Reviews Widget | ClassBento

Brandon was great - my 13 year old son is a keen woodworker and Brandon was great with him at the class, he loved it and learned lots. I was keen for him to learn safety and this was communicated throughout. Great too that I was able to attend and observe and didn’t have to pay for a slot to do so. Thanks again - wish we lived closer to visit again!

Clare James • Attended Nov 2026

Laser Cutting and Engraving Introduction Class

Another great pow course

Detailed on point and v helpful

Clare James • Attended Oct 2026

Super informative and hands on. Brandon was very helpful and the machines are top notch.

Yaseen Siddiqui • Attended Oct 2026

Fantastic teacher. Very calm and took us through step by step the process of joinery. Wish I had them when I was going to school.

Anonymised ClassBento customer • Attended Oct 2026

Beginner Joinery Workshop: Frame Joints (2-Day Course)

Excellent class and facilities. Would highly recommend for all abilities. Great teacher with good knowledge base.

Michael Smith • Attended Oct 2026

Really good course with a patient teacher.

Nigel Rayner • Attended Oct 2026

This was the best gift class we have done, really enjoyed it. Nothing felt rushed, had so much freedom to try different tools for different effects, and you get to make the chopsticks as-well. Teacher was great, made it a relaxed experience. I loved the venue and the whole concept of these spaces, felt a lot more community focused. This is the first experience we want to now go back and try to make something different.

Josephine Rayner • Attended Oct 2026

That was a fantastic workshop - really enjoyed everything about it!

Laura Gibbon • Attended Oct 2026

This is a brilliant introduction to using power tools. I was a total beginner and now feel so much more confident and ready to take on basic DIY. Really engaging and everything very well explained. Highly recommend

Phoebe • Attended Oct 2026

Thrilling! Absolutely loved the class and have come away feeling inspired, confident and excited to get started making.

Mobeen Fazal • Attended Oct 2026

Beginner Joinery Workshop: Frame Joints (2-Day Course)

Phillip was a great instructor, leaving a nice amount of space for all our questions around his demonstrations with power tools. Everyone had a chance to practice everything and get confident with the various tools. It was such a welcoming fun atmosphere.

Jessa de Ath • Attended Oct 2026

It was a great introduction to woodworking and gave me the confidence to take on small projects. Would recommend and will be looking at further workshops at POW

Williams Yl • Attended Oct 2026

Router 101: Skills and Safety Workshop

An excellent course and well designed. Brandin is an excellent tutor and ver patient. Very responsive to questions and accommodating specific challenges. Very enjoyable workshop and woth the investment. Thank you.

Zetasha • Attended Oct 2026

I’ve recently become interested in woodworking, and I thought this class was fantastic for beginners. I’m definitely more of an in-person learner, so being able to learn hands-on made a big difference for me.

Brandon was a great instructor with brilliant energy, and he made the whole experience really enjoyable. I’m so happy with the cheese board I made and will definitely be signing up for another class soon!

I also learnt about the different stages of sanding: 80, 120 and 240 grit and I’ll definitely be applying what I learnt to future projects.

Overall, if you’ve been hesitant about getting started with woodworking, I’d highly recommend coming here. It’s a brilliant place to learn the basics, get hands-on and build your confidence.

Big kudos to Brandon for making it such a great experience!

Andrew Zein • Attended Oct 2026

The course was absolutely brilliant. Everything I hoped to get out of it: an introduction to power tools and an understanding of what to use, how to use it, and when to use it. Sean, our teacher, was brilliant. Moving fast enough to cover a lot of ground, but comfortable taking questions. The combination of instruction and hands-on activity meant that I left understanding everything I wanted to.

Anonymised ClassBento customer • Attended Oct 2026

The woodworking taster was great - whet my appetite for more. I think I'll do the two-day one now!

Chloe Horne • Attended Oct 2026

I booked this private class for a friend’s birthday to learn how to make a sushi platter and chopsticks. It was a super fun class! Brendan, our instructor was really friendly, kind and helpful and the workspace itself was great. We all came out of it learning a lot and very proud of our new boards! 10/10 - would definitely go again and recommend to others.

