StretchLearn Course
Measuring, joinery, framing, trim, and casework, taught the way working carpenters actually do it.
Course Overview
This course takes you from your first cut to a finished, square cabinet carcass and a length of installed trim. You will learn the joinery, layout, and assembly methods professional carpenters use every day, including pocket screws, dadoes, and stud-wall framing. No software or design tools required, just lumber, hand and power tools, and the habits that make work safe and accurate.
Learning Outcomes
Measure, mark, and cut lumber to within 1/16 inch using a tape, speed square, and circular or miter saw
Select the correct lumber, sheet goods, and fasteners for framing, trim, and casework
Cut and assemble five core joints: butt, miter, rabbet, dado, and pocket-screw
Frame a square, plumb stud wall to standard 16-inch on-center spacing
Install baseboard and door casing with tight coped and mitered corners
Build a glued and squared cabinet carcass that holds its shape under load
Curriculum Preview
Preview the course structure, see how the modules build on one another, and understand the path this program is designed to take you through.
Build the foundation every carpenter relies on: reading a tape accurately, marking true layout lines, and cutting square and to length with hand and power saws.
Cut and assemble the five joints that build almost everything in carpentry and casework, and learn when each one belongs.
Lay out, cut, assemble, and raise a square, plumb stud wall to standard spacing, the structural skeleton of every room.
Finish the room with tight trim and build your first piece of furniture: a glued, squared cabinet box ready for shelves or doors.
Built for Application
This program is designed around progression: focused lessons, structured modules, applied resources, assessments, and a course rhythm that turns information into usable capability.