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We run weekend, daytime and evening courses in woodwork and upholstery. We welcome complete beginners and more seasoned makers alike.

If you’d like to book a place on one (or more!) of our courses simply choose your course(s) of interest and the date(s) you’d like to start from the options available.

We operate fast moving waiting lists for some of our courses – please email hello@themakershedbristol.co.uk to be added to one or more lists. Once you’ve reached the top of the lists we will contact you to offer you a start date and book you in!

Please note, for some courses you will need to add Course Materials to your shopping basket.

Please see our Information page for all terms and conditions, plus further details on how to book, how to pay, traveling to classes, parking, finding us and much more.

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Woodwork for Beginners – Level 1 Weekends
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Woodwork for Beginners – Level 2 Weekends
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Eco Upholstery for Beginners – Level 1 Weekends
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Pallet Wood Weekend Workshop
£100.00 Choose your course
Woodwork for Beginners – Level 1
£190.00 Choose your course
Eco Upholstery for Beginners – Level 1
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Upholstered Furniture for Beginners – Level 1
£325.00 Choose your course
Makershed Gift Voucher
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Woodwork for Beginners – Level 2
£22.50 – £45.00 Choose your course
Eco Upholstery for Beginners – Level 2
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Upholstered Furniture for Beginners – Level 2
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Woodwork Joinery – Level 3
£22.50 – £45.00 Choose your course
Eco Upholstery – Level 3
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W O O D W O R K ! Wednesday evenings mean woodwork

W O O D W O R K !
Wednesday evenings mean woodwork classes here at The Makershed and Alice, Peter, Fran & Nico all finished their respective courses last week which means this week they are all moving on to their next Level 2 (The Cabinet) module.
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In Level 1 they made a toolbox and learnt how to to mark out a joint, saw straight and square, chisel a rebate and use a variety of planes including block, plough and smoothing types effectively. In Level 2 they’ll make a softwood cabinet with a drawer and a door to learn about housing, mortice and tenon, dovetail joints and dowels as well as how to mark out and measure, assemble glue and cramp projects together.
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After completing Levels 1 & 2 of our Woodwork for Beginners courses, they can move on to Level 3 - Woodwork Joinery - Furniture Projects where we help with project design, timber sourcing, joinery plans and then give them technical guidance as they complete their own bespoke project.
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A R M C H A I R ! If you’d like to make your own

A R M C H A I R !
If you’d like to make your own Armchair, our Upholstered Furniture for Beginners – Level 2 course is designed for students who have completed Level 1 - The Storage Footstool.
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You’ll make a solid (European steamed beech) hardwood armchair frame using hand tools and then upholster the chair back and deep drop-in seat using eco-friendly materials.
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The course builds on your knowledge and teaches a strong foundation of woodwork and upholstery skills that will enable you to start designing & making your own projects.
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Tuesday evenings and Wednesday daytimes here at The Makershed mean Upholstery and Upholstered Furniture classes, where you can choose from a variety of courses, just visit our website for more information.
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P R O J E C T S ! Those of you who follow us regul

P R O J E C T S !
Those of you who follow us regularly will know our Woodwork - Level 3 - Projects student Warwick is making an American walnut tv cabinet. He found an old cabinet scraper on gumtree and wanted to use it to flush the joints on his big panels so we helped him sharpen it and the results are looking fabulous.
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After completing Levels 1 & 2 of our Woodwork for Beginners courses, our students can move on to Level 3 where we help with project design, timber sourcing, joinery plans and then give students technical guidance as they complete their own bespoke project.
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If you are an existing Woodwork for Beginners Level 2 student you will be given the option to keep your class place and continue on to do the Woodwork Joinery Level 3 course straight away. Please visit our website for more information.
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L A S T M I N U T E ! No plans for this weekend?

