“From tree to G-code: Denny König teaches the whole chain — forester's knowledge, handcraft and CNC under one roof by the Dämmeritzsee, in a courtyard shared with an old-school car mechanic.”
Waldbart sits where Berlin is nearly Brandenburg: in Hessenwinkel by the Dämmeritzsee, in a communal courtyard the wood workshop shares with an old-school car mechanic. Make the trip to the city’s far east and you find a course programme whose range has no second example in our selection: from cutting boards through shellac polishing to CNC milling with CAD basics in Fusion 360.
That range has a biography behind it: Denny König is a trained forester (Berlin Forestry Authority), was a product development engineer at Teufel, and works today as a craftsman — the chain from reading a tree to programming a milling path is not a metaphor for him but a CV. He founded Waldbart in Schöneiche in 2021; reviews praise the integration of theory and practice and his approachability.
The workshop sees itself as an open place for makers in Berlin’s east — a DIY hub rather than a gallery. Booking runs directly through the site’s weekly calendar, with prices from €90 (chainsaw maintenance) to €350 (CNC course).
Course · 1 session · 8 hrs total · €350 · Materials included · For beginners
Masterclass · 1 session · 2 hrs total · €110 · Materials included · Open to all levels
Taster · 1 session · 2 hrs total · €120 · Materials included · Open to all levels
Wood does not begin at the workbench, it begins in the forest: understand the chain from tree to milling path and you make better decisions at every station.
