Post a photo of the last thing you made

[rob1693]

Good point … his tool marks look much better than mine though

I'm no robert thompson, but here's something I left the tool marks in a present I made this was coupled with some walnut utensils

 

[Jameshow]

1.6m workbench for one of our men's shed chaps
C24 timber which was surprisingly decent worth it over c16 tbh.

 

[Eshmiel]

If you have an interest in Robert Thompson you will probably enjoy this.



The workshop is a few villages away from where I live and you can watch them at work from a viewing platform using pretty much the same methods. I've not seen anyone wearing a tie or smoking a pipe though!

A good vid! Thank you.

The adzing - got to be a dangerous thing to learn, eh? That razor-sharp blade swinging between one's ankles; one moment's inattention; a scream, hop and topple! Whitened faces and technicolour yawns all 'round.

Once upon a time, a long time ago and far away, I spent time in the South Cumbria woods learning various coppice work things in the company of various other novices. Stool making was one activity and this involved adzing the seats as The Mouseman workers adze everything. Seeing as how no one wants one leg a foot shorter than the other (geddit) we were all made to wear leggings made of old sacks stuffed with straw. Myself I suspected that these were but cosmetic, as the adze seemed likely to laugh in the face of a bit of straw as it headed for an ankle or even a whole shin.

Luckily everyone was careful. I had me camera at the ready in case they weren't but, as you can see, no Big Bandages were needed.