Taught from a workshop on Alma Street, Kelham Island
At the bench, Alma Street, Kelham Island
Thirty years at the bench, taught plainly
Hearthwood Hand Tool School is taught by a furniture maker with thirty years at the bench, using tools a beginner can buy second-hand.
Why Hearthwood exists
Sharpening, chisel work and hand-cut joints, taught the way he learned them
How the teaching works
What you learn, and why it sticks
Every course is built from thirty years at the bench, broken into the three skills a hand-tool woodworker needs first.
Sharpening comes first
A dull edge teaches bad habits, so sharpening is taught before a chisel or saw is picked up.
Tools you can buy second-hand
Every lesson uses tools a beginner can find second-hand, so you learn on what you can actually own.
Thirty years at the bench
Taught by a furniture maker, not a presenter, so the method comes from years of making real furniture.
Learn at your own pace
Courses are online, any time, so you work through chisel work and hand-cut joints in your own hours.
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Sharpening, chisel work and hand-cut joints, taught online from Kelham Island, Sheffield.