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 * Furniture School
   * Weekend Courses
     * Sharpening & Tuning Hand Tools
     * Cabinetmaking Fundamentals
     * Wood Machining
   * Short Courses
     * SKILLS WEEK – Sharpening & Essential Cabinet Making Hand Skills
     * JOINTS WEEK – Making a Table
     * DRAWER WEEKEND – Making and Fitting a Dovetailed Drawer
     * Antique Furniture Restoration Techniques
     * POLISHING WEEK – French Polishing & Modern Hand Finishes
     * Veneering Week – Making a Games Board
   * Long Courses
     * The 16 WEEK Course
     * The 16 WEEK plus Course with Chair Making
     * The 16 WEEK plus Course with Antique Furniture Restoration
   * Information
     * Course Dates & Prices
     * Booking Form – Short Courses
     * Terms & Conditions – Short Courses
     * Booking Form for 16 WEEK & 16 WEEK Plus Courses
     * Terms & Conditions – 16 WEEK & 16 WEEK Plus Courses
     * Accommodation
     * Student Life
     * Student Gallery
     * Graduate Links
     * About us
       * Demos and Talks
     * Gift Vouchers
     * Benches to Rent
 * Course Dates
 * Bespoke Furniture
 * Antique Restoration
 * John Lloyd’s Blog
 * Students Tool Shop

Call us 01444 480388

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 * Furniture School
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   * Weekend Courses
     * Sharpening & Tuning Hand Tools
     * Cabinetmaking Fundamentals
     * Wood Machining
   * Short Courses
     * SKILLS WEEK – Sharpening & Essential Cabinet Making Hand Skills
     * JOINTS WEEK – Making a Table
     * DRAWER WEEKEND – Making and Fitting a Dovetailed Drawer
     * Antique Furniture Restoration Techniques
     * POLISHING WEEK – French Polishing & Modern Hand Finishes
     * Veneering Week – Making a Games Board
   * Long Courses
     * The 16 WEEK Course
     * The 16 WEEK plus Course with Chair Making
     * The 16 WEEK plus Course with Antique Furniture Restoration
   * Information
     * Course Dates & Prices
     * Booking Form – Short Courses
     * Terms & Conditions – Short Courses
     * Booking Form for 16 WEEK & 16 WEEK Plus Courses
     * Terms & Conditions – 16 WEEK & 16 WEEK Plus Courses
     * Accommodation
     * Student Life
     * Student Gallery
     * Graduate Links
     * About us
       * Demos and Talks
     * Gift Vouchers
     * Benches to Rent
   * Close
 * Course Dates
 * Bespoke Furniture
 * Antique Restoration
 * John Lloyd’s Blog
 * Students Tool Shop





 * A NEW CAREER
   
   
   
   Are you dreaming of a fulfilling creative career and a change of lifestyle?
   Your future could start here.
   
   Call us today to arrange a workshop visit and discuss your options with John
   Lloyd


 * WHY ARE WE DIFFERENT?
   
   
   
   After 20 years teaching furniture design and making and 25 years in the
   business John knows that experience counts
   
   When you choose to train with John Lloyd you will be taught and supervised
   full time by John Lloyd


 * EXPLORE OUR NEW RANGE OF INSPIRATIONAL SHORT COURSES FOR THE ASPIRATIONAL
   WOODWORKER
   
   
   
   Thoughtfully devised courses designed to suit everyone from the complete
   novice through to the highly competent


 * FINE FURNITURE DESIGNER/MAKER & ANTIQUE FURNITURE RESTORATION COURSES
   
   
   
   Our workshops are set in the beautiful and inspiring Sussex countryside. The
   perfect environment in which to work and learn.
   
   Call us today to arrange a workshop visit and discuss your options with John
   Lloyd.





 * A NEW CAREER
   
   
   
   Are you dreaming of a fulfilling creative career and a change of lifestyle?
   Your future could start here.
   
   Call us today to arrange a workshop visit and discuss your options with John
   Lloyd


 * WHY ARE WE DIFFERENT?
   
   
   
   After 20 years teaching furniture design and making and 25 years in the
   business John knows that experience counts
   
   When you choose to train with John Lloyd you will be taught and supervised
   full time by John Lloyd


 * EXPLORE OUR NEW RANGE OF INSPIRATIONAL SHORT COURSES FOR THE ASPIRATIONAL
   WOODWORKER
   
   
   
   Thoughtfully devised courses designed to suit everyone from the complete
   novice through to the highly competent


 * FINE FURNITURE DESIGNER/MAKER & ANTIQUE FURNITURE RESTORATION COURSES
   
   
   
   Our workshops are set in the beautiful and inspiring Sussex countryside. The
   perfect environment in which to work and learn.
   
   Call us today to arrange a workshop visit and discuss your options with John
   Lloyd.





