Looking for small furniture work shops for dissertation on starting a furniture making business.

[Gary_S]

Has anyone a small or large furniture design and workshop company that doesn't mind being interviewed about starting up, design principals, practicality etc. It is for a dissertation for a design degree.
Based around Oxford, Wiltshire, West Berkshire but willing to travel further afield too.

 

[mrpercysnodgrass]

If it’s not too far you could try James Ryan at the Barnsley workshops in Hampshire.

 

[Gary_S]

If it’s not too far you could try James Ryan at the Barnsley workshops in Hampshire.

Thanks, that's not far at all. We are in Marlborough.

 

[BucksDad]

Try @SkinnyB (www.skinnerdesigns.co.uk)

He's also made the best slab flattening jig with a planer I've found

 

[Gary_S]

Thanks, will check him out too. We just made a flattening jig.

 

[BucksDad]

Nice.

Here's the thread for his planer one My Portable Wide Slab Flattening Jig | UKworkshop.co.uk (starts with a router then switches to planer)

 

[Gary_S]

Nice.

Here's the thread for his planer one My Portable Wide Slab Flattening Jig | UKworkshop.co.uk (starts with a router then switches to planer)

A bit off topic but how did it go with the planer. It could be a great modification.

 

[Adam W.]

Thanks, will check him out too. We just made a flattening jig.View attachment 118205View attachment 118206

That looks like an Alaskan sawmill with a router fitted to it instead of a chainsaw.

 

[Sgian Dubh]

If you're studying at the Rycotewood Furniture Centre in Oxford you're already at the heart of a large number of small craft furniture businesses, and they should be able to point you towards several potential interviewees. If you're not at Rycotewood, it might be worth contacting them to see if they can help. Slainte.

 

[Gary_S]

If you're studying at the Rycotewood Furniture Centre in Oxford you're already at the heart of a large number of small craft furniture businesses, and they should be able to point you towards several potential interviewees. If you're not at Rycotewood, it might be worth contacting them to see if they can help. Slainte.

Richard, thanks for this. The dissertation is for Rycotte Wood but it would be good to have a wider range of subjects for the dissertation.

 

[Chrispy]

Self employed cabinetmaker/ woodworker work shop in Wantage Oxfordshire,
Ask away.