Danny Walden • Attended Oct 2026

Beginner Joinery Workshop: Frame Joints (2-Day Course)

Brandon was great! He walked everyone through each step, anticipating and addressing questions before they came up, and providing enough individual attention to troubleshoot issues. 5 stars

Sophie Livingstone • Attended Sep 2026

This was my 2nd beginner workshop with POW, making frame joints, and Brandon was the teacher both times. He is patient, knowledgeable, positive and very good at his job. The atmosphere of the class is relaxed and cooperative and Brandon helps as you go along. Working with wood is new to me but I found it very enjoyable and I’ll be back at POW for more. I highly recommend for any beginners or makers.

Kim Butler • Attended Sep 2026

Make a Knife Block: Woodworking Day Course

Did this as a follow on from the beginners joinery course.

Another great class from Brandon, utilising different tools & skills, with a beautiful knife block as the end result.

Would highly recommend.

Tavonga Utete • Attended Sep 2026

Woodworking Taster: Joinery Evening Class

The teacher was so good, clear instructions, good demonstrations. Explanations about how to use tools were clear

Kim Butler • Attended Sep 2026

Beginner Joinery Workshop: Frame Joints (2-Day Course)

I recently started volunteering at the Richmond Furniture Scheme and felt that some joinery skills would be useful so took this course.

Over the two days we learnt

- how to evaluate the wood we were using,

- how to mark out, cut and finish a number of joints (half-lap, bridle, mortice & tenon, wedged mortice & tenon)

- how to use the different tools required for the above joints

Brandon, our teacher, was great. He explained things very clearly, giving lots of hints & tips, allowing folks to work at their own pace whilst keeping everything on track.

I would definitely recommend this course for anyone looking to start exploring woodworking skills.

Claudia Keenlyside • Attended Sep 2026

Lovely class with a supportive teacher who kept a keen eye on everyone particularly as power tools were involved. The upshot of the class was beautiful serving boards for cheeses, nibbles etc. Maybe for bread but it would be a shame to ruin the finish with a bread knife.

Michael C Duffin • Attended Sep 2026

Superb class, beautiful little piece to take home and great expertise to support the experience. I will definitely go back for another class!

Samira Raj • Attended Aug 2026

Incredible class and teacher! Perfect mix of super practical instructions and practise using power tools! Feel so lucky to have found you! Highly recommend!

Tiago Gomez • Attended Aug 2026

Plumbing 101: Beginner Skills Workshop

The teacher was great! Fun, clear and on top of every student. It was amazing in only 3 hours to learn so much and bring a beautiful sushi table with the sticks home. I absolutely recommend it, and I will come back for another class! Thank you

Ruth Guthoff-Recknagel • Attended Aug 2026

Really enjoyed today's plumbing workshop with Annie from Valkyrie Plumbing. The session struck a great balance between theory and hands-on practice — we started with a solid grounding in how home heating systems work (combi boilers, Y-Plan/S-Plan setups, cylinders, safety components) before moving into practical exercises like soldering copper pipe, fitting valves, and diagnosing common issues. Annie explained things clearly and made sure the theory actually connected to real, practical skills. Would recommend to anyone wanting a proper grasp of home plumbing basics

Ian • Attended Aug 2026

Router 101: Skills and Safety Workshop

This is the second one day course I’ve had with these guys and this was every bit as good as the first. Plenty of hands on under the tutors watchful eye with helpful pointers along the way. The course content was relevant and well presented but also dynamic enough to address my personal needs and goals. Absolutely loved it! Well delivered and loads of fun. I’ll be back!

Anonymised ClassBento customer • Attended Aug 2026

In our 4 hr wood work workshop, we made a serving board per person. We were both new to woodwork. There were a few types of wood panel to choose from. Each panel was were beautiful and large in size to make perfect serving tray or cutting board.

Brandon was an excellent instructor, who was attentive and highly skilled. He allowed us space to be creative and patiently demonstrated how to cut, smooth the edges, make a hole, sand the surface of the wood panel.

It was such a fun experience to design my own serving board and make it come to live. Highly recommend!

Woodworking Workshop: Craft Your Own Serving Board review by Anonymised ClassBento customer - London

Anonymised ClassBento customer • Attended Aug 2026

Class really helpful for beginners, packed with information. Sean was great, very generous with sharing his knowledge!

