A while ago, a group of my viewers decided to host a design competition, in which the winner would have their design built by me. The catch being, I was not allowed a place a vote. Instead, my fate was placed in the hands of the judges.

Read the supporting BLOG post here:
https://mattestlea.com/blog/the-jewel...
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MY FREE ONLINE COURSES:
🚀 Purchasing and Using Tools Correctly
https://freeonlinewoodworkingschool.c...
🪚 How To Make a Dovetailed Box:
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🛠 How To Make a Cabinet:
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🧰 How To Make a Toolbox:
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✏️ How To Design Furniture
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WOODWORKING BOOKS I RECOMMEND:
📘 Collins Complete Woodworkers Manual
www.mattestlea.com/the-woodworkers-manual
📖 Workbenches: From Design and Theory to Construction and Use
https://mattestlea.com/workbenches-book
📚 The Overstory - One of my Favourite Fiction Books about Trees
https://mattestlea.com/the-overstory
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MY FAVOURITE TOOLS:
🪚 Knew Concepts Fret Saw
https://mattestlea.com/knew-concepts-saw
⬜️ Faithfull Engineers Squares
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⚙️ Veritas Wheel Marking Gauge
https://mattestlea.com/veritas-wheel-...
🗡 Precision Marking Knife
https://mattestlea.com/tools/
🎥 Lumix S1H Mirrorless Camera
https://mattestlea.com/panasonic-s1h

🪚 See EVERYTHING I Recommend HERE:
www.mattestlea.com/equipment

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🕵️‍♂️ WHO AM I?:
My name is Matt Estlea, I'm a 25 year old Woodworker from Basingstoke in England and my aim is to make your woodworking less s***.

I come from 5 years tuition at Rycotewood Furniture Centre with a further 1 year working as an Artist in Residence at the Sylva Foundation, which is where I began growing my business. I then returned to Rycotewood to teach Evening Classes for 2 Years, while also teaching City and Guilds Furniture Making for 3 years. They were some long 12 hour days!

In September, 2021. I resigned from teaching at the school to focus on my own business.

In addition to all that studying and teaching during the week, I occupied my weekends working at Axminster Tools and Machinery in Basingstoke. For 5 years, I helped customers with purchasing tools, demonstrated in stores and events, and gained extensive knowledge about a variety of tools and brands. I discontinued this job role in 2019 to focus on teaching at Rycotewood and my own business.

During the week, I film woodworking projects, tutorials, reviews and a viewer favourite 'Tool Duel' where I compare two competitive manufacturers tools against one another to find out which is best. I also have a Free Online Woodworking School which you should definitely check out!

🎓VISIT THE FREE SCHOOL HERE
www.mattestlea.com/school

I like to have a laugh and my videos are quite fast paced BUT you will learn a lot, I assure you.

Lets go make a mess.
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GET IN TOUCH:
While I take time to read every single message I receive whether its emailed, DMed or asked publicly on social media, sadly I do not have time to reply to everything. If you have a short message you’d like to send, it’s best to me a message on Twitter.
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