The Furniture Institute of Massachusetts

Moldings are the easiest way the dress up your furniture projects. They add interest and complexity but it takes a certain process to develop and make the shapes you are after and a certain way to approach making them safely. Students will leave with the vocabulary of shapes needed to develop complex shapes. Instruction will focus on the various techniques used to make moldings by hand as well as by machines such as the router and shaper. This workshop will give you the confidence to produce a simple bead by hand, coves for and quarter rounds by router and complex shapes such as the “Swan Neck Moldings “used in Highboys and Chest on Chests. Level ~ Beginner Course Length –Two Days Saturday & Sunday 9:00AM ~ 5:00PM Course Fee – $295.00 Materials – $35.00