Wharfedale Workshop

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STOP PRESS:

Two places available on 10/11 September 2 day beginners course

September Thursday evening beginners course now fully booked. Next course starts Thursday 20th October.

If you don’t want to wait that long, we offer one to one days. If this is of interest to you a full day is £235 during the week and £285 at weekends. The day can be completely structured around your specific needs. (2 people fee plus 50%) Contact [email protected] for more information.

You can email us at [email protected] if you would like to sign up for any of our sessions.

Some things going on in the workshop:

New Digs:

Our current workshop, the Corn Mill in Ilkley, has been sold to property developers (Bracken Workspace who have been very, very decent to us over the past few months!) and as such we have to leave. The search for new premises has been somewhat tricky (to say the least) but we have finally signed up for Sunny Bank Mills in Farsley.

For those who haven’t ever been to Sunny Bank Mills its is a really lovely place that contains a number of similar enterprises. We have signed a lease on a workshop in the Twisting Rooms which is currently being renovated. We hope to move towards the end of this year but expect to be in Ilkley for the majority of 2022.

If any of you watch the BBC’s Great Britsh Sewing Bee this last series was filmed at Sunny Bank MIlls. We are really looking forward to being there. The pictures below don’t really do justice to the new space….

UPCOMING COURSE DATES:

Two day weekend Introduction to Fine/Hand Tool Woodwork – £275 (13/14 August – 1 places left) (10/11 September – 2 places available)

Woodwork – projects – this is reserved for students who wish to continue after their beginners course (Mondays – 6.30-9.00pm Wednesday 12-2.30pm; Wednesday 6.30-9.00pm ) (currently all full)

Router skills course – a one day introduction to routers and routing – £165 (25 September – 2 places available)

5 week evening introduction to woodworking plus box making – £185 including all materials This course will make a small dovetail box out of oak or beech whilst also covering the basics introduction to hand tool woodworking; sawing, chiseling, planing, marking out accurately and finishing a piece to a high standard. ( Thursday 8 September – now full) Next available places Thursday 20th October

One to one sessions: a full day is £235 during the week and £285 at weekends.

Small wooden “vouchers” are available for courses given as presents – see below!

Below you will find more details on each of the courses. You can email us at [email protected] if you would like to sign up for any of our sessions. You can also call 07341 828 954.

Small print: We require full payment on booking. If national or local Covid restrictions change meaning you cannot attend then we will refund or re-schedule as you prefer. Cancellations: Up to 4 weeks before course – money refunded or re-scheduled; 2-4 weeks before course – we will try to fill your place with a reserve – if not feasible then 50% of the course fee will be retained; under 2 weeks to the course we will try to fill the place with a reserve – if not feasible then 75% of the course fee will be retained.

Course Reviews

Some students have been kind enough to leave us reviews on Google – you can read them all if you search Google for Wharfedale Workshop – but here are a few comments:

Two day weekend Introduction to Woodwork

This is a fun but pretty intensive course for hand tool woodwork beginners and will be fairly hard work as we will cover a lot of ground. Much of the 2 days will be hands on with tools putting the skills you learn into practice; we will also have time to go into a fair degree of depth about the various subjects. This course is very much an introduction to fine woodworking and whilst some techniques may be useful for the keen house DIYer, those who get most out of the course tend to be embarking on or re-kindling a commitment to hand tool woodworking.

Subjects we will cover include:

Safety: workshop safety, using tools safely and now Covid safety and how we are going to use the workshop and keep safe.

Sawing: different types of saws, using a bench hook

Planing: different types of planes, maintaining a plane, sharpening a plane, using a bench plane, using a block plane, using a shooting board

Chiseling: different types of chisels, sharpening a chisel

Sharpening: primarily focused on chisels and planes, freehand sharpening, using a honing guide of varying types, using the Scary Sharp system, using a diamond plate, water stones, using a strop

Marking out; basic concepts, face side/face edge, using a marking gauge (traditional and wheel), marking with a knife, using metal squares and metal rulers

Wood: different species of wood and their characteristics, grain, movement, sawing patterns, sourcing and buying wood

Jointing: different types of joints and their properties including cutting a traditional mortice and tenon joint

Dovetail jointing: basic concept, dovetail guides/jigs, marking out, sawing with dovetail saw and fretsaw.

Sanding and finishing wood with waxes and oils

Tools: some of you may already have some tools – some of you are starting from scratch. We’ll talk through what the basics are, what you can make, what you can get second hand (and re-furbish with your newly found sharpening skills) and what may be worth investing a few pounds in. Over the 2 days you will get the chance to use a lot of different tools and should begin to get a sense of what you need. The following three “tools” all work really well; one from a car boot for 50p, one from Aldi for £3.99 and one from Workshop Heaven*. (*Workshop Heaven is actually a real fine woodworking specialist not a joke! Wharfedale Workshop students get a 10% discount at http://www.workshopheaven.co.uk)

Router skills course

This one day course is designed for absolute routing beginners. We cover a lot of ground including: Basic router overview, Router set up,trim router vs plunge router, router power, router speeds, Collet sizes, Bit choice/different types of bits, Speed, Direction of cut, Guide bushes, Extraction, Fences, Feather boards etc. Depth stop and depth setting, Chamfers, Round overs, Grooves (plus tongue and groove), Mortice and tenon, Routing jigs, Rebates, Circle cutting, Router tables (although mainly hand held routing)

Our goal is to leave you knowing how to use your router safely and accurately in a variety of situations. We have a good selection of trim routers and plunge routers in the workshop for you to use, but you are encouraged to bring along your own routers as well as long as these are under 12 months old (for safety reasons)

Some work by our students

Get in Touch

Wharfedale Workshop
The Cornmill, Ilkley, West Yorks., LS29 8HT
[email protected]

Call us on 07341 828 954

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