MAKING HAND TOOLS

with Ian Percival & Geoff Tonkin

Tools made by Ian Percival

An introductory course on the making of hand tools suitable for woodworkers, carvers, sculptors, jewellers, weavers, chair makers and artisans.

Over two days students will have the opportunity to make at least two tools of their choice using simple metalworking hand tools. Skills covered include heat treatment (annealing, hardening, and tempering) shaping, cutting, grinding, sharpening and polishing. Students will also have the opportunity to make handles for their tools. Students can also refurbish old hand tools.

Cost: $360

Materials: All supplied

Location: Brooklyn Workshop near Molong NSW

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Next Workshop
June July
Dates to be confirmed.

Accommodation: stay-and-visit/

About the Tutor

Ian Percival has had a lifelong involvement in using and making hand tools. His expertise covers woodworking, woodturning, sculpture, carving, metal working, metal turning and blacksmithing. For thirteen years he was a visiting tutor at the ANU in Canberra at the National Institute of the Arts and a visiting tutor at the Sturt School for Wood, Mittagong Summer School. He has exhibited at the Woodcraft Guild in Canberra and was a winner at the last Wood Review Magazine tool making competition.

March 2024 Course