Introduction to Cabinetry - Wood Workshop (Saturday PM Series - Term 3 2025) by WomenzShed

INTRODUCTION TO CABINETRY

Learn to design and build a simple piece of furniture to take home and admire forever. Using basic cabinetry techniques and materials you will learn a design that can be adapted to create something for yourself such as a bedside table, a stool, a laptop table or a kid's desk. 

It is an opportunity to be creative whilst learning and embedding cutting, joining and assembling skills, in a supportive and friendly women-only environment at our unrivalled extensive central Auckland workshop.  Tools and machinery available to use include the track saw, drop saw, table saw, jigsaw, drill press, electric and hand planes, sanders, etc.

We provide examples of projects you can copy which can be made from the recommended plywood or pine panel (see below).

This workshop works better for women who have some previous experience with power-tools.  If you're a complete novice, we recommend doing our Introduction to the Wood Workshop series first to gain confidence in working with the power-tools and machinery used in this workshop.

Materials included in the cost of this workshop:

• glue and interior grade screw/nail fixings

• pine coloured filler

• sandpaper (60 and 120 grit)   
  

Your choice of timber/plywood is NOT included. See recommended supplies below for timber/plywood.

Dates for this series (Saturdays)

Wk 1 - 30 August (1-4.15 pm)

Wk 2 - 6 Sept (1-4.15 pm)

Wk 3 - 12 Sept (1-4.30pm)

Materials required to be purchased:

For a basic design we recommend using plywood or similar:

• A-grade is premium but B-grade will also work well

• minimum of 15mm thickness - 18mm recommended

• non-structural  

• non-treated 

• Min size required is 1200 x 600 mm 

Supplies:

• 'bbi' DIY Ply Non-Structural Plywood Pine Untreated 1200 x 600 x 18mm (SKU: 2422176) from Placemakers

• 'Specrite' 1200 x 600 x 18mm Timber Multi Use Pine Panel (I/N: 0419619) from Bunnings
  

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What to expect:​

​Total workshop time is 10 hrs.  Please bring your materials to the first class.

All workshop PPE (eye, ear, respiratory protection) will be available but we recommend to bring your own if you have it especially quality respiratory protection if you are sensitive to dust.

Max of 6 people per workshop (minimum of 4 to run)