Philadelphia Furniture Workshop is a woodworking school offering courses to all levels of woodworkers, from the raw novice to serious amateur. PFW offers classes that are project based, classes that focus on narrower fields such as individual tools or particular techniques, and courses that are specially designed to get the new woodworker up to speed in a safe, deliberate and organized fashion.We also offer design and build classes, and master classes for the aspiring cabinetmaker or furniture maker whose aim is to work at a high-level of skill and create work that reflects personal expression.
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Take your woodworking to the next level with PFW's one-on-one instruction. Private instruction is a great way to really hone your woodworking skills and build the projects you've dreamed of making. You'll learn safe and effective methods for working through a project or focus on traditional techniques while realizing your woodworking goals.
To deliver expert woodworking instruction that joins practical skills development with creative problem solving to raise the confidence and craftsmanship of each student in a dynamic and inclusive environment. Philadelphia Furniture Workshop, founded by Alan Turner in 2006, began as a woodworking school, offering a variety of project based and skill-based courses.
Located in a 1920's factory building, the PFW furniture making school and workshop is both a teaching facility and a working shop. For wood working courses it features a hardwood floor, with both a bench area and areas for machine work and assembly. The bench area contains 12 traditional joiners workbenches.
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Craig Meaney
Jun 21, 2022
John Smith
Sep 29, 2021
Richard Sand
Apr 23, 2021
Patricia Spedding
Sep 18, 2020
Jeff & Shelly Towler
Jun 06, 2017
Kevin Na
Jun 08, 2016
I wish I could give this place 100 stars! Alan, Mario and Leslie are dedicated, talented and passionate instructors. There is such a depth of knowledge and woodworking expertise that you'd be foolish to pass up a class at PFW. So if you're looking to learn skills that will benefit you for a lifetime, build fine furniture that will be in your family for generations, or are looking for a quality, novel experience, then take a class. You wont regret it!
Theta Nya
Dec 20, 2015
This place is mecca for the wanna be and the entirely certain they know everything already woodworker. The machines are top notch the classes are amazing, but the teachers are really why you should go. I especially am grateful for having had Mario Rodriguez teach many of the classes I took. He is rock star. There isn't a more patient or knowledgeable person you could hope to learn from. Mario especially, but all of the teachers are unflappable, charismatic and willing to step in and navigate me through the parts I'm stymied by at home. Best money I ever spent.
Owen Phelan
Feb 04, 2014
Asher Snyder
Sep 21, 2011
