Green Woodwork: Working with Wood the Natural WayGreen woodwork is creative and inexpensive to learn. The beauty of working green (or unseasoned) wood is that by using traditional skills and a few simple tools you can make anything from a tent peg to a Windsor chair, without needing power machinary. |
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
Why Work Wood Green? | 15 |
Types of Tree | 25 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
angle assemble bark beech bench bend bevel billet blade bottom bow-back bowl centre chair-legs cleaving axe cleft comb conifers cord crafts curved diameter drawknife dries drilling post edge English elm fibres field elm finish flat Fred Lambert froe front glue gouge grain green wood green woodwork grip handle heartwood hold holes Jack Hill joint knife lathe legs length low-bench mark mortise mortise and tenon piece of wood plane plank pole pole-lathe poppets projects rear posts remove round rungs seasoned seasoned wood seat shape shaving shaving-horse shrinkage side skew chisel smooth sockets softwood spindles split spokeshave spoon steam stiles stool straight stretchers strips surface sweet chestnut sycamore taper tenon tenon saw thick timber tines tool rest treadle tree trim turn wedge whittle Windsor chairs woodland workpiece wych elm
References to this book
Green Woodworking Pattern Book: Over 300 Traditional Craft Designs Ray Tabor,Raymond Tabor No preview available - 2005 |