Furniture Design: Processes and Methods of Fabrication

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This course discusses ways of fabricating furniture with an overview on hand, power, and digital tools. It focuses upon the means and methods of making furniture. Whether you are fabricating a working prototype or researching the fabrication methods of how others have produced furniture, you need exposure to a range of fabrication techniques as well as an orientation to the tools used to craft, manufacture, and assemble furniture. Posted by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.

Objectives

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

Consider the quality, grade, and availability of all materials needed to fabricate furniture as well as the width, length, thickness, and finished surface qualities of the materials as they are distributed.
Select the correct tools used in bending, carving, cutting, drilling, milling, and planing furniture.
Identify the correct materials to use when assembling furniture.
Name the different types of wood joinery used in furniture production.
Recognize the various mechanical connections used in furniture production.
Recall the various types of upholstery used throughout time.
Define the types of finishes used on wood furniture.
Recall the use of hand tools and power tools in the production of furniture over the course of history.
Determine the materials and tools used in furniture production of today.
Describe the connection between design and technology.
Compare and contrast workmanship of risk and workmanship of certainty.