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Introduction to Green Woodworking

This course provides an introduction to the skills involved in making furniture from green, unseasoned wood. You'll leave with a lovely handmade milking stool.
Crystal Palace
In-person
£200 pp
Beginner
What happens in this class?

In this introduction to green woodworking course in London you will learn the skills involved in making furniture from green, unseasoned wood. You'll leave with a lovely handmade milking stool.

In this class

Firstly, you'll learn how to split green ash logs into rough billets using a maul, wedges and froe. You'll then be shown safe and efficient use of traditional hand tools including the axe, drawknife and shavehorse to further shape the timber.

After that, you'll then experience the wonders of turning wood on a foot-powered lathe. This magical device has been superseded by…

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Things to remember

All tools and basic materials will be supplied. There will be a small additional charge for the timber for your stool top. This will be in the region of £20-30.

You're advised to wearing clothes you don't mind getting a bit dusty and some stout footwear to…

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Age Requirement

18

Flexible cancellation policy

Any class can be cancelled and fully refunded within 24 hours of purchase. See cancellation policy.
Your Teacher

Ben Willis Woodcraft is an independent wood workshop based in Crystal Palace offering a chance to get back to nature by using green wood to make a bowl, stool or chair from scratch.

Ben makes bespoke furniture and it all starts this way - as a log, as far as is possible freshly cut from the woodland. Aside from the practical advantages of using material in this form, as previously described, an added benefit is that it sustains the ancient practice of coppicing, a sustainable method for managing woodlands in which trees are cut, allowed to regrow again for a period…

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Class Location
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Crystal Palace
3 Stoney Lane
SE19 3BD
London

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