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Woodworking

Course Code	SGT3
Fee Code	SG
Duration (approx)	20 hours
Qualification	Certificate of Completion

Learn to work with wood

Carpentry to crafts
Small and large jobs
A foundation for work, hobby, home reno

Lesson Structure

There are 6 lessons in this course:

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
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
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
- Spokeshave
- Rasps
- Files
- Sanding
- To sand a surface
- Using steel wool
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
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
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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