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Matt Estlea I'm Matt, a woodworker who creates projects & tutorials to take your woodworking to the next level.

26/11/2024

Big thanks to the old employer Axminster Tools for sponsoring this project on the Free Online Woodworking School. The first two parts have just been released on YouTube!

🔎 Search for: Free Online Woodworking School 🔍

When we started the school, we did so with no idea of where it could go, or what it could be, yet continued to plug away at it out of a passion for publicly sharing knowledge in a structured, lecture like fashion that gives anyone a roadmap to become a more competent maker.

Only in the past year or so, with the addition of project packs, have we began coming close to breaking even financially on the time and money expense it takes to film these series. Hence why we’ve only managed to film and produce one project a year until now.

Having Axminster Tools sponsor this series however, is the next leap in taking this education model forward. To be clear, we’re not trying to undercut any paid online or physical courses by offering this content for free. We’re focusing on the grassroots aspects of woodworking by lowering the barrier of entry as much as we can, before guiding people towards formal training if they want to take things further.

This beautiful box is made from American Black Walnut, with a Walnut Burr lid, Maple interior lining, Macassar Ebony handle, and finished with smartWare hinges and one of our very own Emblem Coins.

If there’s any particular project or skills you’d like to see us cover next, let us know in the comments! 👇

22/11/2024

Black Friday Deals are now LIVE! 😍
https://mattestlea.com/
Get up to 40% off across our store until the end of November.
Be quick though, we're already running low!

20/11/2024

One thing we didn’t anticipate upon releasing our Mallets was the mental amount of interest surrounding the coins in the top of the handle.

Long story short, the product quality of every supplier we sourced didn’t meet our standards, and we eventually resorted to making them in house using our state of the art fiber laser from Cloudray.

It’s taken a s*** ton of experimentation to get them to the quality we need, and we’re now finally able to offer custom coins to anyone who is interested. With huge discounts on large order quantities.

If you’re looking for a professional way to brand your pieces, I can absolutely guarantee that you will not find anything that comes close to these.

Yes they are expensive. But our thinking is if you’re selling a piece for a few hundred/thousand quid, your client probably won’t blink at an extra tenner here or there in the price. What they will notice however is a cheap stamped brass coin that’s a proper eyesore in an otherwise beautifully finished item.

These coins are made to extremely high tolerances on sliding head lathes and are machined 0.15mm oversized to give them a real ‘bite’ as they’re hammered or pressed into the material. They also come with a small chamfer on the bottom to give a leading edge, and have a groove around the perimeter which helps catch some of the excess glue squeeze out. Finally, unlike stamped or pressed coins, the top corners are completely square which makes the perimeter seamless when fully inserted.

Couldn’t be happier with these, and all credit goes to for figuring out the design, manufacturing and the financing of these beautiful products. 👏

Also big thanks to those who let us use your logo for these photos. You’ll be receiving them in the post very soon! Also free to make yourself aware in the comments so I can tag you 😊

17/11/2024

New project for the Free Online Woodworking School inbound ✈️ Except this time, I’m putting aside my premium woodworking tools and working with things that are a little more relatable, yet still function exactly as you’d expect them to. More updates to follow soon 💪

19/10/2024

Thanks for the love on the new video 🙏

This was hands down the most anxious I’ve been before a video release. From my perspective, it was essentially 30 minutes of confessions, vulnerability and coming face to face with my crippling sense of imposter syndrome. Because the longer we spent producing the video, the longer I had to ask myself ‘who the f*** am I to give business/life advice?’

But it was done so in the hope of inspiring and empowering others, give them the resources to follow their passions, and pass on the torch from those who helped and guided me at such an early stage.

Of course none of what I’ve done would have come to fruition if it weren’t for all of you. Which is something I’m both incredibly grateful for, and is a debt I will continue to repay for as long as I do this for. Thank you.

Have a great weekend! ☀️

17/09/2024

New Materials Released! 🌳🚨

We’re now stocking English Walnut and London Plane Marking knives in our store, with £10 of every sale going to the charity 💸

What’s more, we’re being somewhat irresponsible and putting a massive discount on them. But this is only going to stick around until Sunday so get in there quick! ⏰

Links to both knives are in the bio ⬆️

10/09/2024

Got a lovely project coming to you this week. One of my favourite videos to date in fact. What’s more, it’s all in support of a great cause, and has a hell of a payoff at the end.

🔴 Live on YouTube: Saturday 14th September ⏰

03/07/2024

Now you see it, now you don’t.

01/07/2024

A massive thank you is in order! Over 100 people bought a mallet over the weekend and we've been blown away by the positivity around what we produced 🙏

It's been 6 months of testing, trialling and prototyping but we've come out with a process that ensures the perfect mallet every time.

For all of you who got your pre-order in, we'll be sending an email shortly detailing the next steps 👍

Once again, thank you for all your support!!!

28/06/2024

So the last reel about the mallets really ruffled some feathers... so here's another one 😉😘

26/06/2024

Papers got no chance against me.

19/06/2024

Can I Make A Budget Plane Perform Like A Pro?

12/06/2024

I made the viral river table with Pippy Oak and epoxy!

04/06/2024

I've made Mark Rober’s Nerf Gun… But Wood.

Check out more woodworking projects on my YouTube channel, link in the comments.

28/05/2024

I've put this guide together to help you understand which joint to use for your woodworking project. Keep in mind that there are many paths to achieve the same destination in woodworking, this is no exception. What is important to understand is the consequences of choosing a certain joint over another.

Find more woodworking tutorials on the Free Online Woodworking School YouTube channel, link in the comments.

15/05/2024

Matt Estlea will be taking to the stage this Saturday at Makers Central as part of a Q&A with fellow UK YouTubers. Head over and take a seat for 12.30pm to get your woodworking questions answered!

Not yet bought your tickets? There is still time to beat the queues, buy now https://ticketsales.ichf.co.uk/products/makers-central-2024-tickets

14/05/2024

I made this £38 Amazon plane perform like a £338 tool.
Check out more woodworking projects on my YouTube channel, link in the comments.

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