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Northern Woodworking Show
Harrogate 13 - 15 November 2026

Jeremy Broun demonstrating at Harrogate 2026

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The main feature of my stand will be The JB Routing Bench: This integrates my novel (1989) pendulum router jig and has been specially designed to fit into the boot of my Mini Cooper Coupe car that hopefully will freight all my gear to the Harrogate show!

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''Small is beautiful''

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Here are some of the topics I will be presenting as demonstrations and mini lectures, over the 3 day event.   my flexible timetable for the t A video loop display is included.​​

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  • For Beginners: Demonstrating basic hand-tool techniques and aspects from my integrated Design and Make in wood course .

  • Advanced Woodworking: Demonstrate making an exhibition-quality piece of furniture using a combination of hand tools and a small plunging cordless router.

  • Routing Pioneer Techniques: Demonstrating the JKB OmniJig Mk 2 for creating frame joints and the "Fast Plunge" routing method—a unique technique for mastering speed and cutting efficiency.

  • Guitar performance I will be playing the guitar that beginners can build for a few minutes now and then.​

  • Mini lectures topics include Designing what you make, challenging some myths, My most useful power tools  

  • Daily timber challenge At the end of each day, I challenge visitors to identify the most wood samples from a selection of different timbers. The winner chooses a signed copy of one of my books.

  • Book signing Jeremy's books are regarded as definitive reference and inspirational sources.

  • Empowering woodworkers to make their own routing jigs and also some of Jeremy's.

  • The JKB Routing Bench features inverted, overhead and pendulum routing with gripping devices incorporating selected manufacturers' equipment:

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Identify timbers
daily challenge

The winner receives a signed copy of one of Jeremy's books
All the gear including a custom designed routing
bench freighted in a Mini Cooper Coupe
An electric powered micro catamaran
that fits into a Smart FourTwo car!
A disrupter, an innovator and even called a 'router maverick' (even though he wrote "The Incredible Router" book in 1989 Jeremy Broun is back on the scene and offers something different at this year's Harrogate show.
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'Jeremy Broun is one of the most imaginative woodworking communicators in the UK'
Nick Gibbs Editor The Woodworker (1984)

​Jeremy Broun's work is rooted in education, having trained at the legendary Shoreditch College (Distinction, Advanced Wood), he has vast teaching experience and half a century of practice as a maker . He is the UK's creative routing pioneer. and is making a debut appearance at Harrogate after a 30-year break from the major show circuit (e.g. Alexandra Palace). He has taught at all levels, including leading colleges such as Rycotewood and The Letterfrack Furniture School, and was an associate contributing editor of Good Woodworking magazine. For a few years he was a freelance inspector for The British Accreditation Council. He has a YouTube channel (83,000 subscribers) and is the organizer and one of the judges of The Alan Peters Furniture Award.

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