Carpentry Skills for Women

TouchWood South West provide weekly sessions in carpentry and joinery.

These sessions are:

• Practical – learn practical Carpentry and DIY skills. Learn about some basic principles that are fundamental to all carpentry and joinery work, including learning to make and use a variety of wood working joints. You will learn about their application, so you can transfer what you’ve learnt to other projects at home. Design and construct shelves, storage boxes, furniture – as long as it fits in our workshop!
• Empowering – learn to love tools and continue to use them at home!
• Inspiring – discover a new passion and learn more to make anything you want!

“I don’t need to wait for anyone else to do it anymore, I can do it myself!”

 COURSE PARTICIPANT (MORETONHAMSPTEAD)

Finished Stool

Using a Chisel and Mallet

Using a Japanese Saw

Lots of Chisels!

Drawing a Line

Sawing Wood

A Finished Cupboard

Lots of finished Shelves!

A Finished Stool

Using the Block Plane

Using a Chisel

Carpentry for Women Exeter

Using a Saw

Lots of Finished Cupboards

A Lovely Finished Shelf

Cabinet Door Frame with haunched mortice and tenon

Using a Chisel

Checking for face and edge

Stool building equipment

Using a Chisel

Using a Chisel

Busy making things at the workshop

 

“TouchWood’s carpentry course was one of the best hands on courses I have attended.  Astrid was always calm, patient, knowledgeable, helpful and knew her stuff!  Her encouragement makes you feel you can tackle another carpentry project on your own.”

COURSE PARTICIPANT (DARTINGTON)

Upcoming courses