What will I be doing, if I attend a H&Co Structured Fine Woodworking Course? Sharpening and Tool Tuning: Learn to fine-tune your tools to work to precision. Students are introduced to methods of sharpening and the subsequent importance of having not only razor sharp tools but also...
It’s certainly nice to know that creativity and inspiration is not something you’re either born with it or you’re not. It is as a matter of fact something that can be learnt, practiced and nurtured with time and circumstance. “Fast Company polled its most creative people...
More pictures from 'Woodturning - The Basics' short course...
If you’re a woodworker yet to turn timber, or just a non-woodworker intrigued to give it a go, my advice would be that you should… give it a go, that is. It is a seemingly simple process in which you apply a variety of different shaped...
by Peter Bollington The term mallet originates from France in the late 14th, early 15th century however the basics of this as a tool date back well before this. Rudimentary versions of what we now associate with a Mallet have been around since the Roman and...
See below some of the really clever and beautiful work on display at this years (2014) Fringe Furniture Exhibition. My apologies to the individuals who designed and or created these great products, in my haste I did not collect your details and am neglecting to...
Seán comes to us from Cork in the beautiful South West of Ireland. He initially trained as a Furniture maker at St Johns Central College, Cork before going onto the renowned Rycotewood Furniture Centre Oxford along with a Post Graduate Certificate in Education from the...
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The following tools are a minimum required to be a basis for a good tool kit for a student or beginner attending our ‘Structured Woodworking’ course. The acquisition of a full, individual tool kit may require many years to accomplish. However, there is basic core...
A shooting board (sometimes called a “chute board”) is a jig that is used to support timber boards to be shaved with a hand plane. Typically, it involves planing end- or long grain on boards. With a sharp and finely set plane , end grain...
