Going with the grain
by Alex Went, on 29 September 2015 13:02:31 CEST
Recently Prague College set up a partnership with DIY Praha, a multipurpose workshop and design space intended to meet the needs of creative craftspeople of all skill levels. The centre is home to any number of projects, from furniture building to set design and more. Prague College students have been attending specialist woodworking courses, including lectures followed by a hands-on workshop.
For the first session, students from our School of Art & Design learnt about types of trees and how they grow; the differences beween softwoods and hardwoods; and the appropriate uses and purposes of each. They were introduced to a wide range of tools - band saws, table saws and radial saws, tools for planing and routing, sanders and grinders, and methods of joining.