*** JOHN LLOYD FURNITURE SCHOOL *** BEAUTIFUL BESPOKE FURNITURE *** 


*** ANTIQUE & MID 20TH CENTURY FURNITURE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION
SPECIALISTS *** 

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TREAT YOURSELF TO A WEEKEND WOODWORKING COURSE THIS SUMMER

Immerse yourself in woodwork.  Two days of action packed intensive tuition in a
relaxed and friendly atmosphere.  Indulge your creativity and improve your
woodworking skills. Complete beginners very welcome. Teaching hours are from
8.30 am to 6pm (with tea breaks!) to enable everyone to gain as much as possible
from their time in the workshops.   Spend a weekend in the beautiful Sussex
countryside, with excellent B&B  and country pub accommodation nearby and
Brighton just a short drive over the stunning South Downs.

Cabinetmaking Fundamentals     21-22 May & 20-21 August

Sharpening & Tuning Hand Tools     9-10 April & 16-17 July

Antique Furniture Care and Repairs       13-14 August & 3-4 December

Wood Machining      11-12 June & 1-2 October

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* * * WINTER 2023-24 SHORT COURSES * * *

2nd – 4th February Wood Machining Weekend (1 place)

12th-16th February SKILLS WEEK (full)

17th-18th February Cabinetmaking Fundamentals Weekend (2 places)

Come and learn something new or simply perfect your existing skills

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* * * 2024 16 WEEK COURSE * * *

We are now taking bookings for the 2024 intake starting on Monday 19th August.
We warmly invite prospective 16 WEEK students to visit the workshops. 

Please call to arrange a visit.


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The 16 Week Course
Full-time furniture making/restoration bench available to rent.


FURNITURE SCHOOL

Over the 30 years I have been running a successful bespoke furniture making and
antique restoration business, I have become passionate about passing on the
skills and knowledge through my Woodworking School.

We have designed a range of educational long and short courses that have
traditional hand skills at their core, the key requirement being simply
enthusiasm and a thirst for knowledge.


FURNITURE MAKING

Stunning individually designed furniture in a traditional or contemporary style.
 Whether you have a definite design in mind or simply an idea, we can help you
realise your dreams.  

We also specialise in making accurate copies of chairs and furniture to match
existing pieces or to complete a set.

Beautiful wooden coffee tables and bedside tables are often difficult to
source.  John has designed a range of unique furniture to fill this gap in the
market.


ANTIQUE FURNITURE RESTORATION

Antique furniture and cherished family heirlooms can be brought back to life
with sympathetic Antique Furniture Restoration. John Lloyd, an antique furniture
restorer with more than 25 years experience, and a full member of the British
Antique Furniture Restorer’s Association, will restore your antique furniture
with careful, thoughtful consideration.

We are also experts in mid-20th Century furniture restoration and conservation. 
This increasingly popular and much sort after furniture requires particularly
specialist knowledge due to the more modern materials used, for example, cork
and laminates.     

Offering a complete range of restoration services covering, both structural and
cosmetic repairs, your treasured items, which have perhaps been passed down
through your family, can be brought back into use and made to look lovely again.

An antique furniture restorer is just that, a ‘Restorer’, our main function is
to restore a piece of antique furniture back to its intended use, Chairs are
meant to be sat on without the occupant feeling that they might end up on the
floor at any minute, Extending Dining Tables are meant to extend without needing
to resort to a crow-bar, and when extended shouldn’t make you worry that your
soup might well end up in your lap at any moment, and library steps shouldn’t
put you in fear of your life should you dare to climb higher than the first
step.




THINKING OF A NEW CAREER?

John Lloyd offers full time intensive furniture making and antique furniture
restoration courses. Ideal for those wishing to train for a new career or the
serious hobbyist.

 * The 16 WEEK Course 
 * The 16 WEEK Course with Chair Making Module 
 * The 16 WEEK Course with Antique Furniture Restoration Module

These courses are perfect for International students wishing to learn fine
English craftmanship, ex-Forces personnel, gap year students (min. age 18),
retirees looking for a second career. Anyone considering this course is warmly
welcome to visit the workshops, meet John and discuss the syllabus in detail.




POPULAR SHORT COURSES

We offer intensive 2 & 5 day training courses in Furniture Making, Antique
Furniture Restoration, French Polishing & Modern Hand Finishes and Wood
Machining.

 * Weekend Courses
 * Furniture Making Courses
 * Antique Furniture Restoration
 * French Polishing & Modern Hand Finishes
 * Wood Machining Course
 * Veneering
 * Laminating
 * Jigs& Tool Making
 * Course Dates & Costs


WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAY.

    

> An excellent comprehensive programme which is both highly practical as well as
> theoretical.  I came away feeling confident about sharpening and tuning a wide
> range of woodworking tools

David Green


> An excellent course with every opportunity to ask a full range of questions.

