Select Custom Joinery

28/07/2026

Can an absolute beginner make a timber box in one day? Our 4 Build a Box in a Day with Gino attendees proved that you very much can. A day in the workshop, using some hand tools, safely using some of the machinery and lunch thrown in.

In Matt's words: "I had an excellent time and my box has been fully oiled and is now complete, I’m very happy with the finished product. Thanks for the excellent day and lunch."

Have you ever wanted to build a timber box? Comment Box to get details on the next dates for Build a Box in a Day with Gino.

03/07/2026

Congratulations to Angus and Jesse who received Gold and Silver place respectively in the Regional Canberra WorldSkills Cabinet making competition.

WorldSkills is a worldwide competition for trade apprentices and students. They are given plans for a cabinet, access to materials and basic machinery and their own hand tools. They have a limited timeframe to construct the cabinet and show their skills. All with an audience of judges looking on.

The competition tests their knowledge, hand skills, machinery skills, ability to work safely and ability to work to plans in a fixed timefame, under pressure.

WorldSkills is a highly competitive environment and Angus and Jesse have spent hours honing their skills for the competition. Angus as the regional winner will now go on to the National competition.

Of course noone learns without mentors. Gino, Griffin and up until recently, Tom, have been teaching Angus for the past 3 years. Jesse joined us in March and has been madly honing his timber skills.

Angus and Jesse have shown they have attention to detail, a willingness to learn and a drive to create quality work. Congratulations Angus and Jesse!

08/05/2026

We love it when our clients are so happy they want to tell us in writing. Grace and Patrick wanted us to take care of everything including trades. It was a little bit of a tricky install being down the coast, but that's what we specialise in. Briefs where the client wants something different. Briefs where the clients wants us to go the extra mile. Grace and Patrick had talked to others, as many of our clients have. But they came to us because we could combine quality, sustainable materials with the skill and experience to design for them as people and their lifestyle and then put it all together for them. It was a pleasure Grace and Patrick, thank you.

06/05/2026

Stellulata Cohousing have created a beautiful environment to age in place and live sustainably. We enjoyed helping to bring their vision to life.

Photo gallery of the interior of the Stellulata Cohousing buildings.

05/05/2026

Taz at 5pm under Gino's desk.....working hard obviously! 🤣🤣🤣

03/05/2026

03/05/2026

At first glance this looks like a box of junk. A second glance shows they are piano keys. And another glance up close; shows the little black keys are actually ebony. Ebony is an endangered timber and we would not buy it new as it is often illegally logged. But we were gifted this box of piano keys. Once upon a time, Gino had a conversation about old pianos and piano keys. So if you ever have an old piano that is no longer viable, be sure to salvage the black timber keys. That black timber, if its solid, is likely ebony. Ebony is naturally black. So please salvage those black piano keys. Gino is now contemplating what he can do with the ebony. He'll think about it for a while and at some point, he'll decide what to do with it. The keys don't add up to a lot of timber, but Gino will find a way to give them a new life. Please think twice before you simply dump an old timber piano; the keys may be salvageable.

28/04/2026

Just a little entry unit. Looks simple enough doesn't it? Simplicity can be deceiving. We'll reveal more soon.

27/04/2026

Hi, I’m Robyn. Otherwise known as Robyn from Select Custom Joinery or ‘Gino’s wife’. I often get asked “Do you work in the workshop?” Noone wants me in the workshop!

Gino has always been the Master in the workshop and I don’t need to be in the workshop with him too.

And here I am…in the workshop holding a box…that I made. Yep! I made it! It even looks pretty good, like I know what I’m doing. If I do say so myself.

Why am I getting in the workshop now? Because Gino has decided it’s time to start teaching the joy of woodworking to those of us who don’t want to learn the trade.

The reality is, it takes time and skill to get a good result. After all, if it was easy everyone would be doing it.

Gino has been working with timber for nearly 40 years now, so his standards are high.

And he’s creating processes so even someone like me, can build a box in a day, and get a good result (ok, Gino stepped in a couple of times to ‘help’ me, but I did most of it!).

In one day, you’ll build a box and you’ll get to:
• choose your timbers.
• choose your design (within parameters).
• play with some hand tools – I see you hand plane and
• play with some of the machinery – panel saw here we come!

But…..we need to do it safely, so Gino will be with you every step of the way to ensure you can be on the machines safely and take home a really good project at the end of the day.

First class is Make a Box in a Day and the date will be coming out shortly. And yes, you really will build your box in a day.

This is for you if:
✅You’re a beginner and you’d you’d love to play with timber AND complete a project in a day.
✅You want to have a fun experience and try new things.

This is not for you if:
❌You want to design your own project.
❌You want to learn the ins and outs of hand tools and workshop machinery.

This is an introductory workshop for people who want to have some fun in a workshop, Build a Box in a Day and then go and brag to everyone about how you built a great box and you’re a woodworker now. 😊

Gino’s doing some fine tuning of processes and is aiming to have the first class ready for July.

Comment Box if you’d like to be put on a waitlist.

26/04/2026

Gino has been on a shopping spree......stay tuned for why he needs 6 addiitional planes....of the same size! (Perhaps Robyn needs some new shoes....) 😂