Course Syllabus
Module I: Introduction, Safety, and serviceability, Measurements & Marking
Introduction to trade: Woodworking, Identification of Timber ( Natural & Synthetic Wood; Boards & Sheets), Wood Characteristics (Structure & Grain Distortion); Safety and serviceability: The importance of safety, the standard precautions for maintaining personal and tool safety, different PPE equipment’s used in woodworking; Marking Tools: Scriber, try square, marking gauge, punches, etc.; Measuring tools: Foot rule, Steel Tape, fourfold rule, etc.; Cutting Tools: Saws, planes, Chisels, Files, Drills, etc.; Setting, Maintenance & Sharpening of Tools
Practice 1: Safety Rules Every Woodworker Should Know
Practice 2: Woodworking tools and their use
Module II: Jigs, Fixtures & Fasteners
Work holding devices: Carpentry vice, Workbench, C-clamp, Bar clamp, Bench hook, Bench stop, etc.; Location & Clamping: Various Methods with description; Fasteners: Nails and their uses, different types of screws and their uses, Hinges, Nut & Bolt, Natural adhesives, binders and matrices for wood.
Practice 3: Working with Jigs & Fixtures
Practice 4: Strengthening of wood joints and use of Mechanical fasteners
Module III: Basic Operations
Sawing Practice: Use of different types of the saw (Ripping, Crosscutting, etc.); Planning Practice: Use of jack plane, trying plane, smoothing planes, etc.; Others: Chipping, Filling, Drilling, Sanding, Staining & Polishing
Practice 5: Cutting, Dressing, and Finishing of wood
Module IV: Advanced Woodworking Machines
Function, common operations and safety precautions, Care and maintenance of the machines, in brief, like- Panel Saw, Band Saw, Sander, Molder, Mortiser, CNC machine, Bander, Planer, etc.
Practice 6: Maintenance Tips for Woodworking Machines
Practice 7: Processing wood in advanced machine tools
Module V: Wood Joints and Structural Assemblies
Marking and Making- Mortise-tenon Joint (bridle joints, oblique double bareface, double hanched etc.), Dovetail Joints, Broadening joints (Lap Joints, Simple butt, glue butt, doweled rebutted, secret screw butt joint, tongued and grooved, butt feather, tongued and grooved joints etc., Lengthening joints: Simple scarf, beveled scarf, table scarf, sloping scarf with wedged, etc.
Practice 8: Designing & Crafting wooden joints
Module VI: Process Planning
Development & Reading of drawings; Developing manufacturing logic and knowledge, Preparation of Bill of materials simple estimation and costing, preparation of operation chart, process sheet, Time estimation
Practice 9: Planning Process & Techniques
Module VII: Product Development
Practice 10: Marking and making of
- Simple furniture like plain notice board, mini stool (straight legged)
- Chalk box, Tea tray, or office tray
- Book rack, Stool (Standard height, taper legged) Taper frame, plain table
- Modern Cabinet
- TV Stand & Unit
