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Handicraft courses
Handicraft at its best – the more than 200 courses are held
by highly qualified tutors. Kindly ask for the complete free
workshop brochure at www.more-than-tools.de
Surface finish
(2 days, approx. 16 hours)
Content: finishing of wooden
surfaces with traditional
materials like wax, oil and rosin.
Choosing the right finish is
often very difficult – even for
professionals. We will demonstrate
which finish is most suitable
for the various kinds of wood and how to use them.
In German.
Acoustics and lacquering for
making a violin (4 days,
approx. 32 hours)
Content: introduction to
lacquering, the necessary raw
materials to prepare the lacquer,
preparation of lacquer,
spirit lacquer, oil lacquer, prestaining,
staining. Application
of the basic lacquer and the coloured licquer, polishing of
the lacquer. Various methods of analyzing and affecting the
frequencies of the wood: picking, Fuhr method with glass
tubes, Hutchinson method with frequency regenerator etc..
In German.
French polishing
(3 days, approx. 24 hours)
Content: material science,
preparation of the lacquer and
surface, making of the cotton
cloth, polishing of a board (60
x 80cm) several times (basic
polishing), cover polishing and
special technology. During the
drying time you may discuss difficult cases, sources of error
and questions regarding restoring (you may also bring your
own furniture with you). In German.
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