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You might consider spooncarving, the materials can be found in your local park or in a skip. The only tools you need are the knives and probably a saw and a small axe. See http://www.robin-wood.co.uk for info on knives and for instruction a character called Barnaby Carder runs courses...

A very useful rule is one with the zero in the centre and scale increasing to left and right. With one of these you can find the centre of a piece of wood instantly. Axminster sell one but unfortunately in Imperial only

In shipbuilding the chisel shown is known as a 'slice'. Salaman describes it thus: 'A very broad flat chisel with a blade 2-4'' wide and up to about 30'' overall length and with a slightly rounded cutting edge. The socketed handle is offset to keep the hand clear when paring a flat surface and...

Cormier (Fr) = service tree (UK)= Sorbus domesticus (Lat). Produces small apple or pear- like fruits. Resembles the Rowan or Mountain Ash ( Sorbus aucaparia).

Nice looking plane, I also have one though not as pretty as yours. I was speaking recently to a man who has a wood containing several cormier trees. He said that to saw them you need a chainsaw with a tungsten carbide chain and sparks are seen while sawing. It makes you wonder how the planes...

Try saying 'Durex' in Australia if you want a laugh.

There is a departoir on Ebay.fr at the moment. See Departoir de Tonnelier priced at €33.55 inc postage, about £26.60

I have bought froes on Ebay.fr but the problem is the postage costs from France which can exceed the cost of the article. (A froe is 'un departoir' in French)

www.bodgers.org.uk for green woodworkers and pole lathe turners.

Froes are also available from Dictum (www.more-than-tools.de) at about €90 called 'splitting knife'. It might be worth posting on www.bodgers.org as someone might be selling one.

Froes are available from Axminster, priced about £50.

Agree with linseed but best dilute about 50/50 with white spirit and apply warm, about 50C.

I use bog standard plasterboard (US drywall) screws which work perfectly.