This course provides an opportunity to gain a basic overview of patternmaking and to achieve insight of practical methods to create a pattern from a drawing.
Course Information
Course Duration
2 days
Session Time
9:00am - 4:30pm
Course Location
The National Foundry Training Centre, Tipton Road Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 7UW
Certification
By the end of this training, participants will have developed a basic understanding of patternmaking and will be equipped with the skills to further develop their expertise in this area. Participants will be awarded a certificate of completion.
TRAINING BOOKING ENQUIRIES
Victoria Bayliss | ECMS Administrator
Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills
Email: victoria.bayliss@wlv.ac.uk
Tel: http: 01902 321678
Important Notice
COURSE RELATED ENQUIRIES
Colin Whorton
Foundry Manager / Business Development Manager
National Foundry Training Centre
Email: C.Whorton@wlv.ac.uk
Tel: 01902 321955
Dates – Tuesday 16th December 2025 & Wednesday 17th December 2025
Course Learning Objectives
- Health and safety requirements of all machinery and hand tools employed in the session
- A breakdown of a drawing including draft taper, datums, contraction, centre lines and machining
- Setting out of a pattern including a dimensional check sheet
- Construction of a pattern with supervision, using a bandsaw, sanding disc, bobbin sander and pedestal drill and hand tools
- Finishing with fillets and pattern coat red varnish
- Final dimensional check of the pattern
