Make Your Own Kitchen Cutting Board/Serving Board
Course Overview
Create a beautiful, handcrafted cutting or serving board.
Whether you are a seasoned DIYer or an absolute beginner, this hands-on workshop will equip you with practical woodworking skills while you craft a one-of-a-kind piece for your kitchen or dining table.
From laminating timbers to applying a food-safe finish, you will walk away with a board that’s as functional as it is beautiful.
Workshop Outline
Intro to Laminating Timbers & Finishing Techniques
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Learn the basics of “jointing” timber to create a smooth, sturdy surface
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Glue-up techniques and how to use clamps for a solid bond
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Introduction to hand planes for shaping and smoothing
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Sanding methods to achieve a refined finish
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Applying a food-safe finish to protect and enhance the natural timber grain
Skills You will Learn
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Using a jigsaw and block plane
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Laminating and assembling timbers
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Sanding and applying various timber finishes
What to Bring
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Lunch (or grab something from one of the nearby cafes)
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Comfortable clothing suitable for a workshop environment
Join us for this fun and rewarding workshop and leave with a beautiful custom cutting or serving board, plus the skills to start your own future woodworking projects.
Tutor: David is a regular stallholder at the Northside Produce Market (1st and 3rd Saturday of the month, 8:30 AM–12:00 PM). Be sure to drop by and check out his woodwork stall!
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About the tutor
David Searson
David lives in St Leonards, is an active member of the Woodworkers Association of NSW, and has a small work space in Artarmon.
Living in a Sydney apartment himself, David will be focused on teaching people how to use basic tools, understand timber that's readily available locally, and how to cut, carve, sand, polish, and use tradtional finishes to create beautiful and lasting peices that you'll be proud to show to friends and family.
David makes pieces of all sorts - his food-related items like cutting boards, spatulas, baker's tools etc are on sale at the Northside Produce Markets. Over many decades, he has also made things like a spinning wheel, several tables, various boxes, kitchen cupboards, book-binders tools, carved spoons, a Norwegian Fiddle, and he does the occasional restoration of antiques.
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