
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 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.
3 SPOTS LEFT
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 an introduction into the care and maintenance requirements of the four most common woodworking machines.
This 2-day course offers an introduction to wood machining in a safe and efficient way. It is intended for the beginner or someone who is starting to set up their own workshop.
2 Day Shaker Box Course (in 3 graduating sizes.)
Suitable for all levels of woodworking enthusiasts. It’s also a family friendly course suitable for parents to take the course with their kids who are over 14.
This 4-day class is suitable for the absolute beginner, or any maker interested in testing the limits of bending wood. This course will introduce you to the delights of steam bending, hot pipe bending and laminating.
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.
“Chasing the line” is an exploration of line and form through the carving of a seed pod inspired form. 3-Day Course. Suitable for those with no experience to any skill level.
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 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.
NEW COURSE!
This 3 day course was designed for the beginner woodworker.
If you think you might enjoy woodwork and like the idea of learning some basic techniques on smaller items, then this taster class may be the one for you. This introductory class is suitable for the absolute beginner and offers an introduction to hand tool, power tool and machine use.
2 Day Shaker Box Course (in 3 graduating sizes.)
Suitable for all levels of woodworking enthusiasts. It’s also a family friendly course suitable for parents to take the course with their kids who are over 14.
This two–week introductory course will establish a solid skill base and provide the foundation skills for future fine woodworking.
3 SPOTS LEFT
This 5-day class is suitable for the absolute beginner, or any maker interested in testing the limits of bending wood. This course will introduce you to the delights of steam bending, hot pipe bending and laminating.
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.
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.
NEW COURSE!
This 3 day course was designed for the beginner woodworker.
If you think you might enjoy woodwork and like the idea of learning some basic techniques on smaller items, then this taster class may be the one for you. This introductory class is suitable for the absolute beginner and offers an introduction to hand tool, power tool and machine use.