Since Isabelle Moore's foray into online teaching at the beginning of the year, she's started to devise online courses for furniture making and weaving, offering her Frame/Fibre craft skills to the making community beyond the confines of the studio. In the quest of making the delivery of these courses the very best they can be, she has drafted a short survey to help her understand your experiences of online craft tuition.
The award-winning Greenwood Days woodland craft centre is looking forward to welcoming people back to their outdoor workshop from 14 April this year. Throughout 2021, there will be nearly 60 courses running, from one-day introductions, which make a much needed break or perhaps a present for someone who needs a relaxing ‘day in the woods’, to a week’s holiday making your very own greenwood Windsor chair.
March is the month to really make your mark and your opportunity to share the projects you've made with Axminster Tools. And there's a big incentive: you could win a top tool bundle worth over £1,500!
A recently redesigned and upgraded roller and belt assembly means the TA1200BS from Triton Tools is now a class-leading belt sander for efficient dust extraction.
One of this year’s most exciting arts events – the Digital Craft Festival – will be taking place March 26–28, with over 150 contemporary makers from across the world, including content rich talks, interviews with makers, plus workshops and demonstrations, making it the UK’s biggest online Craft Festival.
New Pottery Throwdown Judge, Richard Miller, Aardman animator Jim Parkyn and…
Europe's largest exhibition of contemporary and historical woodturning, Wizardry in Wood, returns to the City of London from Wednesday 13 October to Saturday 16 October 2021.
Triton's TGEOS 500W geared eccentric orbital sander is a versatile, dual mode machine perfect for smoothing rough timber right through to finishing work. Brothers Make's Matt and Jonny take you through the TGEOS' features in a NEW spotlight video, which can be watched here on the Triton YouTube Channel.
Makita has launched a new self-balancing area site light – the latest addition to its range of LED site lighting solutions. The DML810 18V self righting site light LXT delivers up to 5,500 lumens (lm) and 360° illumination with the option for corded or cordless operation.
The Creative Dimension Trust (TCDT) has announced its 2021 programme. TCDT offers workshops, with free tuition and materials, to young people who want to develop their hand skills. Workshops range from architectural model making to stone letter carving and sign writing on skateboards. All workshops are fully funded by generous sponsors and taught by world-class tutors. The diverse TCDT programme has evolved with COVID-19 developments.…
The Boat Building Academy in Lyme Regis, renowned for the high quality of its training and graduates, is aiming to crowd fund £20,000 in order to undertake COVID-inspired building work. And, within a couple of weeks of the launch, it's almost 80% of the way to the target.
The building work – primarily expanding a mezzanine to allow space for students to socially distance – is projected to cost around…
Makita has expanded its high-performance 40Vmax XGT range with the addition of three new tools. The new rotary demolition hammer, 216mm slide compound mitre saw and 230mm angle grinder all feature Makita’s highly efficient brushless motor technology and have been engineered to bring the benefits of cordless technology to high-demand applications.
HR005GZ01 40VMax Brushless rotary demolition hammer
With customers unable to visit Machine Mart stores as freely due to COVID-19, this exclusive 'XTRA' area of the website offers a great alternative with over 15,000 specialist products only available online.
Jason Mosseri of Hopesprings Chairs says that he is very much looking forward to teaching and spending time in the woods this spring and summer: "Retreating into the dappled sunlight is going to be even more vital than usual," he comments.
Save the date (25-28 February 2021) – to ensure you don't miss the event of the year for tradespeople and DIY enthusiasts – FFX Tool Show – which this year will be held virtually online.
