“I did the two day hand plane course with Lachie and really enjoyed it. I had very little woodworking experience and found Lachie a very patient and clear teacher who was able to guide me to produce a hand plane that looked really nice and worked well. The course was fun and I learnt a lot of processes and techniques along the way. Lachie was also very generous as he helped me to make a hammer and offered plenty of advice about tools, techniques and other woodworking matters. I'd be keen to do other courses in the future!” - Patrick
I highly recommend Lachie’s timber framing course to anyone interested in the art and craft of timber framing. It was an action packed five days and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Lachie is a generous and patient teacher who skilfully guided me through the process of laying out, mapping and scribing timbers and who helped me turn a few milled timbers into a complete cross-frame. It was a thrill to see the frame come together and to raise it on the final day. During the course I was introduced to the tools and techniques needed to timber frame and Lachie was very generous with his knowledge. He tailored the experience to my goal to build a small timber frame cabin. We discussed design considerations, design tools, site considerations, milling, timber selection, timber assessment and handling. It’s a testament to Lachie’s skill as a teacher that he was able to guide me, a novice with very little wood working experience, through the process and fire me up with the confidence to begin building. - Ben