This course will teach you how to build basic cabinets without the need for big stationary equipment.  Using modern tools and a few tricks of the trade, it's easy to produce cabinetry in a small home shop that is as good as high-priced custom, and much better than what's sold in the big box stores.

We begin by learning how to accurately measure a room and plan the cabinet layout.  How do you locate and cut in for plumbing, electrical, and venting?  What can you do to eliminate dead, inaccessible corners?  How do you make sure that doors and drawers will open without running into adjacent units?  All this and more will be revealed.

The course is a mixture of design sessions, lectures and slideshows, and practical shop work that will cover basic cabinet carcass design & construction.  We'll also explore the varieties of standard and specialty cabinet hardware.

In the practical part of the course, students will build cabinetry that will become part of the school furniture. These cabinets will be built with face frames, drawers and edged panel doors.

We'll also include some of the more arcane, but necessary cabinetmaker's skills, such as scribing-to-fit and other black arts that make installation a pleasure instead of a nightmare.  Finally, we'll lead you through the maze of design & technical resources available to the beginning cabinetmaker.

If you have your own please bring: hearing protection, eye protection and a dust mask. 

There is no materials charge for the course.

Class size:    8 
Cost:             $600

Three courses are offered

* Note: Course dates have changed. Course is now one week later.