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Hand Tool Sharpening and Set Up. Fridays or Saturdays. 10am to 1pm.

Planes and chisels don’t come sharpened from the factory. Vintage tools especially will need some work to get them performing properly. This workshop features a mixture of demonstrations and hands on practical advice. The emphasis is on giving you a solid foundation you can take away to build a cost effective sharpening set up.

Get your tools razor sharp and ready to work. We will cover sharpening on diamond plates, water stones and abrasive paper on a glass plate known as ‘scary sharpening’. How to set up a hand plane. How to treat the backs of chisels.

Feel free to bring your own tools.

£50.00
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4 Week Hand Tool Stool Making Class. Fridays or Saturdays starting 25/09/2026.

Fridays or Saturdays. 3 1/2 hour sessions, 10:30 am to 2pm. 1 per week for 4 consecutive weeks. £280. All timber is included in the price.

This course takes you through the process of making a three legged stool utilising traditional wedged through tenons to join the legs to the seat. We will be using only hand tools for the build. An ideal follow on from the Hand Tool Woodwork Skills Day.

This course is specifically designed for complete beginners who have little to no prior experience in woodworking but is challenging enough for those with some existing skills. You will be guided through every step, ensuring that you feel comfortable and confident with your newfound skills.

The course includes:

  • choosing the timber and what to look for

  • cutting the seat and legs from the board using a ripsaw and crosscut saw

  • setting up the hand plane and dimensioning the components

  • marking out leg positions and setting the angles

  • cutting the mortice and tenon joints for the legs

  • gluing up the stool

  • final shaping

  • applying a finish

4 places available for this course.

£280.00
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Hand Tool Woodwork Skills Day. Fridays or Saturdays. 10am to 3pm.

Beginners Taster Class. 5 hour day. £96.

In this class we make a serving board, turning a piece of rough sawn hardwood into a beautiful finished item. This class is an introduction to developing hand tool skills. We cover how to use a hand plane and a hand saw correctly. Talk about wood grain and how it affects the process of making. Then using a selection of carving and shaping tools we get to the final shape before applying a food safe finish to the board. At the end of the day you will have made a beautiful serving board ready to use.

All materials are included in the price.

Introduction

To start the day first off is a quick talk about the tools and timber you will be using.

Practice

Time to use some tools. Let's get hands on straight away and make some cuts on a practice piece.

Planing Our Board

On to our project. Use a hand plane to flatten the rough faces of our timber.

Sawing

Use a selection of hand saws to crosscut and ripsaw our timber.

Chisel Work

Use a chisel to shape the handle.

Final Shaping

Sand, scrape, plane to get our board ready to apply the finish.

Waxing And Round Up

Adding a food safe wax and oil finish to help protect our boards. A look at what we have achieved and how the techniques learned can be used further.

£96.00

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These woodworking courses and workshops are primarily aimed at beginners or those with some basic existing skills.

The classes focus on developing your essential hand tool skills and how to get the best from your workspace.

Teaching is a combination of demonstrations and practical exercises. You will have the opportunity to spend time at your bench putting this into practice using a beautiful selection of hand tools.

If you have struggled in the past with blunt chisels or hand planes you may well be surprised at what you can achieve with sharp well set up tools.

Gift cards to redeem against classes can be bought on the shop page.

  • All materials including timber, tools and consumables are provided and included in the class fee. No hidden charges.

  • Contact me with any questions regarding group bookings or alternate dates for classes. I often have a waiting list of people who can only do certain days or times and it may be possible to arrange a class on a particular day.

  • I can only take adults over the age of 18 on these classes.

  • New classes and workshops are being developed all the time so keep an eye out for announcements.

    • To secure a place full payment of the course fee is due at point of booking.

    • I offer a 14 day cancellation period with full refund from the point of booking.

    • Within 30 days of the course start date all course fees become non refundable.