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Woodwork Hand Tool Sharpening Class

Learn hand tool sharpening techniques at this Marrickville workshop

Among the Trees

5.0 (329)

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3 hours

1 to 10 guests

$245 (Afterpay available)

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What you'll do

Join us for a hands-on 3-hour woodworking class in Sydney where you’ll dive into the art of sharpening hand tools. Expert Luke Mitchell will guide you through the process of sharpening a chisel using a chisel provided for practice and to take home.

Don't worry if you're new to sharpening - this workshop is designed to demystify the process and make it accessible for all. You'll learn how to maintain a sharp edge consistently and easily, using a variety of sharpening methods and media, Dramatically improving your future woodworking experiences.

Throughout the workshop, you'll explore a range of sharpening equipment—from bench grinders to Japanese water stones diamond plates—learning the strengths and limitations of each. The focus will be on creating a razor-sharp edge on a single bevel chisel but in doing so get a deeper understanding of how to sharpen a range of edged tools

By the end of the day, you’ll not only have honed your sharpening skills but also have your own razor sharp chisel to take home.

This course is open to students 13 and older. Among The Trees accepts students under 18 in two groups:

Students 13-15 years of age must attend all courses with a parent or guardian. This parent or guardian must also purchase a place in the course and take part. One parent/guardian is able to attend with multiple students.
Students 16-17 years of age may attend a course without a parent or guardian present.

You can read our full Child Safe Policy on the booking page.

What you'll get

By the end of this course you will have:

One freshly sharpened chisel to take home
The ability to achieve a razor-sharp edge on chisel and plane blades
An understanding of the different sharpening tools such as; grinders, oil and water stones, diamond and steel lapping plates and strops, and when to use them
An understanding of sharpening options for different budgets
Time on the stones and the grinders to practise your technique

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Knowledge required

Beginner-friendly. This workshop is designed for beginners with no prior experience who have an interest in learning to sharpen and maintain a sharp edge on their woodworking tools.

What to bring

Attendees should wear clothes that they don’t mind getting a bit grubby. PPE will be available to use but attendees are encouraged to bring their own ear, eye and breathing protection.

A chisel will be provided to each student to work on and take home at the end of the day. This will be the focus of the three hour course. Students can bring in other tools they would like to sharpen to discuss but there will be limited time to work on them and will depend on how quickly students take to the techniques.

Suitable for

This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a date idea, team building activity, Christmas party, birthday or hens party.

Suitable for adults, and kids (minimum 13 years old).

An adult must accompany any attending kids, and must pay for a separate ticket.

This experience would also be a creative gift for her, gift for mum or gift for couples.

Location

Among The Trees - 27 Sydney Street, Marrickville NSW

This venue is within walking distance from Sydenham station (800m).

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Among the Trees

5.0 (329)

Among the Trees is an ethical and sustainability based start-up for reclaimed timber located in Marrickville.

Saving timber from demolitions or other discarded uses and making it available to the public through a retail timber shop and woodworking classes. Accessibility to wood doesn't just mean being wheelchair friendly (which we are), it also means helping customers understand how to use and source reclaimed timber. To make it as easy as possible to work with, we offer custom machining and glueing, so the timber in our store can be squared, resurfaced and cut to specific dimensions. We also help empower individuals to have the confidence to undertake woodworking projects by offering woodworking beginners classes that are taught with simple hand tools.

Lumberyards and wood workshops can be intimidating sometimes, ATT is one of the few places that caters not only to architects, planners, homeowners as well as carpenters and tradespeople but also to customers that have little to no woodworking experience and are embarking on DIY and student projects or trying their hand at repair, renovating or building.

Our workshop at Among The Trees is set up to be the perfect space to learn about hand tools, reclaimed timber, and woodworking. We’ve been hard at work collecting, restoring and tuning all the tools required to learn woodworking, and a few extra ones as well.

All-in-all, everyone that is interested in wood is welcome!