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CARPENTRY FOR BEGINNERS – 10 EVENINGS – WOOD TABLE at The Goodlife Centre

CARPENTRY FOR BEGINNERS – 10 EVENINGS – WOOD TABLE

A ten-evening beginner carpentry course teaching tool use and traditional joinery through practical exercises, including a frame-table project to take home.

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November 9, 2026 · 6 PM – 9 PM

The Goodlife Centre, 49/55 Great Guildford Street, London · £550 ·

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Learn traditional joinery techniques and use hand tools and modern equipment while building a simple frame table to take home.

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Bookable via our website ➡️ https://www.thegoodlifecentre.co.uk/events/carpentry-for-beginners-12-afternoons-wood-table-36/ ⋆⋆⋆ In this throw-away age, when all the furniture we own is assembled and not built, we are pleased to offer an opportunity to spend some precious time learning how to use ageless tools to make something everlasting from wood. These evenings are a perfect starting point for many aspects of woodwork that will give you the confidence to choose and replicate basic wood joints into other projects. Using a mixture of traditional hand tools and modern drills and saws, experienced Woodworker, Len Conway will guide and inspire you as he teaches age-old techniques in joinery. As you begin making objects traditionally constructed from seasoned pine, you will learn how to use and care for chisels, saws, planes and spokeshaves. Len is an experienced woodworker and teacher. Students will work on a variety of exercises – designed to incorporate simple to advanced joints and tools that build confidence and independence. We will cover many aspects of traditional carpentry tuition. There will be lots of practical exercises in each session including a project to make a simple frame table that you will take home. Students will work on a variety of exercises – designed to incorporate simple to advanced joints and tools that build confidence and independence.

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