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TOOLBOXES! We're looking forward to welcoming the

TOOLBOXES! We're looking forward to welcoming the next cohort of toolbox makers tomorrow evening following completion by Dani, Alex, John, Andrew, Adam, Alex, Amy and the rest of their group - very well done all! The current Tuesday evenings course is full but we still have a few spaces left for the 11th March start date so if you'd like to learn some hand tools woodwork skills, head over the website to book in! www.themakershed.co.uk/courses/woodwork-for-beginners-level-1/ #themakershedbristol #bristol #courses #craft #skills #learn #course #beginners #woodwork #handtools #toolbox #handmade #workshops #joinery #making #carpentry

SAWING, CHISELING, PLANING, FINISHING! We're stil

SAWING, CHISELING, PLANING, FINISHING! We're still enjoying leftover mince pies at the moment but looking forward to reopening the Makershed workshop doors on 7th January for another year of woodwork! If you fancy learning some new skills and enjoying some 'making' time in 2025, head on over to the website and book yourself in. www.themakershed.co.uk/courses/woodwork-for-beginners-level-1/ #themakershedbristol #bristol #courses #craft #skills #learn #course #beginners #woodwork #handtools #toolbox #handmade #workshops #joinery #making #carpentry

TOOLS FOR SELF-RELIANCE! I visited the Bristol To

TOOLS FOR SELF-RELIANCE! I visited the Bristol Tools for Self-Reliance volunteer group yesterday. They collect and recondition all sort of hand tools to be shipped to groups in Africa giving training and support to enable people to rebuild their lives and become self-reliant! Due to issues shipping to Africa currently they have a surplus of carpentry tools and would welcome an approach by anyone with limited funds looking to set themselves up to woodwork and put the tools to good use. The tools are in great condition and very reasonably priced with all proceeds going to the charity. Here they are: https://www.facebook.com/bristoltfsr

LEVEL 2 BOXES ROUND_UP! Thanks and congratulation

LEVEL 2 BOXES ROUND_UP! Thanks and congratulations to all of these level 2 finishers from various times throughout 2024. To Joe, Mark, Felipe, Beryl, Mark, Tom, Richard, Patrick, Henry, Kris, Tim and Martin! The lidded box is a challenging project that focuses on accuracy using only hand tools to produce a beautiful little box with hand cut dovetails, mortice and tenon and other joinery. Red grandis was the timber of choice this year but we'll be starting all new boxes with black cherry in 2025! #themakershedbristol #bristol #courses #craft #skills #learn #course #beginners #woodwork #handtools #toolbox #handmade #workshops #joinery #making #furniture making #carpentry #dovetails #morticeand tenon #redgrandis

BOXES! Well done to Shane and Nick for completing

BOXES! Well done to Shane and Nick for completing their level 1 & 2 boxes. Hopefully that's one less gift to buy! #themakershedbristol #bristol #courses #craft #skills #learn #course #class #beginners #joinery #woodwork #handtools #furniture #handmade #making #boxes

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR.....! Give the gift of woo

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR.....! Give the gift of woodwork to someone who would love to get making! We have a range of gift vouchers available between £50 and £325, either emailed or printed in the post. All vouchers are valid for 18 months. #themakershed #bristol #courses #creativegifts #christmaspresentideas #woodworkrelatedgifts #futureplans #giftvouchers

DOVETAIL LAP JOINTS! Gwen is making great progres

DOVETAIL LAP JOINTS! Gwen is making great progress in project classes making a frame for a futon cushion, using through wedged mortice and tenons and lap dovetails. She's working with spalted beech timber from the Bristol Wood Recycling Project in Bristol @bristolwrp #themakershedbristol #bristol #courses #craft #skills #learn #beech #reclaimedtimber #woodwork #lapdovetail #handtools #projects #furnituremaking #joinery

TOOLBOXES! Well done everyone on completing your

TOOLBOXES! Well done everyone on completing your Woodwork for Beginners level 1 Tuesdays evening course! The November/December 24 course is fully booked for Tuesday evenings but there are still evening class spaces available on the course starting mid January 2025. Visit our website for more information. www.themakershed.co.uk/courses/woodwork-for-beginners-level-1/ #themakershedbristol #bristol #courses #craft #skills #learn #course #beginners #woodwork #handtools #toolbox #handmade #workshops #joinery #making #carpentry

WOODWORK SKILLS! Well done Veerle, Phil, Nas, Mik

WOODWORK SKILLS! Well done Veerle, Phil, Nas, Mike, Mark, Marc, Karen and John on completing your toolboxes! Completed toolboxes leave The Makershed workshop in St Pauls most weeks but more importantly, their makers take away with them the skills and confidence to make their own woodwork projects at home. If you'd like to join their ranks and are free over the weekends of 16th&17th November and 30th November&1st December you can sign up for our next Woodwork for Beginners Level 1 course and start your woodworking journey. Visit our website for more information. www.themakershed.co.uk/courses/woodwork-for-beginners-level-1/ #themakershedbristol #bristol #courses #craft #skills #learn #course #beginners #woodwork #handtools #toolbox #handmade #workshops #joinery #making #carpentry

