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The Humanity in Hand Tools
What delights me most these days is the way my two great passions come together: working with wood and working with people. Almost every day I get to teach and encourage people of all ages in the...
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A Shaving Horse for Kids!
Introducing our Adjustable and Portable Shaving Horse for Kids! At our Heritage Woodcraft Centre, we have a varied stable of Shaving Horses, but I have been conscious for a while that none of them...
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Private Tuition at the Heritage Woodcraft Centre.
Learning the skills… Many people ask us about the Private Tuition we provide to people from all walks of life and of all ages at our Heritage Woodcraft Centre in Canning Vale, Western Australia. It is...
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The Saw Horse on Steroids. Plans are now available!
Originally called the “Saw Stool on Steroids”, I posted a blog story in October 2009 about this amazing portable bench with a small footprint and great holding power. It has only taken me 10 years to...
View ArticleAdapting to Covid-19.
The world as we know it has changed considerably in the first part of 2020. The Covid-19 Pandemic is still sweeping the world as I write this. Millions of people around the world are in isolation,...
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We are now Dealers of BeaverCraft Tools in Australia!
The Joy of Wood are proud to announce we are now Dealers for BeaverCraft Tools in Australia. BeaverCraft Tools started in Ukraine in 2014, and since that time have been developing their wide range of...
View ArticleHooray! Public Workshops are back! Don’t miss them.
We haven’t run any Public Workshops since the Western Australian Covid-19 lockdown, in mid-March 2019. So we are delighted to be back running an “interim” Public Workshop Program in January/February...
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Homeschoolers! – Come and learn some woodworking skills!
We have been running workshops with Homeschooled kids and families for many years – until the arrival of Covid. That changed everything. Now, here we are nearly 3 years later, and we are very pleased...
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Stirling Women’s Shed – an exciting partnership!
We are excited to announce The Joy of Wood has entered into a pilot partnership with The City of Stirling, from 1 July 2023, to operate and to grow the Stirling Women’s Shed in its current location in...
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The Winds of Change are Blowing
After being housed within the Timbecon buildings in Perth for over 8 years, our Heritage Woodcraft Centre is about to become homeless. We will be forever grateful to Ross Gobby, founder of Timbecon,...
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