This course is designed to provide the foundational knowledge and skills to manufacture furniture. Topics covered include: furniture design styles, sourcing raw material for projects, tool selection, machine operation, joinery and furniture construction.

Identify wood species and develop knowledge on the applications for different woods.  Learners will explore these concepts via hands-on experience, and establish basic understanding of wood cell types, identification characteristics, and material features. 

Apply style elements and processes covered in previous coursework, learners will complete two major design and build projects. First, students will build a Stickley-style dinette chair utilizing component and finish product SketchUp renderings. Second, learners will challenge “the status quo” by creating their own style and displaying these elements in a handcrafted dinette table.

Explore current technology and automated machinery in the wood industry. A combination of software types will be used to showcase different applications of digital manufacturing. Subjects covered will include file types such as raster and vector, CAD and CAM software and machine center operating systems. Machine centers utilized in the class will include CNC routers, a laser engraver and more.