Short Courses - Intermediate
These are our short courses that are best for makers with an intermediate skill level.
All course times are 9am - 4:30pm. 2-week course have the middle weekend off. We observe all public holidays.
If you have taken some classes for hand cut joinery or our beginner classes but are not familiar with the machining process then this is the class for you. The focus of this 5-day class is the machining process and it covers every step from selecting the rough sawn timber, milling the components to final dimension, all the way through to completing a pair of stools.
This two–week course is designed for the intermediate to advanced maker and offers a wonderful opportunity to build one of David Haig’s iconic designs - the elegant, practical and very comfortable hoop stool.
Personalise a petite cabinet design with Churchill Fellow and Australian master designer/maker Evan Dunstone. This two–week course is designed for the intermediate to advanced maker.
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.
Elevate your woodworking skills to the next level and create a centre piece coffee table for your home. This 6-day course is for those who have some previous woodworking experience and familiarity with operating a bandsaw, tablesaw, drillpress and are comfortable using handtools.
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 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 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.
Learn to make an elegant jewellery box with a fitted drawer in this 2 week class. Suitable for the intermediate / advanced woodworker, this course covers a range of techniques with both machines and hand tools.
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.