Forest Woodworker, The: A Step-By-Step Guide to Working with Green Wood
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Forest Woodworker, The: A Step-By-Step Guide to Working with Green Wood
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Overview
Take your woodworking out of the workshop and into the forest, and immerse yourself in the ancient craft of working with fresh, green wood.
Sjors van der Meer and Job Suijker introduce you to the traditional skills of green woodworking. Learn about the qualities of wood; how to cut and shape it; how to craft your own tools such as a shaving horse, wooden club, chopping block and saw horse, and then how to use them to make spoons, spatulas, stools and chairs.
As well as teaching you new skills, this inspiring book will show you how working in natural surroundings, with natural materials, can create an overwhelming sense of well-being and enhance your awareness of the environment.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781782217367 |
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| Publisher: | Search Press |
| Publication date: | 08/13/2019 |
| Pages: | 176 |
| Sales rank: | 1,057,772 |
| Product dimensions: | 7.70(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d) |
About the Author
Job Suijker studied at the Technical University of Delft and worked for 20 years as an environmental advisor. In his late twenties he developed a passion for nature, especially for trees and forests, with a special fascination for the ancient trees (yew tree) of Great Britain. He fell in love with green woodworking while chopping firewood for his wood stove and he saw a chance for a green woodworking revival.
Table of Contents
Forewords 6
Introduction 8
Chapter 1 Green Wood, An Introduction 10
Green wood, about making a chair and carving a spoon 12
Old tools 14
Trees and woods 15
Shaving horse 18
Axe, knife, spoon knife… spoons! 20
Chapter 2 Green Wood, Background Information 22
Handmade 24
The magic of cleaving 26
Make it fresh, assemble it dry 27
The most important wood joint: mortise and tenon joint 27
When is wood (still) green? 28
A tree inside out 28
Felling a tree 34
Where to get green wood 37
How to keep green wood green 37
Chapter 3 Trees, Wood Their Use 38
Birch 40
Beech 41
Oak 42
Northern red oak 43
Ash 44
Maple Family 45
Black Locust 45
Hazel 46
Sweet chestnut 47
Willow 47
Yew 48
Other trees 49
Coppice: wood providing trees 51
Chapter 4 Greenwood Techniques 52
1 Cleaving 54
2 Using an axe 57
3 Sawing discs 59
4 Mortise and tenon joints for a chair or stool with rungs 60
Different techniques 62
5 Making a tenon on a leg 64
6 Wedging a joint 66
7 Drying legs, rungs and tenons 68
8 Making your piece level 69
9 Wood-carving knife grips 70
10 Grips for the spoon knife 75
Chapter 5 Projects Made With Green Wood: Tools 78
Handling wood and measurements 80
Basic tools 81
Making tools 82
1 Shaving horse 82
2 Wooden hammer/club 92
3 Chopping block on legs 95
4 Sawhorse (in two parts) 96
5 Axe handle 98
Chapter 6 Projects Made With Green Wood: Objects 100
1 Stool 102
2 Stool from cleft wood 106
3 Small table/bench 107
4 Tripod 109
5 Shingles 111
Chapter 7 Projects Made With Green Wood: Diving Deeper 114
6 Stool with rungs 116
7 Chair 124
Chapter 8 Carving Projects 134
8 Spatula 136
9 Spoon 139
10 Salt scoop 144
More possibilities with green wood 145
Chapter 9 Greenwood Craft Tools 146
Axes 148
Drills: brace and bar-auger 150
Setting jigs 153
Froe 154
Saws 155
Shaving horse 160
Scraper 160
Holdfast 160
Tenon cutter 161
Spokeshave 162
Drawknife 163
Adze 164
Hammer/club and mallet 164
Chopping block 164
Wood-carving knife 165
Spoon knife 165
Clamping tools 166
Measuring tools 167
Chapter 10 Maintenance And Sharpening 168
Books And More 175
Safety And Taking Care Of Your Tools 176
Thanks 177