Handtool sharpening and basic use

- Sharpening saws, chisels, bench planes,shoulder planes, scrapers and spokeshaves to work correctly.
- Setting up and using bench planes so they work for you.
- Setting up and using paring chisels so they work for you.
- Vertical and horizontal paring
- Chopping joints with a mallet
- Marking out and measuring accurately
- Use of measuring tools accurately
- Shooting boards bench hooks and mitre traps
- Designing and making rods and templates
- Using shoulder planes
- Using scrapers and scraper planes
- Using and setting up cabinet scrapers

Machine Basics

- Router advanced
- Use of radial arm saw
- Use of table saw
- Changing blades and choice of blades
- Safe use of planer
- Safe use of the band saw
- Changing blades honing and setting blades
- Use of a biscuit jointer
- Use of bobbin sander and disc sander
- Safe use of morticing machine
- Sharpening and setting up morticer
- Safe use of jointer
- Safe use of the lathe, spindle turning
- Safe use of spindle moulder
- Use of straight fences on spindle
- Use of ring fences and template collars
- Use of templates and jigs
- Jig thinking and jig design
- Batch product design and costing

Timber recognition and selection

- Timber basics
- Timber advanced
- Purchasing advice
- Timber storage and drying

Drawing

- Use of watercolours for client presentation drawings
- Use of models and maquettes
- Drawing from observation
- Drawing in perspective
- Design and proportion
- Use of templates and jigs
- 3-D thinking
- 3-D thinking and shaping

Furniture history

- Furniture history Walnut period
- Furniture history Mahogany period
- Furniture history the age of Satinwood period
- Furniture history Arts and Craft period
- Contemporary furniture design

Joinery

- Butt joinery
- Dovetail and lapped dovetail joinery
- Mitres and scribes
- Mortice and tenon joinery

Carcass construction and carcass design

- Table design a series of 10
- Drawer making a series of 5
- Chair design a series of 6
- Door making a series of 6
- Hinging cutting and fitting
- Door stops and catches
- Hardware
- Frame and panel construction
- Edge jointing and mitres
- Dowels and mortice and tennon
- Dovetails and cross halving
- Dados and housings

Use of cramps and clamps

- Glues and choice of correct glue
- Glue up techniques

Laminating the appropriate use of

- Selection of material
- Cutting laminates
- Design and making moulds
- Use with cramps
- Use of vacuum press
- Use of daylight press
- Coopering
- Kerf laminating
- Steam bending

Veneering by hand and with a press

- Selection of veneers
- Decorative veneer lay ups
- Jointing of veneers
- Preparation of ground work
- Pre and post lipping
- Design for veneering
- Post pressing operations
- Using hot glue

Marquetry

- Cutting and preparing pad
- Separating and taping up
- Polishing

Surface polishing

- Abrasives
- Burnishing
- Lacquering
- Shellacing and French polishing
- Oil polishing
- Waxing

Client management and workshop management

- Client drawings
- Photography
- Post studio picture handling
- Authenticity
- Time management
- Product costing and product pricing
- Design of workshop and machine shop
- First steps in setting up
- Workshop marketing
- Business management (series of 10)
- Development and use of a web site
- Direct marketing
- Public relations
- Corporate Identity and Branding
- Attending exhibitions
- Use of galleries and craft outlets
- Delivery and referrals
- Adwords and Adsense
- Website Design and Construction
- Website SEO