Bench Making
Make a rustic greenwood bench or simple stool using hand tools.
- Booking essential
Make a rustic greenwood bench or simple stool using hand tools. You’ll learn how to use axes, drawknives and hand augers to split and shape ash wood for the legs and drill your plank top before using oak wedges to assemble your bench. Your creation will be ready to take home and will look fantastic indoors or out.
Times
Prices
| Ticket type | Ticket category |
|---|---|
| All Bench making | £105.00 |
The basics
- Booking details
Call 07580 042183 Bookings through Woodmatters: garethandro@woodmatters.org.uk / 07580 042183
- Suitability
Not suitable for children. Over 18's only.
- Meeting point
Come to the Footprint building.
- What to bring and wear
Comfortable clothing that you don't mind getting sawdust on and sensible shoes that cover your toes.
- Accessibility
Drop-off point. Wheelchair accessible. Accessible toilet. Access to woods via steep steps or a medium slope.
- Other
We will be using sharp tools. Price i£70 plus £35 for materials.
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