Mark Haley Workshop – Page 3 – Handmade furniture, woodworking and home interiors from a Yorkshire workshop

Five Essential Tools Every Beginner Woodworker Needs

May 15, 2026 by Henry Cole

Setting up your first workshop is exciting, but it is easy to be talked into buying expensive machinery you will rarely touch while overlooking the humble tools that do ninety per cent of the work. After years of teaching weekend beginners, we have refined a list of the kit that genuinely earns its place on … Read more

How to Care for a Solid Wood Dining Table

May 8, 2026 by Henry Cole

A solid wood dining table is one of those rare pieces of furniture that, looked after properly, will comfortably outlast the person who built it. In our workshop we have repaired Victorian tables that are well over a century old, and the only reason they survived is that someone, somewhere, gave them a little regular … Read more