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Thread: How/Where to learn Woodwork?
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9th April 2019, 10:57 AM #1
How/Where to learn Woodwork?
Hi everyone, Im really interested in learning about woodwork.
I first done it in high school and took a liking to it but never continued with it afterwards because I never had/made time for it. Anyway, Im at a stage now where Im looking to explore interests and Id like to get into woodwork.
Im interested in trying to make all sorts of things like tables, cabinents, tv stands, chairs, toys anything that could be made in home set up.
I live between Newcastle and Maitland, NSW and have googled for any local classes for beginners without much success.
Any recommendations for local classes that I may of missed or other ways to begin learning like youtube?
Sorry if Ive posted in the wrong area or left out information, just let me know and I can fix it.
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9th April 2019, 11:30 AM #2
What about a men's shed?
Not many have classes - you sort of learn by doing stuff.
Nothing and I mean NOTHING beats being able to to do something while you can be watched working by a skilled person so they can correct your (often subtle) mistakes.
Being able to show your work to a teacher for critical feedback at various stages along a project is second best.
One hour working with a skilled person is worth hundreds on you tube.
There's also lot of poor safety practices and the blind leading the blind on youtube.
It can be useful once you have a solid grasp of the basics.
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9th April 2019, 03:05 PM #3
Welcome to the forum Andy.
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9th April 2019, 03:52 PM #4
Welcome to the forum Andy,
I would say look for your local men's shed too. There are the odd woodwork courses around but few and far between. Usually specialising in one area of woodwork and expensive. Having done it at school is a good start. Those basics of getting things square and proper marking out already put you in front of most starting out.
Regards
John
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9th April 2019, 04:15 PM #5
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9th April 2019, 04:15 PM #6
Thanks old1955!
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9th April 2019, 04:18 PM #7
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9th April 2019, 04:24 PM #8
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10th April 2019, 08:09 PM #9
Welcome Andy ,definately a men's shed is a positive for sure a lot of folk there have yrs of experience ,most are only too happy to share .
Don't forget other sources to compliment such as in using a local Library to find well intentioned reading on various aspects of wood usage.Check the Market place here on the forums for tools,,books etc that may fall within your budget.Johnno
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12th April 2019, 07:40 PM #10
One suggestion I have (not a lot of point leading you to Mens sheds when you have said you will check them out) is to look at some of the free access videos on finewoodworking.com. They are one of the main American mags and have a range of generalist short videos intended for beginners, plus a wide range of subscriber only videos that are more in depth, either detailed ways to achieve a single objective such as a particular joint, gluing up a top etc, or series to create a specific project that has been in a magazine. To access the subscriber only content you need to buy an online subscription, which gives you online access to their magazine library as well, but the range of free access will give you an idea of their production quality etc and help you decide whether you think access to the subs only might be useful. A lot of people turn their nose up at American content because their designs are in imperial dimensions and we have metric sized timber here, but they are a good source of inspiration for people who can understand the concepts used and design something quite similar that suits the locally available materials, space to accommodate the finished object etc.
Highlandwoodworking.com and woodsmith.com have some similar content as well.
These are not in the same league as supervised hands on training and experience, but give you good exposure to processes and methods, and the projects give you a chance to understand the reasoning and planning that goes an item.I used to be an engineer, I'm not an engineer any more, but on the really good days I can remember when I was.
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13th April 2019, 04:41 PM #11
I have been watching how to videos by Paul Sellers on you tube he has some pretty damn good tips from sharpening a chisel to restoring old hand tools (but don't let the hand tool restoration bug bite ya like it bit me and it bit me bad lol)
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