Woodworking Class for Beginners: Build a Step Stool

Recent reviews of Woodworking Class for Beginners: Build a Step Stool

• 5/5 from Mark, attended Sep 2026: Harry was very knowledgeable, patient, and thorough in his teaching delivery. Highly recommended
• 5/5 from James Griffin, attended Jun 2026: A really enjoyable and interesting day. Some solid new skills to take home and try out! Patient and engaging tutorial, well explained.
• 5/5 from Rhiannon Garvey, attended Jun 2026: Great class! Slow paced and the teacher made sure everyone understood the techniques.
• 5/5 from Steve Hall, attended Jun 2026: Great instructors, good wood working advice and a good day. Highly recommended. Thanks very much.
• 5/5 from Latifah Jackson-Vaughan, attended Apr 2026: Fantastic class! I learnt so much and everything was so well explained that it really made sense why each step was done the way it was and in that order. Kazu and Shane were so helpful and supportive! Love my little step stool so much!
• 5/5 from Noa Rein, attended Jan 2026: Excellent class! Highly recommended! We learnt so much, in a thoughtful and fun environment. Our teacher was wildly knowledgeable, patient and caring. It was a blistering 40 degree day outside, and yet inside we were able to build and create for 6 hours. Loved it! Highly recommend!
• 5/5 from Ash Hardman, attended Jan 2026: Teachers were both great, super nice. Super helpful, knowledgeable and patient! Great coursedefinitely not something I could have don't from YouTube videos which was nice!!
• 5/5 from Andrew Birtchnell, attended Jan 2026: I did it with my 14yr old grandson. We both loved it. Basic skills with basic tools. Shane and his oppo great teachers. Well done.
• 5/5 from Lutz Fiedler, attended Jan 2026: I learned a great deal through this one day course - the facilitator Shane (and his off-sider - whose name I unfortunately didn't catch) were fantastic at teaching and demonstrating all that was required. Full of useful information and hints and tips re. the use of saws, the importance of measuring (and the use of an awl!) and the preparation of holes for nails and the use of vices - all was explained and shown in great detail. There were also plenty of tools and all that was required - and I feel we all finished the class with a great sense of achievement with our hand-made step-stools!! Thanks heaps - Lutz
• 5/5 from Maximilian Kobras, attended Nov 2025: The teacher Shane was fun, calm, and patient with us all. Clear instructions and great at helping us fix up little mistakes. Loved his quick explanations of how wood grows and works, gave a great context. Keen to do another more complex course.
• 5/5 from Helen Ryan, attended Nov 2025: Fabulous workshop. Shane was a great instructor. Knowledgeable and patient. I was very happy with my step stool and more importantly all the skills I learned.
• 5/5 from Helena Greenwell, attended Oct 2025: Fantastic class. The teacher was good and very patient with less experienced people. Learnt quite a few general skills and went home with a solid project. Only think is I think the workshop could have down without a break for lunch though.
• 5/5 from Michael Schafer, attended Oct 2025: Absolutely loved it, haven’t done woodworking since school in Switzerland, perfect introduction to get me going again and something hand made, without power tools out of recycled timber to take home, great teacher and bob hawkes pub 80m for lunch, had a great day, thanks!
• 5/5 from Rob Cheyne, attended Aug 2025: Great day making a stool with excellent instruction in a lovely venue, I learnt a lot, thanks guys!
• 5/5 from Irene Bowie-Johnson, attended Jul 2025: The session was great - lots of insights you'd be hard pressed to gather any other way. While I am an avid viewer of YouTube tutorials, this taught me so much more, and quickly as well! Could not recommend highly enough!
• 5/5 from Jennifer Kent, attended Jul 2025: Great workshop to build confidence with hand tools & some basic woodworking skills. Teachers were very friendly, knowledgeable & helpful.
• 5/5 from Mark Wilson, attended Jul 2025: My adult daughter and I did the course today and it was terrific. The two teachers were very knowledgeable but relaxed and accommodating to us all. It’s a great set up and the project is a great level as an intro to woodworking. We enjoyed it and would recommend it.
• 4/5 from Margaret Pham, attended Jul 2025: I attended the woodworking class as an NDIS participant with my Support Worker. The teachers were good and I was able to follow instructions and participate in the class. I did struggle a litle bit with the verbal instructions (auditory processing issues) and would have liked written instructions to be provided in advance if possible. Overall, a good introduction to woodworking. Happy with my wooden stool. Looking forward to another class with Among The Trees. Thanks.
• 5/5 from Thomas Wu, attended May 2025: Shane was incredible. Much appreciated the knowledge and passion for woodworking. The class was well facilitated. Shane was able to adapt the Pace of the activities according how our class was going. Cannot wait for the next class to learn more.
