Woodworking meetup

[Chris Lowis]

Hi folks,

I'm wondering what the current situation is with the playwood group. I find it quite hard to get to the new hackspace, but I'd love to meet up with some fellow woodworkers and work on some projects. I have a bench at home, but also a young child which makes it really hard to work on projects in the evening. 

I'm wondering if there's interest in setting up a club? Perhaps we could find a workshop that would let us borrow benches one evening a week, or maybe make some knockdown benches and find a community centre or similar with some storage that would be happy to have us and let us leave some equipment there? 

Any thoughts?

Cheers, 

Chris 

[Matthew Haynes]

Hey Chris, I am in a very similar position, we have a 10 month old which means the 2 hour round trip to the new space would pretty much eat up my available spare time.

I still do a bit of woodworking in a family members garage but do miss the communal aspect of the hackspace. There's only so many projects my partner can feign interest in!

A meetup closer to home in the east for a few hours a week would be perfect. I like the idea of knockdown benches in a community centre, church halls are often available also.

Not sure of the traffic on this list lately but possibly could look on other forums for interest too if needed.

[Chris Lowis]

Hi Matt,

Lovely to hear from you!

A church hall is a great idea too. Another place I thought of is the School of Stuff in Dalston[1] where I took a class several years ago. I wonder if they could be convinced to rent us a couple of benches during the evening when one of their courses is running. 

I'm based in Kentish Town / Gospel Oak so Dalston isn't too bad for me. Where are you based?

I thought this knock down Nicholson bench[2] might be a good candidate for storing away, and shouldn't be too hard for us to build. 

Anyone else out there who might be interested?

Cheers, 

Chris

1. https://www.theschoolofstuff.co.uk/

2. https://blog.lostartpress.com/2014/08/24/knockdown-nicholson-video-principles/

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[Matthew Haynes]

Hey Chris, am in Ilford myself but can get over to Hackney easily enough. Not see the school of stuff before, looks great!

Also have you heard of Oxford House? I remember seeing this some time ago but it's only open in the day time. I wonder if it's worth inquiring about an evening session?

https://www.oxfordhouse.org.uk/the-carpentry-club-at-oxford-house/