A New Designer Maker Year Begins
Our new Designer Maker students begin their journey through tool preparation, early projects and their first dovetails, building the foundations for t…
Celebrating Our Students’ Final Projects
Another Designer Maker course came to an end this summer, and we wanted to take a look at some of the final self-designed furniture pieces…
Melbourne Tool Company Low Angle Block Plane Review
Wood Workers Workshop kindly supplied the plane for this review. Whether you’re adding chamfers, easing a sharp edge, or taking whisper thin shavings from end…
The Final Stretch
With just a few weeks of the Three Term Designer Maker course remaining, the finish line is definitely in sight. The big design decisions have…
Mid-Summer Term Update. Students in Full Flow
We’re now well into the second half of the summer term, and with just a few weeks remaining before the end of the Designer Maker…
Week Three of Term Three. Progress Update
With our Two Term Designer Makers now having left the workshop before Easter, our remaining Three Term students are either in the final stages of…
End of Term Two – A Celebration of Making
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been surrounded by the final push of self-designed projects: long hours of sanding, refining, adjusting, and problem solving, followed…
Term 2, Week Nine: Approaching the Finish Line
It’s the end of week nine in term 2 and the effort across the workshop continues at full pace. For many students working on their…
Week Seven: Complexity and Completion
Back after the halft term break, the workshop has quickly regained its rhythm. Several projects are now nearing completion, with some students deep into final…
Axminster Professional Honing Guide & Bevel Guide Review
Axminster Tools kindly sent us their Professional Honing Guide and Bevel Guide to test in the workshop. We’ve now had the chance to put it…