Woodwork and Sculpture Exhibition! This group of

Woodwork and Sculpture Exhibition! This group of Bristol woodworkers include our friends and tutors past Alistair Park @carvings_with_stories and Harry Morris @htmorrisfurniture amongst other talented local makers and teachers. Come along to Centrespace Gallery and see their celebration of the beauty of wooden objects made using local timbers and traditional skills! #connectionsthroughwood #exhibtion #thingstodoinbristol #bristol #woodwork #art #craft #heritagecraft

DOVETAILED BOXES! Our level 2 weekends course cov

DOVETAILED BOXES! Our level 2 weekends course covers everything you need to know to make good looking, accurate and strong dovetail, rebate, through housing and mortice and tenon joints with hand tools. Thanks to this lovely group for all their hard week over the two weekends! This level 2 project can also be made in our Wednesday and Thursday evening and Thursday and Friday daytime classes. See our website for details! #themakershedbristol #bristol #courses #craft #skills #learn #course #beginners #woodwork #handtools #toolbox #handmade #workshops #joinery #making #furniture making #carpentry #dovetail #morticeandtenon

MORTICE CHOPPING! Eilean is using a firmer chisel

MORTICE CHOPPING! Eilean is using a firmer chisel and a mallet to chop out the majority of the waste wood from these mortices. The mortices are shallow, so heavier mortice chisels are not necessary for this task. On our Woodwork for Beginners Level 2 course you'll learn which chisel is best for different jobs, why that is, and how to use them effectively. #themakershedbristol #bristol #courses #craft #skills #learn #course #class #beginners #joinery #woodwork #handtools #furniture #carpentry #handmade #making #cabinetmaking

WEEKENDS COURSE CANCELLATION SPACE! A space has b

WEEKENDS COURSE CANCELLATION SPACE! A space has become available in the Woodwork for Beginners Level 1 course taking place this coming weekend and next
(28/29 September and 5/6 October). If you'd like to avoid the rain and spend a couple of weekends learning hand tools woodwork in a friendly and supportive workshop, head over to our website and book in today! Visit the Makershed website here to book your space: https://themakershed.co.uk/courses/woodwork-for-beginners-level-1-the-toolbox-weekends-courses/ #themakershedbristol #bristol #courses #craft #skills #learn #course #beginners #woodwork #handtools #toolbox #handmade #workshops #joinery #making #carpentry

LEVEL 3 FURNITURE PROJECTS! Congratulations to Ca

LEVEL 3 FURNITURE PROJECTS! Congratulations to Calum on completing another furniture project at The Makershed. This beautiful bedside table is made entirely by hand from solid ash timber with mitred corners, a dovetailed drawer and a door made with stopped haunched mortice and tenon joints. Our Wednesday and Thursday evening classes are mixed groups with both level 2 and 3 woodworkers undertaking handmade furniture projects at their own pace. #themakershedbristol #bristol #courses #craft #skills #learn #beginners #pine #reclaimed timber #woodwork #handtools #projects #mitres #furnituremaking #joinery

RECLAIMED MAHOGANY! Due to concerns around the su

RECLAIMED MAHOGANY! Due to concerns around the sustainability of mahogany timber, we cut tiny sections from old reclaimed mahogany floorboards to make the lid tabs for our level 2 lidded box project.
The dark accent looks great against the pink of the Red Grandis used to make the box itself. Here, Sophie is getting ready to mark out and chisel the lid tab rebate.
#themakershedbristol #bristol #courses #craft #skills #learn #course #class #beginners #joinery #woodwork #handtools #furniture #handmade #making #mahogany #reclaimed #reclaimed timber

TOOLBOX GLUE UP! An activity best done in pairs -

TOOLBOX GLUE UP! An activity best done in pairs - another pair of hands to hold components and softening blocks in place for clamping is invaluable. After all the investment of time spent marking, sawing, chiseling and planing to create accurate toolbox components, you'll want to make sure that everything lines up and and your toolbox is square. Our tutors will show you how to position and use your clamps to get a strong glue bond and well fitted joinery! Classes start again week commencing 9th September 2024 and can be booked through The Makershed website now. https://themakershed.co.uk/ #themakershedbristol #bristol #courses #craft #skills #learn #course #beginners #woodwork #handtools #toolbox #handmade #workshops #joinery #making #carpentry