L A S T M I N U T E !
No plans for this weekend? We’ve got ONE last minute cancellation space available to book for our Pallet Wood Weekend course. Running this Saturday 10.30am – 4.30pm & Sunday 10.30am – 3.30pm you can get creative and learn about working with reclaimed pallet wood.
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Suitable for those with no previous experience, whatever project that you wish to make during the workshop, we will help to create a design, draw plans, make cutting lists and teach you how to use hand tools to build your project using traditional joinery techniques.
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To book the space now visit our website and search ‘Pallet Wood Weekend’ for course details and further information on how to pay, where to find us, what to bring and we’ll make sure you get our COVID-19 secure guidelines before you arrive tomorrow.
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W O O D W O R K ! Fabulous work! Sarah took a brea

W O O D W O R K !
Fabulous work! Sarah took a break from her day job in West Wales to complete our Woodwork for beginners Level 2 course while on a 2 week break in Bristol. In making her softwood cabinet she learnt about housing, mortice and tenon, dovetail joints and dowels as well as how to assemble glue and cramp projects together.
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For those of you, like Sarah, who prefer an intensive woodworking course hopefully we’ll be running our Summer School course next year where our students will be measuring, marking, sawing, chiselling and planing non stop to complete all 4 of our beginners woodworking modules (The Toolbox & The Cabinet) in just 10 days.
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If you’ve completed Level 1 or you are a Level 2 student looking to book your next module we are now operating waiting lists for ‘weekday’ evening and daytime courses for those who prefer a more sedate pace of woodworking. Please email hello@themakershedbristol.co.uk to be added to one or more of the waiting lists.
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B O O K N O W ! Mahoosive well done to Emma on co

B O O K N O W !
Mahoosive well done to Emma on completing our Eco Upholstery for Beginners Level 1 Course. She has upholstered a small pine stool frame using traditional upholstery techniques using recycled and environmentally friendly materials in just 2 days.
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Our next ‘single weekend’ course has places available to book now for the 21st & 22nd November. Suitable for those with no previous upholstery experience and all materials (including the stool frame), tutoring and tool use are included in the course fee.
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Learn how to effectively use upholstery hand tools such as webbing stretchers, shape a seat pad using natural fillings, tacks, tension and fabric, make basic upholstery cuts and folds and how to apply a wood finish. Please visit our website for more information and search for ‘upholstery weekends’ to book your place.
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R E V I E W ! Thanks Amy, we have always put stude

R E V I E W !
Thanks Amy, we have always put student and tutor safety first at The Makershed, therefore looking after everyone's health, stopping the second wave of Covid-19 and continuing to support the wonderful NHS is our first priority, just ahead of teaching people fabulous new skills!
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There’s plenty of new rules to learn for our students as we want to make sure they are all safe and feel totally secure being in our workshop. Every student has their own defined work areas with a ‘safe space’ for working that is 2m from other work areas and 2m from communal walkways. Each work area has its own set of tools and sanitising kit. There’s also a personalised manual for each student, which includes our general health & safety / COVID rules & guidance plus all the course schedule manuals and how to clean and sanitise their workspace at the end of each session. We’re on it! www.themakershedbristol.co.uk #themakershedbristol #bristol #whatsonbristol #courses #craft #skills #learn #study #beginners #havefun #becreative #bekind #happystudents #woodworking #diy #upholstery #upcycling #sharpening #palletwood #workshops #covidsecure

W E E K E N D S ! Congratulations to Simon, Luke,

W E E K E N D S !
Congratulations to Simon, Luke, Greg and Jimmy for doing a great job in finishing their toolboxes, off they go into the big wide world to be filled with all sorts of things and possibily not many tools!!
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For the last ‘2 weekends’ this lovely lot have all been taking part in our Woodwork for Beginners - Level 1 - The Toolbox Course. They have learnt how to to mark out a joint, saw straight and square, chisel a rebate and use a variety of planes including block, plough and smoothing types effectively.
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All of our Level 1 Courses are fully booked until the end of the year but we operate fast moving waiting lists for places in our Woodwork classes. Please email hello@themakershedbristol.co.uk to be added to one or more waiting list or for a cancellation space. We will contact you when you get to the top of a list or a space becomes available and offer you a start date.
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W O O D W O R K ! We absolutely had to show you t

