Leather and Wood: Spiffy Side Table With Drawer
Skill level: intermediate Instructor: Tim Wells 5-day workshop Oct 7–11, 2024
Dates & Location
Oct 07, 2024, 9:00 AM – Oct 11, 2024, 4:00 PM
Wendell Castle Workshop, 18 Maple St, Scottsville, NY 14546, USA
Class description
This is a casual 5-day course introducing you to the use of upholstery leather as a decorative feature of furniture. You will make a spiffy side table with one drawer that will allow you to learn and practice basic woodworking and leather work. The image shown is representative of the type of work that will be done in this class, not the actual piece.
Daily Syllabus
Monday
- Introductions
- Material selection
- Frame construction
Tuesday
- Drawer demo
- Build a simple drawer
Wednesday
- Finishing demo
- Apply a simple wipe-on finish
Thursday
- Leather demo
- Apply leather
Friday
- Additional construction time
- Afternoon: display, critique, and summary
Tools You Will Need to Bring
- PPE (safety glasses, dust mask, hearing protection)
- leather skiving tool (this one or similar)
- measuring tools, including 12” metal rule
- marking gauge
- tape measure
- block plane or small hand plane
- small metal square
- small dovetail saw
- assorted wood chisels
- wooden mallet
- basic woodworking hand tools (if you have them)
- utility knife and blades
- ballpoint pen
- pencils and notebook
- sharpening stone (water stone or similar)
Good Resources for Tools and Leather Supplies
Tandy Leather: www.tandyleather.com
Weaver Leather: www.weaverleather.com
Woodcraft: www.woodcraft.com
Rockler: www.rockler.com
Buckleguy: www.buckleguy.com
Class fee: $985
Material fee: $165