Other Courses

All routing equipment is supplied by Trend Machinery Trend Machinery

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Basic Routing Course

The one day basic course will cover all the aspects of using the hand held portable router, including safety. Using the straight fence, bearing guided work, using bushes and jigs and workholding. The course will finish with an introduction to inverted routing with a demonstration on how to make a raised panel door. The course offers plenty of 'hands on' time to allow the student to get used to working with the router and performing the various operations in this interesting area of woodwork. A course information pack and certificate will be issued at the end of the course.

Router Jig Making

The jig making course will enable the router user to learn the basic skills required to make simple jigs and fixtures. An introduction to jig making tools and materials and using the router to make jigs and templates. The main area that will be covered will be jigs for use with guide bushes and their construction. The student will make a jig they can take home with them. An information pack and certificate will be issued at the end of the course.

 Advanced Routing

The advanced course will cover the use of the router in the inverted mode. All relevant safety aspects will be covered along with an introduction to the use of dust extraction. Students will have the opportunity to use shop build tables along with proprietary models during the course. Mounting and setting up the routers in the tables will be covered and the choice of suitable tooling. Fence work and free hand bearing guided work will be covered in detail. Students will make a raised panel door with a curved top rail which they can take home. The course is practical and hands on to allow the student to get used to setting and using inverted routers. A course information pack and certificate will be issued at the end of the course.

 Two Day Routing Course

This two day course covers many aspects of routing including hand held mode, table mounted routing including hand held mode, table mounted routing, routing using jigs and fixtures, and an introduction to jig and template making, enabling the student to construct jigs and fixtures to aid the use of the router. Course information pack and certificate of attendance will be issued at the end of the course.
 All courses are run in a superbly equipped teaching workshop fitted with dust exctraction, refreshments are provided.

Courses are available in groups or one to one.
 Other Courses
  1. Basic hand tool skills
  2. Sharpening planes & chisels
  3. Project based courses
  4. Routing course for Tradesmen
Please ring for details of the above. All courses must be paid for in advance when booking.

Course lecturer:
Ian Coning MIOC LCGI Cert Ed
Tel 07788 585824
 


Stockton Business Centre : Skinner Street : Stockton On Tees : TS18 1DW : 07788 585824
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