Course: Make a Wood Stool
Duration: 2 days 10am – 5pm Saturdays or Sundays or 1 weekend
Cost: £390 (includes VAT)
Next start date: See table below for next start dates.
Suitable for: Absolute beginners. No prior experience in woodworking is required for this course.
About: Learn to make an elegant pine stool using traditional hand tools.
By popular demand – a content packed two-day basic carpentry woodwork skills course to make an elegant pine stool using traditional hand tools.
This is a great starter workshop that introduces the skills of how to measure accurately, cut precisely and join planks together using dowels. In addition to this, the legs are connected to the base using a ‘wedged through tenon’ which is a classic woodworking joint and produces a very strong and pleasing result.
The tools used include handsaws, chisels, planes and spoke shaves and you can even get a chance to try an old fashioned ‘bit and brace’ drill. If you are contemplating one of our longer woodwork courses, this can be a great way to gain confidence.
If your knowledge of woodwork is a feint but fond memory of CDT or carpentry at school, you are in the right place.
The workshop focuses on jointing wood with dowels, using and caring for a plane and chisel, using spokeshaves and hand drilling with augers.
All necessary materials, including the use of tools, will be provided.
Ruth Thomson
General Information
You will receive a courtesy reminder by email 1-2 days before the workshop/course begins.
Refreshments
Coffee, tea and biscuits are included in the course fee, but you will need to bring lunch with you or visit a nearby venue to purchase food.
Access
If you have any specific access or special needs, please contact us confidentially in advance by email info@thegoodlifecentre.co.uk. There is a small step to the entrance, and the toilet is on the ground floor.
All sewing workshops and occasionally lampshade making, tassel making and bookbinding workshops are located on the second floor. There is no lift access.
Refunds and cancellations
Please refer to our terms & conditions below.
Disclaimer
The information given is accurate at the time of publication. However, The Goodlife Centre reserves the right to cancel or amend courses if circumstances require.
Terms & Conditions
| Start day | Date | Start time | End time | Course name | Course length | Price | Good to Know | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat | 31/10/2026 | 10:00 | 17:00 | INTRO TO WOODWORK - WOOD STOOL WEEKEND | 1 weekend | £390.00 GBP | Make a stool! | Details |