Karim Ezzouek • Attended Aug 2026

Great class. Sean strikes a great balance between theory and hands on learning. Left with a greater confidence and understanding of how to use core power tools. Highly recommended

Keith McMahon • Attended Aug 2026

Stool Making: 2-Day Woodworking Course

10/10

I could not recommend this more! The instructor (sorry I forgot his name, but he was a super chill Aussie guy) was so helpful, patient and knowledgeable.

The guy is a legend, I'll be recommending these courses to all my mates and deffo be coming back

Woodworking Workshop: Craft Your Own Serving Board review by Keith McMahon - London

Helen Ip • Attended Jul 2026

Brandon is an amazing teacher! We enjoyed this two-day course tremendously and learned so much! At the beginning of each day he gave an overview of what we would be doing, and then he guided us step by step in making the stools that we are so happy with. Highly recommended!

Despoina Chatzaga • Attended Aug 2026

Joinery Classics: Dovetail Joints (2-Day Course)

I had lots of fun learning the dovetale joinery. Brandon is an excellent instructor. I fully recommend the course

Theresa Lee • Attended Jul 2026

Router 101: Skills and Safety Workshop

This was an excellent course. I had read how versatile a router can be and was anxious to learn and get started. Brandon is an excellent teacher. During the day I learned and practiced different routing techniques and Brandon helped me build a specialised jig for a woodwork project I am doing. Along with some other jigs which will come in useful as I use my router in the future. I would highly recommend this course for anyone who wants to learn about routing or expanding their knowledge and experience. Well worth the money. Look forward to going back at some point to expand my sills. Thanks so much for a great day.

Claudia Keenlyside • Attended Jul 2026

Fab class. I loved it. The teacher was patient and encouraging and gave loads of helpful tips including a brilliant demo in sharpening chisels, planes etc.

Utku Emre • Attended Jul 2026

It was a great course for a beginner to understand joinery, basic tools and how each of them work.

Sophie Livingstone • Attended Jul 2026

Brilliant class, really interesting and enjoyable, our teacher was super nice, on it, and patient. I will definitely be doing more classes.

Alexandra Jane Ingelbrecht • Attended Jul 2026

Really great class the teacher Brandon was really patient, kind and skilled. Was so much fun! Really enjoyed making my sushi plater and chopsticks and will definitely try to book onto another class!

Alison Cole • Attended Jul 2026

Plumbing 101: Beginner Skills Workshop

Informative and built my confidence with tool use. Got to use tools I wasn't confident to use before..

Would recommend

Louise Hill • Attended Jul 2026

Wonderful class! Annie the teacher was extremely knowledgeable and fantastic at explaining how things work in a way that (finally!) made sense. Now I can understand how to work out what has gone wrong and fixing a lot of plumbing issues around the house. I feel so much more confident about knowing when to do things myself vs calling out a professional and being able to understand how a professional has fixed things too and asking the right questions without it all completely going over my head. Lovely environment, completely relaxed and loads covered in just one day. Strong recommend!

Alex Scott-Perry • Attended Jul 2026

Brendan was fantastic. Very supportive and encouraging. He was very knowledgeable and gave helpful pointers for fixing my mistakes.

During the workshop we did 2 types of joinery. We learnt to use various tools including a chisel and Japanese saw.

Guilherme Hoffmann • Attended Jul 2026

A great workshop with amazing people. Important lessons on safety and building confidence when handling heavy tools—especially if you’ve never had the chance to use equipment like that before. Valuable tips on daily use and maintenance were also shared. And last but not least, it was a real pleasure to hear about Brandon’s experience. Highly recommended.

Daman • Attended Jul 2026

helped me learn how to use the power tools I already have better for home diy, and gave. me the opportunity to handle a new one. also helped me learn about materials and the physics involved when using them with fixings and power tools - overall really insightful, in a well-equipped and lovely workshop space, with a friendly and knowledgeable teacher (thanks Brandon!)

Anonymised ClassBento customer • Attended Jul 2026

Great way to build confidence, try things out and get feedback on correct ways to use the powers tools - all in a friendly, supportive and interactive atmosphere. This has shown me once again that I never learn better than in person with a real great teacher (thanks Brendan) and real people to learn with and from. It was more fun than expected too.

Thank you!

Jenny Cox • Attended Jul 2026

The teacher was very calm and clear. He broke down all the basics and answered our questions kindly. Thank you

Anonymised ClassBento customer • Attended Jul 2026