L’apprenti.e 3 EN • Making a coffee table
Essential woodworking techniques
This course’s objective is to consolidate all the basic knowledge seen in the first two machine tool classes and to push further your exploration of solid woodworking by making a table. You will prepare the wood and learn how to make a solid wood panel, meaning several wood planks glued together to create a large wood section for the tabletop.
You will also learn how to make tapered legs for the table, tenon and mortise assemblies and a curved surface to give the tabletop it’s oval shape. To put these notions to use, each participant will make their own red oak coffee table.
Practical course
- Presentations and demonstrations by the teacher
- Technical exercises and making of an object/piece of furniture by the participants
Schedule
Prerequisites for the course
Level 3 course – Prerequisites : L’apprenti.e 1 AND L’apprenti.e 2 or equivalent knowledge
Number of sessions
3 sessions
Training duration
24 hours
Cost
620 $ + txs
Group 1
Saturday March 28th, April 11th and 18th 2026, 8AM to 5PM
Course plan
- Jointer
- Planer
- Bandsaw
- Table saw
- Drill press
- Plunge router and table router
- Belt sander and orbital sander
- Wood physics fundamentals
- Working with tools and safety
- Planning a wood working project
- Working with rough lumber
- Solid wood lamination
- Using jigs on the table saw
- Making tenons on the table saw with a dado blade
- Making mortise with the plunge router and a jig
- Making curved edges with a router and a jig
- Moldings
- Machine and hand sanding
- Gluing
- Pilot holes, counter sink and chambered holes for hardware
- Finish sanding
- Materials and tools needed to carry out exercises and/or projects
- Course notebook
- If necessary, loan of hearing protectors and safety glasses
If you have one, you can bring:
- a dust mask
- hearing protectors
- safety glasses
- safety shoes
Schedule for the coffee table course
- Presentations, course objective and project
- Reminder on machine use and safety
- Understanding the technical plans
- Preparing the rough wood
- Cutting the pieces to final dimension
- Solid wood lamination
- Reminder on safety notions
- Cutting the solid wood panel to final dimension
- Preparing the wood panel for its final curved shape
- Making the oval tabletop with the band saw, the router and a jig
- Making the tenons with the table saw
- Making the mortises with the plunge router and a jig
- Making tapered legs with the table saw
- Moldings
- Presanding and table glue up
- Making cleats and installing the tabletop
- Finish sanding
Woodworking training programs
This course is part of a program bringing together a series of courses that allow progressive and in-depth learning of cabinetmaking techniques.
Participants
Unless otherwise specified, ÉÉAM general public courses are only open to people 18 years of age and older.
As openness and inclusion are essential values for the ÉÉAM, the school strives to accommodate everyone who is interested in cabinetmaking. If you live with a functional limitation and have questions regarding your ability to attend training, please contact us to discuss.
