
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 5 day class has been designed for makers with some basic experience in woodworking, preferably with a bansaw and jointer. It introduces the techniques of laminating and coopering and applies them to produce a beautiful bowl.
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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.
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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 course students will carve a Netsuke ( The Japanese art of miniature carving ) Fish.
This 3-Day Course is suitable for those with no experience to any skill level.
Learn how to sharpen your chisels and plane irons so your tools can be a joy to use.
Please note: This does not include carving or turning tools.
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 beginner 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 will establish a solid skill base and provide the foundation skills for future fine woodworking.
COURSE FULL - Please get in touch to go on the wait list.
This James Krenov style cabinet is an introduction to classic cabinet making and covers a range of traditional techniques. Designed to follow on from our long-standing and most popular Introduction to Fine Woodworking course. This course is good for those with at least a basic level of experience with Fine Woodworking.
In this two-day class, students will learn the principles of carving signs and nameplates. The skills learned in this class are some of the most useful carving skills and are applicable to many types of carving, especially incised work.
This class can accommodate beginners as well as more experienced carvers.
NEW COURSE!
This 2-day course is for carvers with some previous experience. The course focuses on high relief carving of acanthus foliage.
1-DAY COURSE
This one-day course is an opportunity for woodworkers of all skill levels to get to grips with the finer points of sharpening hand tools.
The sharpening day will focus on chisels and gouges, but will also cover knives and scrapers; most of the things needed for hand work.
This two–week introductory course will establish a solid skill base and provide the foundation skills for future fine woodworking.
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