Short Courses - Basic Experience
Courses designed for makers with some basic woodworking skills.
All course times are 9am - 4:30pm. 2-week course have the middle weekend off. We observe all public holidays.
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.
2-week course designed for those with at least basic woodworking experience.
Whilst no one chair can cover all the approaches to chair making, this course covers many of the major challenges associated with chairs. Students will make a pre-designed full-size dining chair and in so doing, experience multiple stages of chair design and construction.
This 5-Day Course is designed for those with some basic experience and interested in making adjustable and reusable jigs for their home workshop.
In this course students will create a set of useful jigs and gain an understanding of how jigs can be used to improve accuracy, safety and repeatability when applied to their own woodworking projects.
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 weekend course has been designed for anyone looking to put a high quality finish onto their creations
Students will be introduced to different methods of finishing with oils and finishing coats
Sanding and Scraping techniques to be covered
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 6-day course has been designed for anyone with some basic experience. Follows well from the Woodworking Basics course or the Introduction to Fine Woodworking.
Students will create an elegant small hall or sofa table.
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 James Krenov style cabinet is an introduction to classic cabinet making and covers a range of traditional techniques. Designed to follow our popular Introduction to Fine Woodworking course. This course is good for those with at least a basic level of woodworking experience.
3-week course is designed for those with Intermediate woodworking experience.
Whilst no one chair can cover all the approaches to chair making, this course covers many of the major challenges associated with chairs.
This two–week introductory course for the beginning enthusiast will establish a solid skill base and provide the foundation skills for future fine woodworking.
Join us for a hands-on, two-week workshop where you will delve into the art of steam bending to design and create functional objects.
This course will explore steam bending techniques to incorporate curved elements into everyday items.
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.