• 5/5 from Genevieve Thompson, attended May 2025: What a wonderful experience. Thoroughly enjoyed the class. The teacher was brilliant and explained every step clearly and the result was a sturdy and useful step stool. Given me the confidence to try other projects at home. Highly recommend this class.
• 5/5 from Chris Rissel, attended May 2025: Excellent course. Shane the instructor was very knowledgeable and super clear. I learned heaps and has really helped my confidence.
• 5/5 from Misha Campbell, attended Mar 2025: Teachers were knowledgeable and supportive, I love my stool (I’m going to use it as a poop stool) and boy does it feel good to do a class working with your hands!!! :))
• 5/5 from Marge Overs, attended Mar 2025: Really enjoyed the class. Clear instructions and great support from Ingrid and Shane. It was my second workshop with Among the Trees. I’ll be back for more
• 5/5 from Alison Wu, attended Feb 2025: I really enjoyed this beginner's woodwork class! Inrgid my teacher and Luke were both very patient and kept the class running at a good pace. Walking away from that class felt so satisfying with a product you had made. I would definitely be interested in looking into more woodwork classes.
• 5/5 from Anita Tavernese, attended Dec 2024: Really enjoyed the class. Loved the little stool that I built. It was challenging, but a good challenging. Would really recommend this class and all the classes at Among the Trees!
• 5/5 from Ivan Power, attended Dec 2024: Attended with my 13yo son. Instructors we patient, thoughtful kind, very skilled in woodworking and we came out with two great stool, some new skills and a wonderful father / son experience.
• 5/5 from Ann Vu, attended Nov 2024: Noel and Ingrid were just lovely! What a fun day ️️
• 5/5 from Delphine Gargula, attended Nov 2024: Both teachers were great, very clear, very patient, and always happy to help individuals when needed
• 5/5 from Jordana Barkho, attended Oct 2024: My partner and I had a wonderful time! The teachers were very helpful. It feels like a great accomplishment to craft something with our own hands. Will definitely be booking another woodworking class in future.
• 5/5 from Adrienne Zinn, attended Oct 2024: Learned new skills from the amazing teachers, both experts in woodworking, met nice people, enjoyed the relaxed vibe, what a great way to spend the day. And take home a beautiful little table for a cup of tea in my sunroom!
• 5/5 from Simon Rice, attended Oct 2024: Friendly, knowledgeable, patient and helpful teachers. A very rewarding day, with something to show for it!
• 5/5 from Lucinda Verge Wallace, attended Aug 2024: It was expensive, but the teacher was great and really patient with alll types of learning and levels of understanding. Was great to be able to take something home you e made.
• 5/5 from Christy Newman, attended Jul 2024: Such a fantastic workshop! Absolutely fine for a complete beginner like me, but ended up with a step stool I just love, and will keep forever. It was really fun to do with my partner but it would have also been fun to do alone or in a bigger group. Excellent teachers!
• 5/5 from Ev Synnott, attended Jul 2024: I had such a great time, thank you. After my first attempt at sawing a piece of wood I was sceptical about how my stool would turn out, but with Liz and Ing's expert instructions I am very happy with the end result.
• 5/5 from Angela von Takach, attended Jul 2024: We had a great day, with great teachers and a good balance between demonstration time and doing-things time.
• 5/5 from Grégory Joseph, attended Jun 2024: Great condensed intro to woodworking, good balance of process explanations, why things are done certain way, practice and tactical help/correction where needed. I now have an actually useable step stool to boot! Also love that this all made from reclaimed wood.
• 5/5 from Elly King, attended Nov 2023: This was a perfect class for novices like me! I learnt valuable skills and walked away with a useful object. The instructors, Ingrid and Liz, where really personable, helpful and chilled out.
• 5/5 from Elayne Grace, attended Nov 2023: Was a Fantastic paced class. Great teacher.Nice atmosphere. Great stool to take home. Thank you
• 5/5 from Elly King, attended Nov 2023: This was a perfect class for novices like me! I learnt valuable skills and walked away with a useful object. The instructors, Ingrid and Liz, where really personable, helpful and chilled out.
• 5/5 from Jade Cundle, attended Nov 2023: ING and Liz were absolutely amazing! So much information and tips. Definitely booking in another class
• 5/5 from Nadezda Begicheva, attended Sep 2023: Covered the basics of woodworking and had a chance to use different tools without any prior experience. The instructor did a great job guiding through the process, explaining when each tool works best. The best part was when the instructor gave tips about how to assemble a simple furniture from with imperfectly cut parts. I'm definitely going to take another masterclass.
• 5/5 from Karen Zwi, attended Sep 2023: Excellent teaching, guidance, venue and skills building - plus very relaxed and really really good fun
• 5/5 from Kelly Bekiaris, attended Sep 2023: The class was thoroughly enjoyable with simple clear step by step instructions resulting in a wonderfully crafted stool. Thanks to both facilitators!