W O O D W O R K !
We absolutely had to show you this! We are always intrigued to know what our Level 1 Woodwork for Beginners students use their tool boxes for when they leave our workshop, this one clearly isn’t going to have any tools in it! Sarah has done a great job on the BBQ & beer design and applying a lovely wax finish.
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What do you keep in yours? If you have a Makershed tool box sitting at home full of something interesting (or weird), please do send us a pic, we’ve seen them full of beers, G&T’s, knitting, art supplies, fruit and sometimes even a few tools, we’d love to know what else you keep in them!
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All of our Level 1 Courses are fully booked until the end of the year but we operate fast moving waiting lists for places in our Woodwork classes. Please email hello@themakershedbristol.co.uk to be added to one or more waiting list or for a cancellation space. We will contact you when you get to the top of a list or a space becomes available and offer you a start date.
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G L E N ‘ S ! If you are booked on a course with

G L E N ‘ S !
If you are booked on a course with us for the entire day then you are welcome to bring a packed lunch to eat in the workshop BUT you might like to know there is an amazing Jamaican restaurant in the St Pauls Learning Centre which has recently been painted with these amazing new food based murals from @graftworkshop.
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Glen’s Kitchen is now open as a takeaway from 10am - 6pm everyday. He offers a range of amazing meals such as jerk chicken, goat curry, shepard’s pie, mac & cheese, burgers & chips, veggie curry, ackee, salt fish fritters, chicken pie, chicken stew, soup, rice & peas, dumplings, plantain and he does an amazing Sunday roast dinner too!
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Beware large portions are LARGE!! And no we don’t provide beds for an afternoon snooze to digest all the yummy food!
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S T O R A G E ! Oooh I’d keep a HUGE box of choc

S T O R A G E !
Oooh I’d keep a HUGE box of chocolates hidden in that - what will you keep in yours? Massive well done to Luke for making such fabulous footstool on our ‘Upholstered Furniture for Beginners - Level 1’ course.
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In making ‘The Storage Footstool’ he has learnt the basic techniques of modern woodwork and upholstery, including beautiful looking deep buttoning for the lift-up lid and how to make the wooden frame from sustainably sourced European steamed beech.
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Tuesday evenings and Wednesday daytimes here at The Makershed mean Upholstery and Upholstered Furniture classes, where you can choose from a variety of courses, just visit our website for more information.
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W O O D W O R K ! Our Woodwork for Beginners cours

W O O D W O R K !
Our Woodwork for Beginners courses are split into 2 Levels over which you’ll learn a variety of traditional joinery techniques.
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In Level 1 you’ll make a famous Makershed tool box and we’ll teach you how to mark out a joint, saw straight and square, chisel a rebate flat and use a variety of planes including block, plough and smoothing types effectively.
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In Level 2, over 3 modules, you’ll make a softwood cabinet and learn about housing, mortise and tenon, dovetail joints, using dowels and wedges as well as how to assemble, glue and cramp projects together.
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Students can choose to complete a course module in just 4 weeks during our daytime classes, 8 weeks in the evenings or during our popular ‘2 weekends’ course option. Visit our website for further information.
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A R M C H A I R ! Absolutely love this - we don’

A R M C H A I R !
Absolutely love this - we don’t need to ask if he’s happy with his work! Well done and congratulations to Martin who has FINALLY been able to finished his comfy armchair after starting it before lockdown in March.
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If you’d like to make your own Armchair, our Upholstered Furniture for Beginners – Level 2 course is designed for students who have completed Level 1. In making a solid hardwood (steamed European beech) armchair frame using hand tools and then upholstering the chair back and deep drop-in seat using eco-friendly materials, the course builds on your knowledge and teaches a strong foundation of woodwork and upholstery skills that will enable you to start designing & making your own projects.
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You can make the Level 1 Footstool or this Level 2 Armchair during our regular weekly Wednesday daytime or Tuesday evening classes. We operate waiting lists for places in all of these classes. Please email hello@themakershedbristol.co.uk to be added to one or more lists. Just visit our website for more details.
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T O O L B O X E S ! Well done to Rhian, George, Ti

