Our one day courses are designed to strike at the heart of what traditional carpentry, joinery and furniture making really is.
Each course is designed a little differently we will be covering what is needed to set you on the path to go and make tables, doors, benches and framework etc.
Beginners find these courses an absolute godsend as it sets them off on the right track and stops rookie mistakes from the get-go.
Intermediates can still get a lot from these courses. Firstly, a lot of competent woodworkers use and get by with power tools so much these days, many amateurs like to come in and ‘reset’ themselves with a good healthy dose of hand tool woodworking! And secondly, there are so many ways to achieve the same outcome, 90% of them are generally correct in one way or another. I am a great believer in trying different techniques in order to get the woodworker in question over the line with the best result for them at that time. Be it different technique, different tools, body position, order of operations – you name it, we’ll get you there.
Are you an expert, or Cabinet Maker to Her Majesty? Ahh just come in anyway why don’t you? We’re all learning every day and it would be a blast to watch you in action.
Things we are likely to cover in these courses will include:
- Accurate measuring and marking out.
- The correct and proper way to use a chisel – and what we use them for.
- How to set up and use a hand plane – and what all the different ones are for.
- The making of traditional joints, such as lap joints, mortice and tenons, dovetails and so on.
- Learning how to position your body so each tool is used efficiently.
- You will learn how to saw to a straight line (tricky!).
- You will learn all about what each and every different saw does and when it can be used.
- Different sharpening techniques and how different blades are approached when it comes to sharpening time.
Plus a whole host of other good stuff to boot.
Any questions or queries give us a call as we would love to hear from you.
