With Building Crafts College, London, course leader Colin Eden-Eadon out of action for most of their final year his furniture-making students could have panicked, but, backed all the way by tutors Rod Wales and Tom Kealy whom Colin describes as the lynchpins, the 15 students worked as a team, supporting each other with the result that not only have some very special pieces been produced but the graduates have a good idea of…
Trend is supporting the Men in Sheds activity group in Milton Keynes with equipment and product demonstrations. Men in Sheds aims to provide a place where men from all walks of life can get together to share their experiences and skills on a variety of projects.
They say that necessity is the mother of invention, and it’s true that need and want generally do drive the creative process, in woodwork as in everything else. So when it comes to choosing the next project to undertake, I think that the choices are very simple.
After a break of two years, Cumbria based timber and tools company, G&S Specialist Timber is once again this autumn putting on a woodworking show and timber sale.
What has wobbling around on a bike around a slalom course in an old aircraft hangar at Berlin’s iconic Templehof building got to do with woodwork you might well ask. Well, the cycle was powered by a very special Bosch battery. In years to come, when resting your power tool on an induction plate is the norm, you will probably be telling your grandchildren about the olden days when you had to have two heavy batteries as each had to be…
Bridgwater College furniture makers triumph at Somerset exhibition
Three of Bridgwater College’s Furniture Making students have impressed the judges and public at the annual Somerset Guild Warmth and Wood exhibition, held recently in Somerton.