In-person course
in LINCOLN Maker & location details

Carpentry Crash Course including Joinery Skills and Door Hanging (4 days)

Group carpentry skills

Expert hands-on instruction

Fitting Doors

Working accurately

Sawing techniques

Citing Door linings

Chiselling skills

Description

Learn essential carpentry skills for Basic and Intermediate home DIY, fit your own skirting board and hang a door! Also perfect for those considering starting their own carpentry business and property developers. Door hanging is a profitable, always-needed skill and this course will equip you for life. Course includes: - Which tools to buy and how to use them, including safe handling and sharpening. - Measuring and cutting: using handsaws and power saws safely and effectively, including which saw for which job. - Hammering: selecting your hammer and proper hammering techniques for various tasks. - Drilling: selecting the correct drill type and mastering drilling techniques. - Screwing: knowing the best settings and fixings for the job, perfect technique without ripping the screw head. - Sanding: sandpaper selection and sanding techniques for smooth finishes. - Chiselling: essential joinery skill for woodworking joints and hinges. - Hand planing and electric planing: for smooth, level finishing, essential for joinery. - Basic skills: how to fit skirting board, cutting your angles perfectly every time. - Problem solving: how to correct an ill-fitting door. - Building an internal door lining, including fitting a new lining to an existing opening. - Hanging an internal door to a new lining, including making adjustments. - Fitting mortice locks and handles. - Fitting architrave (if time allows). - Price includes materials. Overall, this course aims to equip participants with practical skills that they can apply confidently in their own homes and in others’. Many of these carpentry “small works” are excellent earners for those looking for a supplementary or main income. There is never a shortage of carpentry work and AI can’t do it! The course is intensive & hands-on, allowing you to practice various woodworking skills under the guidance of an experienced instructor.