tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63799710266363376362024-03-14T20:30:15.960+08:00The Joy of WoodGreg Miller's cyber presence. It will be brief and irregular ... why waste valuable workshop time on the computer?
Greg lives in Rivervale, Western Australia, and has a passion for wood , working with wood, and helping people enjoy woodworking together.Greg Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987739467323140085noreply@blogger.comBlogger150125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6379971026636337636.post-28024918240626057512019-08-22T12:44:00.000+08:002020-01-01T08:04:04.256+08:00The Joy of Wood turns 10 years old - and finally grows up!<span style="font-size: large;">Gidday! This year, 2019, marks ten years since the Joy of Wood began. It is 10 years since I started running hand tool woodworking workshops on the side while running my own business as a Cabinetmaker / Joiner. Over the years, the teaching side enlarted to the point that I no longer make custom furniture and joinery for customers. I just love to teach people of all ages and from all walks of life through The Joy of Wood and particularly through our Heritage Woodcraft Centre. Thankyou for your support and interest!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The blog posts here on this site have been few and far between since I started using <a href="http://www.instagram.com/thejoyofwood" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/thejoyofwood" target="_blank">Facebook Page</a>. There is only so much time in the day away from the bench!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Meanwhile, it has been a long time coming, but we have finally got a proper <b>web page</b> up. Hooray! This includes both a Shop and a new Blog address : </span><a href="https://www.thejoyofwood.com.au/"><span style="font-size: large;">https://www.thejoyofwood.com.au</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So all new posts will be done on the new blog address. The old posts on this Blogspot address (where you are now) will be kept here, as they provide a great resource of information and inspiration to many people around the Planet. They will just not be added to. All new blog poasts will be on the new Blog address, linked to our web page.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just a few of the old posts have been copied over from Blogspot to the new Blog site : <a href="https://www.thejoyofwood.com.au/blog/">https://www.thejoyofwood.com.au/blog/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">While you are there, please look around at the info on our web page to see what we are doing at our <a href="http://www.heritagewoodcraftcentre.com.au/" target="_blank">Heritage Woodcraft Centre</a>. We are the only place in Perth, Western Australia (and we believe the whole of Western Australia) which specialises solely in teaching traditional woodworking hand skills and techniques - including the pre-industrial Green Woodworking skills. Our Heritage Woodcraft Centre in home to The Joy of Wood. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have sold</span><span style="font-size: large;"> a lot of plans to people from all over the world over the last couple of years, and this range will be increasing:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://gregdmiller.blogspot.com/2017/12/plans-now-available-for-mk-iii.html">MkIII Combination Shaving Horse & Bowl Carving Bench. </a></b>Purchasing these plans has got a whole lot easier now, as you can purchase the digital download of the plans directly from our <a href="https://www.thejoyofwood.com.au/shop/">Shop</a>. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.thejoyofwood.com.au/uncategorized/a-shaving-horse-for-kids/">A Shaving Horse for Kids!</a></b> The Adjustable and Portable Shaving Horse for Kids is a new plan in our stable, for a new Shaving Horse we have recently developed. It is not up on our web page shop yet, but meanwhile it is available on our <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/TheJoyofWoodStore">ETSY store</a>.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">The <b><a href="http://gregdmiller.blogspot.com/2009/10/saw-stool-on-steriods.html">Saw Horse on Steroids / Saw Stool on Steriods</a></b> Plans are now available for purchase! It has only taken 10 years! The name confusion comes from differences in common use language between different countries. These great plans for this fantastic device are available from our <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/TheJoyofWoodStore">ETSY store.</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks again for your support and interest.</span></div>
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Greg Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987739467323140085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6379971026636337636.post-28050526932109025422019-02-22T22:59:00.001+08:002019-02-22T22:59:02.940+08:00The Humanity in Hand ToolsWhat delights me most these days is the way my two great passions come together: working with wood and working with people. Almost every day I get to teach and encourage people of all ages in the wonders of Woodcraft.<br />
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This year, 2019, marks 10 years since I started running hand tool woodworking workshops. It's been quite a journey, a coming together of many threads. For a number of years, I was self-employed as a Cabinet Maker / Joiner / Furniture Maker as I gradually established the <a href="http://www.thejoyofwood.com.au/" target="_blank">"The Joy of Wood". </a><br />
