Teds Woodworking/ instrument making Courses

Contact name: T Blackwood

197
Total bookings

Rating

(117)

almost 6 years
with CraftCourses

Maker's bio

My love of woodcraft was due to a meeting with a guitarist friend who had made an acoustic guitar. We talked about his guitar for many hours and I thought it would be a challenge for me to have a go! Well that was 6 years ago and now I am in a small workshop in Stoke where I build various instruments. The Strumstick instrument build is a great way to get to grips with fine woodworking and is an ideal step towards acoustic guitar building. No experience in woodwork is needed.

Courses, kits & gifts

platinum award

Stoke on trent

Guitar Strumstick Dulcimer 3 strings instrument

8 hours

Next date: 18th Jan 2026

2 places left

(33)

£225.00

platinum award

Stoke on trent

Ukulele build (assembly from Kit)

5 hours

Next date: 18th Jan 2026

2 places left

(3)

£139.00

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Stoke on trent

"Scroll Saw" Write Your Name in Wood

5 hours

Next date: 18th Jan 2026

2 places left

(2)

£125.00

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Stoke on trent

Bandsaw box making day

6½ hours

Next date: 18th Jan 2026

2 places left

(16)

£175.00

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Stoke on trent

Cigar Box Guitar making day

7 hours

Next date: 18th Jan 2026

2 places left

(3)

£195.00

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Stoke on trent

Clock making day

7¼ hours

Next date: 18th Jan 2026

2 places left

(4)

£175.00

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Stoke on trent

Foot stool making day

7 hours

Next date: 18th Jan 2026

2 places left

(4)

£215.00

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Stoke on trent

Guitar Set-up (Electric)

4 hours

Next date: 18th Jan 2026

2 places left

(1)

£99.00

platinum award

Stoke on trent

Jewellery box making day.

8 hours

Next date: 18th Jan 2026

2 places left

(1)

£195.00

platinum award

Stoke on trent

Window frame making day

5 hours

Next date: 18th Jan 2026

2 places left

(2)

£195.00

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Stoke on trent

Woodwork 4 days foundation course

4 days

Next date: 18th Jan 2026

2 places left

(3)

£495.00

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Stoke on trent

Woodwork Day Course

7 hours

Next date: 18th Jan 2026

2 places left

(30)

£175.00

platinum award

Stoke on trent

Woodworking Machinery Techniques and use.

6 hours

Next date: 18th Jan 2026

2 places left

(6)

£175.00

Recent reviews

All maker's reviews

11 Jan 26'

Ross reviewed: Woodwork Day Course

"I had a great time, Ted's very knowledgeable and a good teacher. I would definitely recommend!"

Teds Woodworking/ instrument making Courses responded:

"Thanks Ross you did some nice work indeed."

2 Jan 26'

Dee reviewed: Guitar Strumstick Dulcimer 3 strings instrument

"Christmas present for my husband, who throughly enjoyed it. Extremely welcome from the get go. Lots of laughs, conversations advice and skill sharing. Extremely helpful and good guidance to build the instrument. Good instruction, direction and execution. Thank you for letting me attend with him. Lovely to be able to take away with you when finished. Definitely worth the money. Would 100 % recommend. Thank you Ted for a lovely productive day. Good response from start to finish of booking to attending. "

Teds Woodworking/ instrument making Courses responded:

"Very kind of you to to say Dee I think Mark has many talents at his hands and had some great time chatting about music, life, and work. Hope he can get to see me again soon and thank you for booking my course. Marks guitar collection was so good too. 🎶🎶🎶🎶😎 "

3 Dec 25'

Alastair reviewed: Woodwork 4 days foundation course

"Had a very satisfying, fun and valuable 4 days on this course with Ted, learning some basic techniques, machining, jointing, hand-tooling and so on. Came away feeling confident that I had gained some useful experience and skills to take my learning forward. Highly recommended course. Many thanks!"

Teds Woodworking/ instrument making Courses responded:

"Thanks for the kind words Alastair, I'm sure you have what it takes to be a good craftsman and hope your future plans are fruitful. Thank you for the Space / Universe talks too it has wet my appetite for star gazing in the new year. I hope to see you again soon on another course ! You can see all of my courses on the website and happy Strumming with your new dulcimer. kind regards Ted"

29 Nov 25'

Rahul reviewed: Woodwork Day Course

"This course was fantastic. Ted made me feel very welcome and he was an absolute wealth of wood working knowledge. Highly recommend this to anyone who loves wood! "

Teds Woodworking/ instrument making Courses responded:

"Kind words indeed Rahul, I really enjoyed your medical knowledge too 👍 you have great hand skills for woodwork, hope you have a good Xmas and maybe see you you next year sometime 😎 T. "