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treeforcefive

Workshop/workspaces to rent in Glasgow. Anyone know of any?

Two of my friends and I are looking to rent a small workshop, or part of a workshop/space to begin a small furniture design and general woodworking startup. We are in our third carpentry course and have already been accepted into our next course in August. We would however like to get started on our own projects outwith college, to get a head start on a business.

If anyone knows of anything that might work, or of any sites that specialize in this, I can only find huge warehouses for rent on commercial property sites.

Thanks in advance people.

Ill x/post this to r/scotland and r/glasgowmarket too probably.

Posted Mar 14, 2019, 8:28 AM UTC

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CluelessCarter•

the whisky bond

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w1ckedskengman•

Well done for taking the step!

Try the Wood Factory, they can supply tools as well as areas to work on your wood.

the office opens about 10/11

0141 552 5502

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wingnutkj•

Brutal.

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seriousherenow•

Brilliant.

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EvilPeterAndre•

Quality

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Jaccident•

Hey bud, good on you, we need more skilled craftsman in Glasgow.

I get a lot of my commission work done at the Hidden Lane. There’s quite a community of craftsmanship there.

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Giasonas•

Sorry to hijack your thread, but are these full time coursed you attend or evening? I've been looking in to some evening woodworking courses but they fill up so quickly...

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johnhamelink•

Same!

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starfighter23•

I did a woodworking evening course in the cardonald campus a few years back. Think it was £180 for ten weeks. Enjoyed it, and would say it was pretty good value. They have suggested projects for you to do (I did it twice - one time a large table, one time a tabletop flip-lid writing desk thing) but are happy to help you along with something else you can come up with. One girl build a woodworking bench for her flat. The plans for the suggested projects are simple, but if you express an interest in more complex joints (I wanted to learn dovetails) they'll change the plans to accommodate that.

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One problem I had was that I really liked it, and wanted to continue making stuff afterward - but haven't been able to find a makerspace type place that's available for occasional use. It's difficult to impossible to do in a flat, so I haven't done any woodworking since.

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moh_kohn•

Lots of smaller stuff on gumtree, this one jumped out https://www.gumtree.com/p/commercial-property-to-rent/woodworking-workshop-man-shed-man-cave-with-machines-to-share/1332760435

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treeforcefiveOP•

Yeah that is a interesting, cheers. 😊 wonder if he would be happy with a couple student working with him though...

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ortonas•

I would ask first business-related help from wherever you are attending your courses. Some unis/colleges are very keen on supporting startups as long as you have a concrete plan.I would also try to reach out to council for some advise as well. They know the area and whats going on in it the best.

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treeforcefiveOP•

That's a good idea. Cheers bud. Hadn't thought about just taking our ideas to the college advisers.

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shirt_tye_sadness•

Possibly the space in Carlton. Thespacescotland.org

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BootStampingOnAHuman•

Rogart Centre?

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magball•

The railway arches in the gorbals. Gorbals men shed runs out of one of them and there's a few sitting empty. The guy who runs it (fran) also knows of another studio building currently being set up by his old colleagues that is near Queens Park but I can't remember more details. Pop into the arches for a chat, he's always there.

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tuner0ner•

Think the GalGael do workshop hire, got a mate that makes furniture in there! If you don’t know about it already it’s worth a look, good community organisation based in Govan

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Flugelhaw•

You could potentially get in touch with the staff at the Vanguard Centre in Tradeston. There's a full blacksmithing workshop available in the venue, and you might be able to come to some arrangement to use it when classes aren't running.

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Vaultboy80•

'The space' in the Barras. Two floors of open plan studios of different sizes.

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