T O O L B O X E S !
Well done to Rhian, George, Tim and Adam for doing such amazing jobs in making their toolboxes on our Woodwork for Beginners - Level 1 - The Toolbox Course. They can now progress on to our Level 2 classes to make a softwood cabinet. During our regular Thursday daytime classes they have learnt how to saw straight and square, accurately mark out and cut a joint, chisel a rebate flat and use a variety of planes including block, plough and smoothing types effectively.
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All of our Level 1 weekend courses are fully booked until the end of the year but there is now ONE place remaining on our Thursday daytime course starting next week on the 8th October. Just visit our website and search for ‘daytime woodwork’ to book your spot.
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U P H O L S T E R Y ! Yay, that looks lush. Massiv

U P H O L S T E R Y !
Yay, that looks lush. Massive well done to Grace on completing our Eco Upholstery for Beginners Level 1 - Single Weekend course. She has upholstered a small pine stool frame using traditional upholstery techniques using recycled and environmentally friendly materials in just 2 days.
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She has learnt how to effectively use upholstery hand tools such as webbing stretchers, shape a seat pad using natural fillings, tacks, tension and fabric, make basic upholstery cuts and folds and how to apply a wood finish.
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You too can take part in classes during our regular weekly Wednesday daytime or Tuesday evening classes, or if like Sarah, you’re busy during the week, our next ‘single weekend’ course is available to book now for the 21st & 22nd November. Please visit our website for more information.
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B L O C K P L A N E ! On our Woodwork for Beginne

B L O C K P L A N E !
On our Woodwork for Beginners - Level 1 course one of the many traditional woodworking hand tools we teach our students to use is a ‘Block’ plane. Did you know a block plane is the perfect tool for making the end grain of timber flat and square?
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With the bevel up and the blade set at a lower angle than most other planes it can slice through the wood fibres quickly and efficiently as it moves forward. We teach our students to hold the plane at about 45 degrees to the direction of travel for an even more effective cut.
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If you like to learn more about the many different types of planes and other traditional woodworking tools such as saws, chisels, gauges, squares and marking knives then sign up for our Woodworking for Beginners courses by visiting our website.
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F E E D B A C K ! Thank you Alice! It’s great to

F E E D B A C K !
Thank you Alice! It’s great to have you back in the workshop too! We’ve worked extremely hard to make sure the workshop COVID secure for everybody’s safety and security and oh yes, it’s SO good to get back to teaching our students woodwork again.
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For those of you that don’t know, we’ve halved our student capacity to make sure everyone will be able to maintain a 2m physical distance between each other at all times. Every student has their own defined work areas with a ‘safe space’ for working that is 2m from other work areas and 2m from communal walkways.
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Each work area has its own set of tools and sanitising equipment. There’s also a personalised Makershed manual for each student, which includes our general health & safety / COVID rules & guidance plus all the course schedule manuals and how to clean and sanitise their workspace at the end of each session. We’ve got this!
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F O O T S T O O L !
Happy Monday everyone! Doesn’t this look amazing, a huge well done to Sarah for making such fabulous footstool on our ‘Upholstered Furniture for Beginners - Level 1’ course. Not only will her feet and legs thank her for giving them a rest, she can also store a load of bits and bobs inside!
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In making ‘The Storage Footstool’ she has learnt the basic techniques of modern woodwork and upholstery, including beautiful looking deep buttoning for the lift-up lid and how to make the wooden frame from sustainably sourced European steamed beech.
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L A S T M I N U T E ! Are you left with nothing t

L A S T M I N U T E !
Are you left with nothing to do this weekend? We’ve got a couple cancellation spaces free to book for our Eco Upholstery for Beginners – Level 1 - Weekend course.
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Suitable for those with no previous upholstery experience, our Level 1 students learn how to use tools such as webbing stretchers, staple guns and tack hammers, they tension and attach webbing, shape fabric using cuts and folds and a regulator to shape and smooth felt stuffing before taking home their stool.
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If you’re busy this weekend our next ‘single weekend’ course is available to book now for the 21st & 22nd November. We’ll provide everything you need including the wooden stool frame and a choice of top fabrics or you can bring your own.
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Visit our website for further details and search upholstery weekends to book your place.
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W O O D W O R K ! It’s so good to have students

