School's over!

That’s it - We have completed our term at Don Bosco. The final week was hectic, since we had to make this table from scratch in just 6 days. This will be one of our grades (along with technical drawing and study of furniture styles, and the feedback from our industry trainings)

I find the style (or rather lack of it awful. It is in solid ash, except the top and bottom boards, which are in veneered MDF. The top veneer has a square pattern that does not show in the picture. It opens on 2 hinges and contains a drawer with dovetails. The feet are bandsawed in a lyra shape (that’s the worst part in my view). Remember we did not choose the subject)

This week I started the first of my 2 one-month trainings in a real-life workshop. A friendly cabinet maker in my home town agreed to take me as an apprentice. There is certainly a change of pace compared to the school: I made 10 drawers the first day (starting from rough oak, I planed the boards, dimensioned them, cut dovetails with a special -purpose machine). The next day I glued them and fixed the screws. More on this later.