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Next Course: Date TBC.
Jig and template-making one day course, £195.00
Learn how to make your own jigs and templates at this one-day course with Robinson House Studio’s senior tutor and master craftsman, Theo Cook.
The course covers making jigs by hand as well as the use of CAD programs, laser-cutter, and a CNC router.
Next Course Dates: 25th – 26th June 2022 & 19th – 20th November 2022. Ideal if you want to know more about the mark of a master craftsman – the dovetail joint! When well-executed it is the epitome of high-level work. Cost: £295.
Next Course: 25th – 26th June 2022,
3rd – 4th December 2022. Cost £295.
We are delighted to have Dickie join us to offer would be woodcarvers chance to explore this ancient art form with a master of the craft.
Next course: 8th-10th July 2022, 3 days. £400
Learn how to make a wooden plane. This will involve skills such as bandsawing, routing, drilling, shaping with a spokeshave, sanding and finishing.
Next course: 19th July 2022 £195.
A one day course on French polishing with shellac, run by Derek Jones, once editor of Furniture & Cabinetmaking magazine and author of French Polishing, Finishing & Restoring Using Traditional Techniques.
Next course: 16th July 2022
Cost: £240 – 1 day
Steam bending is an ancient woodworking process which is found on every continent.
Next course: 12th – 13th November 2022.
Cost: £295
An ideal course for anyone who wants to learn more about finishing techniques and get some practical, hands-on experience.
Next courses: TBC. Cost: £295
Experience these amazing techniques and take your work to a different level! As laminating is more accurate than steam bending, it is ideal for combining sculptural work with fine cabinet making.
Next course: TBC, £195 for one day course.
This one-day introductory course is designed to help attendees understand and apply different approaches to veneering.
This course provides hands-on experience of the sophisticated techniques used in the composites industry.
Next course date: TBC
Cost £400.
Japanese style joinery can be extremely complicated but there are occasions when simplicity and function come together to make the perfect form.
Next course: 2022 Dates TBC
Cost: £295
Next Course: 15th – 16th – 17th Feb 2023.
This course is taught by expert maker Derek Jones. The key principles for building a cricket table are simplicity, necessity and ingenuity. Using just two types of joint it’s possible to create a robust structure from almost any species of wood that can be used to make a variety of different pieces of furniture.
The six board chest is a design that is almost as old as the concept of furniture itself and is as relevant today as it has ever been.
Next course: TBC
Cost: £295
Covering handtools, there will be practical sessions on planing, sawing and chiseling – forming the ideal starting point for cutting and fitting accurate joints.
Next course: Date TBC
Cost: £195
The spindle moulder is a versatile machine – we cover safe use and setup, rebating, shaping, using formers, tenons, power feeds, jig making, and guarding.
Dates: TBC.
Cost: £295.
Next course: TBC Cost: £295.
For either a beginner or an intermediate. If you’ve invested in new machines and want to know how to safely use or set them up, on this two day course you can learn from the professionals!