In 2016 we teamed up Bayan Smith furniture (learn more here) to offer fantastic value woodworking lessons to the people of Manchester. This was our pilot lesson so we are offered it at an amazing discounted price. In this first lesson members learnt: • The different types of hand & machine woodworking tools, • The different types of hardwoods & softwoods, • Where to source materials & tools locally, • How to make (and take away) your very own finger-jointed bookends. Our

Before opening our current shared workshop we had a fantastic trial space in Manchester City Centre in a 3space building (3space). 3Space are a charity that take under-utilised or surplus commercial property and create short-term affordable creative studio and workspaces for local innovation. We were generously given 4 downstairs rooms to test the makerspace / shared workshop idea. In the space we also held a pallet furniture workshop with our Meetup group (Link here) that wa