W O O D W O R K !
It’s so good to have students finishing projects in our workshop again. Josh here has just completed our Woodwork for Beginners - Level 1 - The Toolbox Course. He’s learnt how to to mark out a joint, saw straight and square, chisel a rebate and use a variety of planes including block, plough and smoothing types effectively.
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He’s coming back to start our Woodwork for Beginners - Level 2 course, where he’ll make a softwood cabinet and learn about housing, mortice and tenon, dovetail joints and dowels as well as how to assemble glue and cramp his cabinet together.
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We operate fast moving waiting lists for places in our Woodwork classes. Please email hello@themakershedbristol.co.uk to be added to one or more waiting list or for a cancellation space. We will contact you when you get to the top of a list or a space becomes available and offer you a start date.
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F O O T S T O O L ! Absolutely love that fabric. C

F O O T S T O O L !
Absolutely love that fabric. Congratulations to James for making such beautiful footstool on our ‘Upholstered Furniture for Beginners - Level 1’ course.
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In making ‘The Storage Footstool’ he learnt basic techniques of modern woodwork and upholstery, including beautiful looking deep buttoning and how to make the wooden frame from sustainably sourced European steamed beech.
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Tuesday evenings and Wednesday daytimes here at The Makershed mean upholstery classes, where you can choose from a variety of courses, just visit our website for more information.
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P A L L E T W O O D ! Whatever project for your ho

P A L L E T W O O D !
Whatever project for your home or garden that you wish to make during one of our workshops, our tutor Luke will help to create a design, draw plans, make cutting lists and teach you how to use hand tools to build projects using traditional joinery techniques, all with reclaimed pallet wood timber.
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All of our 2020 Pallet Wood Weekend Workshops might be fully booked but we’ll be adding new dates for 2021 to our website soon. Please email hello@themakershedbristol.co.uk if you would like to be popped on to the waiting list for a cancellation space in the meantime. Visit our website for course details and further information.
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P R O J E C T S ! It’s Monday and that means Woo

P R O J E C T S !
It’s Monday and that means Woodwork Joinery - Level 3 - Furniture Project evening classes here at The Makershed.
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Our student Warwick is making his own TV cabinet from American walnut and is chiselling beautiful dovetail joints for the base and sides which sit on top of the bridal jointed legs he started back in January before lockdown. It’s really coming together now and looks amazing.
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After completing Levels 1 & 2 of our Woodwork for Beginners courses, our students can move on to Level 3 where we help with project design, timber sourcing, joinery plans and then give students technical guidance as they complete their own bespoke project. Please visit our website for more information.
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W O O D W O R K ! What are those dark stripes in t

W O O D W O R K !
What are those dark stripes in the ends of the through tenons? Well they are hardwood wedges and yes they are meant to be there. A through mortise and tenon joint that has been ‘wedged’ will be really solid and secure even without glue.
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We love teaching our woodworking students to tap, tap, tap in their hand made to measure wedges because as they can see the joint getting tighter and tighter a broad grin comes across their face. Once block planed flush with the sides of their cabinet we also get a sound of ‘oooooh’ coming out of their mouths followed by, ‘that looks so goooooood’. Brilliant.
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Our Level 2 Woodwork for Beginners course is split into three modules, 2A - The Case, 2B - The Drawer and 2C - The Door, each taking approximately 4 days or 8 evenings to complete. The pace at which you work is set by you and there is no requirement to commit to taking the whole course. Visit our website for more information.
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The Makershed
St. Paul’s Learning Centre,
94 Grosvenor Road,
St Pauls, Bristol BS2 8XJ.
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07599 670365
Email
hello@themakershedbristol.co.uk

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We are absolutely indebted to all our students, friends and family for their amazing support over the last few months and we couldn’t be more proud, excited and grateful to have our workshop doors again. Our workshop is a Covid-Secure workplace, we’ve halved our class capacity to enable physical distancing and each student workstation is kitted out with individual tools and PPE.
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An essential part of this Covid-Secure status is how we as staff, and our students manage their behaviour whilst in the workshop. Our new rules and guidelines will be sent to all new students to read and digest so that they arrive informed and prepared to keep the workshop safe for both staff and students. We look forward to welcoming all students both existing and new back into the workshop from now and long into the future!

The Makershed Team.