James Townley

> Having not done anything like this before, I feel I learnt a great deal. From
> the first morning until the final hour new skills and techniques were being
> shown and valuable knowledge passed on. I enjoyed John’s thorough teaching
> approach and feel he probably covered more detail than anyone else could
> possibly fit into one week – things like; steel types, different kinds of oil,
> sharpening angles, blade steepness etc. All valuable info that I’d not really
> given much thought to previously. The workshop itself was a great place to be
> for the necessarily long days we spent there. Light and airy with plenty of
> good quality tools (and cake) to try. I also enjoyed looking around the other
> workshops a great deal. Seeing what everyone was up to was quite inspiring.

Giacomo Maltman

> Excellent course in all respects. With no prior experience in tool sharpening,
> I came away with the knowledge and confidence to fly solo. The skills were
> learned and will improve with future hard work and practice. Thanks John for a
> very enjoyable and worthwhile weekend, and to Sarah Jane for the delicious
> baked treats.

Rachel Kirby

> It was good to have so much hands-on time, and the (very) small group and
> relaxed environment meant we were able to have practical demonstration as an
> answer to many questions.

Sean Albuqueque

> I would just like to say a big thank you for the fantastic course that you ran
> last week, i can honestly say i haven’t learnt that much in years and along
> with that had such fun. You truly have an exceptional environment to learn and
> the camaraderie is second to none. Again many, many thanks and hopefully i
> will get myself along to the long course in the not to distant future.

Sean Foley

> This was an excellent choice of course for me as I work with hand tools, and I
> felt that my skills levels and knowledge had really been raised enormously
> after the week with John.

Dale Russell

> A superb course taught by John who is a excellent teacher and obviously
> extremely experienced. He made learning the basics of woodworking really fun
> and enjoyable. I learnt loads and feel so much more confident with the plane,
> saw and chisel. The supply of delicious cakes and biscuits also helped to keep
> energy levels up for the entire two days.

James Berge

> Well structured and comprehensively covered the subjects.Time well used with
> sensitive feel for the needs of the participants. I can’t imagine how it could
> be bettered within the time frame allowed.

David Benwell

> Having zero woodworking skills I amazed myself with what I achieved after only
> five days – all credit to John for his excellent teaching. The small class
> gives everyone lots of one to one time with John. I arrived with a piece of
> firewood and went home with a beautifully restored 19th century chair.
> Everything was spot on!

Nick White

> The course instruction was very clear, for a subject that was more complex
> than I expected. Well paced to allow plenty of time for questions and practice
> of the skills learned. I would most certainly recommend this course to
> prospective students.

Phil Hanover

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BENCHES TO RENT

John Lloyd have bench space to rent in newly restored barn workshops, includes
use of fully equipped machine shop.


GIFT VOUCHERS

Gift Vouchers are now available. These may be used against the cost of a Short
Course or Tools stocked in our shop.


FACEBOOK

Join us on FACEBOOK for all the latest course info, student updates and photos
of student work past and present and much more.


CONTACT US

We are just 1hr from London. For more information call us now on 01444 480388


ARTICLES, PUBLICATIONS & INSTAGRAM


SHOULDER PLANE

Asked why he might use a shoulder plane, John Lloyd explores the value of this
tricky tool.


FITTING HINGES

John Lloyd explores perfectly fitting hinges.

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SHOULDER PLANE

Asked why he might use a shoulder plane, John Lloyd explores the value of this
tricky tool.


FITTING HINGES

John Lloyd explores perfectly fitting hinges.


THE SECRETS OF HAND SAWING

Getting the best possible results from hand sawing.


 * THE IMPORTANCE OF “N+1” AND WHY YOU NEED A STEALTH ROUTER
   
   It might not seem like it when it’s happening, but it’s good to be challenged
   occasionally (or perhaps, not quite so occasionally!) It doesn’t really
   matter what form this challenge


 * JACK OF ALL TRADES
   
   It might not seem like it when it’s happening, but it’s good to be challenged
   occasionally (or perhaps, not quite so occasionally!) It doesn’t really
   matter what form this challenge


 * THE TERRORS OF THE TIMBER YARD!! – PART 2
   
   So, you need some timber and you’ve decided that you’re happy to ‘play the
   game’ at the timber yard (refer to my previous blog for guidance on rules of
   this


 * THE TERRORS OF THE TIMBER YARD!!
   
   These days I rather look forward to my visits to the timber yard, but that
   wasn’t always the case, for many years the timber procurement part of
   furniture making wasn’t


 * DON’T PANIC!!
   
   There really isn’t any cause for alarm, I’m pretty certain this isn’t the end
   of woodworking as we know it, but there seems to be a bit of a revolution

 * The Importance of “n+1” and why you need a Stealth Router
 * Jack of All Trades
 * The Terrors of the Timber Yard!! – Part 2
 * The Terrors of the Timber Yard!!
 * DON’T PANIC!!


Call today to discuss your options & requirements with John Lloyd Contact Us

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