There is an extensive library including books on technique and design. The School’s machine shop is equiped with all of the necessary machinery to run a professional furniture making practice.

The School is located just 2km from Samford Village and 25km from Brisbane.

Cost: $3300.00

Dates: 01/04/24 – 12/04/24 (weekends excluded)
Time: 9am – 5:00pm

Book Wall Cabinet Course

What to Bring:
– Lunch and snacks (the School provides light refreshments – coffee and tea)
– P2 dust mask
– 2mm clutch pencil with 2B leads
– notepad and camera

These five day workshops will concentrate on basic hand skills, marking out, material preparation, joint cutting and sharpening. There is a small amount of machine usage.

The piece produced during this 5 day course will be cherished for life and will give the student a wonderful reference point as to where their woodworking journey began.

Materials, tools, and refreshments provided.

Cost: $1,700.00 for each of the Basics Workshops.

Time: 9:30am – 4:30pm

Early February Dates: 05/02/24 – 09/02/24

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Late February Dates: 26/2/24 – 01/03/24

Book Late February Basics Workshop

The Hall Table and Coffee Table Workshops are six-day courses. Whilst a natural progression from the Basics Workshop, it is not necessary for students to have completed The Basics Workshop before doing the Hall Table or Coffee Table Workshops. We will be building tables in a simple, elegant design influenced by the Shaker movement. Emphasis will be on quality of construction and finish. The students will be introduced to machinery in this workshop as well as developing and honing their hand skills.

Students will learn to mark out and cut mortice and tenon joinery using hand tools and machinery, as well as learning to use a hand plane effectively to hand plane edge joints. Students will also learn to taper legs and make traditional hold down buttons in wood.

For this six day course, students can chose between a hall table or coffee table as their piece.

Materials, tools, and refreshments provided.

Cost:
Hall Table: $2,000
Coffee Table: $2,200

February Dates: 19/02/24 – 24/02/24 (6 days)

Book Hall Table Workshop

February Dates: 19/02/24 – 24/02/24 (6 days)

Book Coffee Table Workshop

The Basics Foundation Course is aimed at both the beginner student looking to obtain a strong grounding in woodwork and the more experienced woodworker looking to bolster their skills. This is an immersion course for one month. We explore the fundamentals of woodworking from timber selection to marking out and cutting joints, to correct tool usage, sharpening and tuning hand tools, safe machinery use and good workshop practice. This is a project based course and students can expect to make some beautiful items that will be cherished for life. The accumulation of skills throughout the month will allow students to begin working with more confidence from home, or any workshop.

This course is also a great stepping stone for the 2 week Wall Hanging Cabinet Course and 4 week Cabinet on Stand Course.

The class size is limited to four students. Each student will have their own bench and tool board with quality hand tools during the month. Furniture grade materials will be supplied, as will safety visors and ear protection. The School has an extensive reference library including books on technique and design. The machine shop is equipped with all machinery necessary to run a professional furniture making practice.

The School is located just 2km from Samford Village and 25km from Brisbane.

Cost: $4,500.00

Dates: 04/03/24 – 29/03/24 (weekends excluded)
Time: 9:30am – 4:30pm

Book Basics Foundation Course

What to Bring:
– Lunch and snacks (the School provides light refreshments – coffee and tea)
– P2 dust mask
– 2mm clutch pencil with 2B leads
– notepad and camera

The Cabinet on Stand Course is aimed at giving the intermediate student an achievable project that will become an heirloom piece. To some, a beautifully crafted cabinet is regarded as the pinnacle of their woodworking achievements.

We will be concentrating on an elegant, timeless design utilising a combination of both traditional and modern techniques. The cabinet will incorporate a hand cut, hand fitted dovetail drawer and hinged doors with solid floating panels. It has been designed to be easily transportable upon completion.

The class size is limited to four students. Each student will have their own bench and tool board with quality hand tools during the month. Furniture grade materials will be supplied, as will safety visors and ear protection. The School has an extensive reference library including books on technique and design. The machine shop is equipped with all machinery necessary to run a professional furniture making practice.

The School is located just 2km from Samford Village and 25km from Brisbane.

Cost: $5,200.00

Dates: Winter 2024 (Specific Dates TBA)
Time: 9am – 5:00pm

Book Winter

What to Bring:
– Lunch and snacks (the School provides light refreshments – coffee and tea)
– P2 dust mask
– 2mm clutch pencil with 2B leads
– notepad and camera

These classes will, over time, take students from a zero knowledge base to a strong competency level in the use of their hand tools, marking out procedures, joint cutting, machine use and finishing, via a series of projects set by the School. The projects are simple in nature but exacting in execution and will help develop the student’s appreciation for quality work. The rate of learning will depend on the frequency of attendance.

Please note that BSFW is conducting its Block of Six Casuals during the period February – Mid April 2024. This popular course fills quickly and dates and places are limited. The Block of Six will be held on Saturdays and or Sundays depending on availability, during this period.

It is advised that students make their booking of six classes in advance given the limited window to complete the 6 days of lessons. Current dates of availability are:

February: 4th, 10th, 11th, 18th and 25th
March: 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 10th, 16th, 17th, 23rd, 24th, 30th, 31st
April: 6th, 7th

Cost: $1,500 per block of six one-day lessons

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One-on-One
There is a minimum of 2 hours and maximum of 5 hours in any one session.

Cost: $200 per hour

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