Make Your Own Kitchen Cutting Board/Serving Board
Course Overview
Create a beautiful, handcrafted cutting or serving board.
Whether you’re an experienced DIYer or a complete beginner, you’ll gain practical woodworking skills while crafting a unique piece for your kitchen or dining table.
From laminating timbers to applying a food-safe finish, you'll walk away with a board that's as functional as it is stunning.
Workshop Outline:
Intro to Laminating Timbers & Finishing Techniques
- Learn the basics of “jointing” wood for a smooth, sturdy surface
- Techniques for glue-ups and using clamps to ensure a solid bond
- Introduction to hand planes for shaping and smoothing your board
- Sanding methods to achieve a perfect surface
- Applying a food-safe finish to protect and enhance the natural beauty of the wood
Skills You Will Learn:
- Using a jigsaw and hand plane
- Laminating and assembling timbers
- Sanding and applying various timber finishes
What to Bring:
- Lunch (or enjoy a meal from one of the nearby cafes)
- Comfortable clothing suitable for a workshop environment
Join us for this engaging and hands-on workshop where you'll leave with a stunning, custom cutting or serving board and new woodworking skills to use for future projects.
David is a stallholder at the Northside Produce Market, held on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month from 8:30 AM to 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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