Woodworking

Course Code: SGT3
Fee Code: SG
Duration (approx) Duration (approx) 20 hours
Qualification
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Lesson Structure

There are 6 lessons in this course:

  1. 1. WORKSHOP, TOOLS, & APPLICATIONS
    • Workbench
    • Safety
    • Tools
    • Hand tools
    • Other tools & equipment
    • Power tools
    • Tool storage
    • Tool boxes
    • Hanging tools on wall
    • Woodworking applications
    • Review what you have been learning
  2. 2. TYPES OF WOOD
    • Timbers
    • Hardwoods
    • Softwoods
    • Composites
    • Timber veneers
    • Recycled wood
    • Harvesting from nature
    • Dimensions of timber
    • Job preparation
    • Ordering timber
    • Planning
    • Review what you have been learning
  3. 3. CUTTING & SHAPING
    • Measuring before cutting
    • Measuring dimensions
    • Measuring angles
    • Cutting
    • Types of saws
    • Shaping timber
    • Chamfering
    • Moulding
    • Cutting curves
    • Grooves
    • Dado
    • Rebate
    • Routers
    • Other shaping tools
    • Planes
    • Chisels
    • Rasps
    • Files
    • Sanding
    • To sand a surface
    • Using steel wool
  4. 4. JOINERY
    • Basic types of joints
    • Housing joint
    • Mitre joint
    • Butt joint
    • Mortise and tenon joint
    • Dovetail joint
    • Preparing a mortise and tenon joint
    • Reinforcing joints
    • Dowels
    • Nails
    • Wood screws
    • Glues
    • Review what you have been learning
  5. 5. CARVING & WOODTURNING
    • Carving
    • Tools for carving
    • Timbers for carving
    • Carving techniques
    • Whittling
    • Chip carving
    • Carving sculptures
    • Relief carving
    • Woodturning
    • Tools for woodturning
    • Machinery for woodturning
    • Woodturning techniques
    • Preparing the workpiece
    • How to do woodturning
    • Making safe cuts
    • Types of cut
    • Review what you have been learning
  6. 6. FINISHING
    • Preparing for finishing
    • Wood filler
    • Sanding
    • Cleaning
    • Finishing techniques
    • Polishing
    • Painting
    • Varnishing
    • Applying varnish over paint
    • Staining
    • Review what you have been learning
    • Final assessment



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