Introduction to Furniture Repair Online Course - FR01

About the Introduction to Furniture Repair Course

The Introduction to Furniture Repair course is designed to teach you the fundamental skills of furniture repair. This on-demand course includes four projects, using different types of wooden chairs. Why chairs? Because they are the most frequently repaired wooden furniture and the skills required to repair chairs are transferrable to other types of wooden furniture.

This course will cover:

• How to safely disassemble wooden furniture
• How to identify and use the appropriate type of glue for furniture repair
• How to clean glue residue off of furniture joints
• How to remove broken dowels
• How to glue up wooden furniture properly for lasting results
• How to repair modern assemble yourself chairs

Learn From the Best

Scott Bennett is your instructor for this course. He is the host of the award-winning Fixing Furniture YouTube channel and the co-owner of Wooden It Be Nice Furniture Repair. Scott is known for his calm and knowledgable delivery of video content on several YouTube channels.

You will learn from a professional craftsman who has years of experience repairing and restoring furniture for customers.

On Demand Learning

We've designed the Introduction to Furniture Repair course to provide online learning in the comfort of your own home, at your own pace.

The course has 8 learning modules. Each module has:

• Lessons delivered by recorded videos to watch and learn
• Hands-on exercises to reinforce the learning in your own workspace

We've also included several downloadable reference sheets to help you learn new information that may be difficult to memorize.

Option for Live Instructor Support

If you prefer learning with the support of an instructor, we have a course option for that too. Go to the instructor supported learning course page.

What's Included?

• 8 hands-on furniture repair exercises
• A list of tools and materials you will need for each project
• 4 wooden chair repair projects (you are responsible for finding the chairs to work on as described in the course)
• 16 videos, 2 hours of video instruction content
• 3 downloadable reference sheets
• A certificate of completion

Course Outline

The course contains 8 learning modules:

1. Introduction to Chairs, Glue, and Furniture Repair Tools

2. Disassembling a Formal Wooden Chair

3. Preparing Chair Parts for Glue Up (Formal Chair)

4. Gluing up a Wooden Chair (Formal Chair)

5. Utility Chair Details

6. Upholstered Chair Seat Details

7. Assemble Yourself (flat-packed) Chair Chair Details

8. Course Summary & Reference Sheets