TOOLBOXES! Great job Annette and Joe! Toolboxes m

TOOLBOXES! Great job Annette and Joe! Toolboxes made in daytime classes this term. If you're unsure about whether woodwork is for you, the Thursday and Friday daytime classes are a great way to dip your toe in - these small, friendly and inclusive classes can be booked one at a time without paying for a whole course - so you can come along and have a go! Classes start again week commencing 9th September 2024 and can be booked through The Makershed website now. https://themakershed.co.uk/ #themakershedbristol #bristol #courses #craft #skills #learn #course #beginners #woodwork #handtools #toolbox #handmade #workshops #joinery #making #carpentry

LOO ROLL STORAGE! Well done to Clare for finishin

LOO ROLL STORAGE! Well done to Clare for finishing this fabulous storage box before the summer break. Made from reclaimed pine boards using wide comb joints in the box corners and doweled mitres joints in the lid, this was a super quick and super useful project to make. Clare comes to the Thursday daytime classes - a small group of mixed level woodworkers where we can accommodate any level of learning from level 1 beginners all the way through to rent-a-bench members. Looking forward to seeing you for the next project in September Clare! #themakershedbristol #bristol #courses #craft #skills #learn #beginners #pine #reclaimed timber #woodwork #handtools #projects #mitres #furnituremaking #joinery

MORE TOOLBOXES! Our latest Tuesday evening level

MORE TOOLBOXES! Our latest Tuesday evening level 1 beginners woodwork graduates are looking very happy with their toolboxes! They've all learnt essential woodworking skills that they can use to woodwork at home or build on in our level 2 classes. There are level 1 Tuesday evening courses running in September/October and November/December later in the year and bookings are now open. Visit the Makershed website here to book your space www.themakershed.co.uk/courses/woodwork-for-beginners-level-1/ #themakershedbristol #bristol #courses #craft #skills #learn #course #beginners #woodwork #handtools #toolbox #handmade #workshops #joinery #making #carpentry

ROUTER PLANES! Our level 2 cabinet project involv

ROUTER PLANES! Our level 2 cabinet project involves making a paneled door using stopped haunched mortice and tenon joints in all four corners. We use small router planes to level the cheeks of the tenons and take them down to the final thickness during fitting. The router plane is a popular tool among students because with a sharp blade it's so satisfying to take thin layers off and leave a flat surface underneath! #themakershedbristol #bristol #courses #craft #skills #learn #course #class #beginners #joinery #woodwork #handtools #furniture #handmade #making #morticeandtenon #routerplane

MITRES! Michael is making a bedside table from as

MITRES! Michael is making a bedside table from ash using mitre joints at the top corners. Mitres are simple to make and allow for a continuous run of the grain pattern around corners but the 45 degree cuts need to be very accurate so that the two sides touch and the glue can hold them together. Happily Michael has done a brilliant job of cutting these angles accurately but we'll still be adding splines in later to improve the joint strength! #themakershedbristol #bristol #courses #craft #skills #learn #beginners #hardwood #ash #woodwork #handtools #projects #mitres #furnituremaking #joinery

TOOLBOX! Congratulations Sharon - your toolbox lo

TOOLBOX! Congratulations Sharon - your toolbox looks fantastic! Our Thursday and Friday daytime (10:30 - 15:30) classes can be booked one at a time to enable you to take a course at a pace that suits your diary and budget. These are mixed level classes, giving you the opportunity to learn from other projects around you at the same time as working on your own. #themakershedbristol #bristol #courses #craft #skills #learn #course #beginners #woodwork #handtools #toolbox #handmade #workshops #joinery #making #carpentry

HAND JOINERY! Congratulations Alice on completing

HAND JOINERY! Congratulations Alice on completing your level 2 box with dovetail, rebate, housing, mortice and tenon and mitre joints - you did a brilliant job! Our level 2 course builds on the essential hand tool joinery skills learnt on level 1 and gives you a range of joinery options that will enable you to make a broad range of projects. You can take the level 2 course on a Wednesday or Thursday evening or a Thursday or Friday daytime. Our 2 x weekends course is also coming up soon on 15/16/22/23 June - visit our website to book your place! https://themakershed.co.uk/courses/woodwork-for-beginners-level-2-box-weekends/ #themakershedbristol #bristol #courses #craft #skills #learn #course #beginners #woodwork #handtools #toolbox #handmade #workshops #joinery #making #furniture making #carpentry

TOOLBOXES! Well done to all our May weekend cours

TOOLBOXES! Well done to all our May weekend course participants - you did a brilliant job making your toolboxes. The next weekends level 1 course is now is September but if you'd like to make a toolbox and learn some woodworking skills before then, you can still book in for any of our Thursday and Friday daytime classes between now and the end of June. www.themakershed.co.uk/courses/woodwork-for-beginners-level-1/ #themakershedbristol #bristol #courses #craft #skills #learn #course #beginners #woodwork #handtools #toolbox #handmade #workshops #joinery #making

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