5212 Pulaski Ave.
Philadelphia, Pa. 19144
215-849-5174
Philadelphia Furniture Workshop


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Woodworking School,
Furniture Making Courses

Welcome to Philadelphia Furniture Workshop, a full service teaching studio for those interested in woodworking. PFW's goal is to provide a broad range of hands-on classes for woodworkers of all levels, including beginners. Throughout the year, furniture making courses are offered on weekends and in the evenings. In the summer, PFW offers week-long project based courses targeted to differing skill levels at our woodworking school. Come work in one of the finest shops while learning both beginning and advanced skills.

Current woodworking instruction tends to primarily focus on either machine work or hand work, and many woodworkers tend to embrace either one or the other at the beginning. This singular approach can limit the scope of one’s work, and one might never develop his full creative potential. Here at PFW our goal is to open doors for our students, not close them. We believe that the most enjoyable and successful woodworking is achieved by striking a balance. We teach the use of machinery and power tools for the preparatory and mechanical aspects of a project in order to achieve the best results in a safe and efficient manner, and then turn to hand tools and other traditional techniques. It is these hand tool methods that permit the distinctive details and refinements which will elevate your project from the common to the outstanding.

So no matter your skill level, interest, or direction as a woodworker, the Philadelphia Furniture Workshop has much to offer. Come join us and learn furniture making and woodworking skills in a supportive and invigorating studio environment.


Fall and Winter Woodworking Courses to Develop Your Woodworking Techniques at PFW - a Furniture Making School.

Winter is nearly here and what could be better than picking up some new skills at PFW.  We still have room in many of our woodworking course offerings for this Winter.   A sampling is below, but please check our calendar.

Practical Spray Finishing - Just Added - Bring in a completed and fully sanded PFW project and we will teach you to apply a spray finish over the course of two fast-paced days.  Weekend of December 17-18  

Heart Bench Woodworking Class

Hearth Bench - This is a beginning to intermediate based project, combining hand tool skills with good machine practices.  Weekend of January 7 

Beginner bookcase

 

Total Beginner I -  Our most popular introductory course, this 7 evening workshop will take you from zero experience to building a sturdy bookcase using both solid wood and cabinet-grade veneered ply.  PFW will have you working safely and accurately with machine tools and hand tools, ready to go home and tackle some projects on your own that before seemed out of reach.  Seven Thursday evenings, beginning January 5, 2012.

 

Woodworking Machinery Basics -  On consecutive evenings learn to set up, and safely operate, the principal stationary woodworking tools, including the jointer, planer, tablesaw and bandsaw.  Monday and Tuesday evenings, January 9 and 10, 2012

Royersford Medicine Chest - Covering the Martin Luther King three-day weekend, build  this wall cabinet, suitable for use as a medicine chest (with a mirror) or a spice cabinet (using seeded glass). Weekend of Jan 14-16, 2012.Learn to build, at our cabinet making course, this cabinet

Basic Carcase Construction- Learn to build the basic cabinet and suddenly you can build not only a cabinet but a vanity, a wall cabinet, an entertainment center, and on and on. Weekend of January 21. And, following in two weeks (Feb. 4-5, 2012), learn to add a door and a drawer to that same cabinet. 

Other furniture making courses are on the calendar as well for this Winter and early 2012.    Please join us this at PFW for a great woodworking experience.



Philadelphia Furniture Workshop
A Woodworking School for PA, NJ, NY, DE & MD
Woodworking Classes for those in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware and Maryland
5212 Pulaski Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19144
215-849-5174