Chris Tribe offers weekend & 5 day courses in furniture making techniques. My courses are aimed at those wishing to take up furniture making or restoration as a serious hobby or pastime. Ranging from tool sharpening and maintenance and jointing techniques to veneering and laminating and the design process, these courses provide a sound basis in the craft. You will learn professional skills from a professional furniture maker and qualified teacher.www.christribe.co.ukWood Nook Farm, Hardisty Hill,LS21 2PQ

Mandy Knowles offers the following range of short courses in cabinet making and furniture restoration. Traditional cabinet making skills and techniques are not only used in the making of furniture but they are also a prerequisite for anything other than very basic furniture restoration. Our Courses concentrate on the techniques of sharpening tools and traditional jointing methods.www.mandyknowles.comUnit 11, Braeside Farm, Kingsnorth,TN26 1NG

The tradition and quality of 'English Furniture Making' is well known and admired worldwide. Bruce Luckhurst has designed this special intensive foundation course to guide students along a route to accurate, enjoyable woodwork. Students will learn how to sharpen tools to professional standards and select new or second-hand tools that are well engineered.www.bruceluckhurst.co.uk

You may have harboured the desire to do a fine furniture making course for a long time or you may be seriously searching for an alternative to what you are currently engaged in. You are on your way to discovering a furniture making course on offer at Ashridge. The furniture making course I provide will either enable you to earn a living on your own or to work for someone else.www.chrisfaulkner.co.uk

John Lloyd offers the following range of short courses in furniture making, antique furniture restoration, polishing, veneering & laminating and machining. Cabinet making skills and techniques are not only used in the making of furniture, they are also a prerequisite for anything other than very basic furniture restoration. Our Courses concentrate on the traditional techniques used to create fine furniture in past centuries.www.johnlloydfinefurniture.co.uk

Our Woodworking Courses and Classes are passing on our knowledge and understanding to the coming generation of makers and designers. Furniture Design and Making are the core of this intensive 50 week woodworking course. During this time we help them to develop hand skills with planes and chisels, to develop an eye for a gentle curve and have a sense of what a prospective customer might want. Business skills of marketing web site design and selling are also addressed.www.finefurnituremaker.com

David Charlesworth is an Author and Maker who has specialized in teaching since 1977. He runs courses at Harton Manor Workshop teaching fine furniture making to exhibition standard. A small group of no more than four students ensures a high level of individual attention. This intensive workshop training is an efficient and cost effective route to a professional level of craftsmanship and competence.www.davidcharlesworth.co.uk