Short Courses - Beginners
These are our short courses that are designed for the absolute beginner. Come and enjoy a short course where you can make a beautiful piece to take home. Some courses will teach skills that give you the foundation for your future woodworking endeavours. And some are specifically designed to support makers setting up their own workshop.
All course times are 9am - 4:30pm. 2-week course have the middle weekend off. We observe all public holidays.
Courses suitable for absolute beginners.
This 4-Day "taster" course is for the absolute beginner, offering a convenient and accessible opportunity to come and have a go at some woodworking.
This two–week introductory course for the beginning enthusiast will establish a solid skill base and provide the foundation skills for future fine woodworking.
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This 2-day beginner course will familiarise students with the router table and introduce a range of techniques and applications to help you to get the most out of this versatile power tool.
In this course students will make an elegant small standing sculpture (Möbius) using hand chisels.
This 3-Day Course is suitable for those with no experience to any skill level.
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In this 3-day course students will carve a Netsuke (The Japanese art of miniature carving ) Mushroom with insect. This course is suitable for beginners, or anyone at any skill level.
This 2-day course is designed for the beginner or any maker with an interest in learning how to maintain your own machines. It’s also a great course for companies or schools to send their staff, tutors, or students to ensure the machines within their organisations are kept in peak condition.
It’s an introduction into the care and maintenance requirements of the four most common woodworking machines.
This 2-day course will familiarise students with their own hand held router and introduce a range of techniques to get the most out of this versatile power tool.
This two–week introductory course for the beginning enthusiast will establish a solid skill base and provide the foundation skills for future fine woodworking.
This 5-day class is suitable for beginners, or any maker interested in learning about wood bending. This course will introduce you to the delights of steam bending, hot pipe bending and laminating.