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Over three years ago I was able to establish the <a href="http://www.heritagewoodcraftcentre.com.au/" target="_blank">Heritage Woodcraft Centre</a>, home of The Joy of Wood, in Canning Vale, Western Australia. These days I do no custom joinery etc, I just teach - and I love it. With the assistance of Gen and Tyson, we teach only traditional woodworking hand skills and techniques. We also use hand tool woodworking as a therapeutic activity.<br />
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<b>What is it that drives me? What is the philosophy behind The Joy of Wood?</b> The answer to this is found in a lovely interview, posted by <a href="http://www.timbecon.com.au/" target="_blank">Timbecon</a>' on their YouTube channel.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I invite you to take 18 minutes to view "The Humanity in Hand Tools". Here is the link: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaPvndq8z48" target="_blank">"Meet the Makers: Greg Miller - The Humanity in Hand Tools."</a></span></b><br />
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<br />Greg Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987739467323140085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6379971026636337636.post-50544687169809742542019-01-03T21:25:00.000+08:002019-01-03T21:25:33.547+08:00Spoons! Spoons! Spoons! Do we really need more spoons?<b>Spoon Carving. It seems to be taking the Western World by storm. </b><br />
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What is driving this phenomenon? I believe there are several things converging to give such life and vibrancy to the delightful craft of carving spoons. It is all about our need to re-connect with the natural world, with ourselves and with one another in our increasingly disconnected world. <br />
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The plastic tide is turning. There is a move against plastic - now that we are learning about the long-term prognosis. Plastic does not break down into nothing, It never goes away. The particles just get small enough to pollute every aspect of the planet including the food chains and our bodies. Every piece of plastic which has ever been produced still exists.</div>
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Plastic is derived from the fossil fuel industry, which is increasingly "on the nose" as an energy source as the reality of human induced climate change slowly dawns on the masses, despite the efforts of the fossil fuel industry and its supporters claiming it to be nonsense. In contrast, trees grows through solar energy, which is embodied in the wood giving it the calorific value so valued by humanity through the ages as an energy source. About 50% of wood by weight is Carbon, captured from the air via photosynthesis. Trees are full of sequestered carbon. We need more wood in our lives again and less of those high energy/high carbon materials which are being forced upon us. </div>
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We are surrounded by non-organic materials, trendy minimalism in our homes (all those bare white walls and surfaces are really very boring, bleak and soul-less), and a lack of natural organic materials. Aluminium, steel, glass, plastics and concrete, which all figure predominantly in modern houses and public buildings, are all high energy materials. Wood, by contrast, is an incredibly low-energy material. It is renewable and recyclable, a good thermal insulator and with wonderful acoustic properties. It is not all the same, with natural variability in appearance, properties, and character. Wood has life.</div>
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We are learning the health and well-being benefits of being in the outdoors, of spending time in forests, and breathing forest air rather than the stale and at times toxic air in our buildings. Recent studies have shown the reduction in stress - the calming effects - of having wooden panels and furniture and indoor plants in our public buildings, offices and homes.<br />
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In the midst of this growing disillusionment with the harsh and soulless world of plastics and artificial materials, hand crafts of all types are thriving. People are knitting and crocheting, doing pottery and sewing. They are basket weaving, blacksmithing, and working with wood. Spoon Carving is one of these heritage crafts experiencing a massive resurgence of interest in the Western World.<br />
There is something delightfully primal and satisfying about starting with a fresh piece of tree, then using some simple ancient tools like an axe and a couple of knives to carve a functional individual spoon from that piece of wood. <br />
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As people take up creative pastimes, they are scratching an itch deep inside - that basic human need to be creative with our minds and our hands, to express the inner longings of the soul. We long to make a difference and to see that expressed in tangible things. So much of what we do in our modern digital world has little to show for it.<br />
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You can bash away all day on a computer, but not have something tangible you can hold in your hands at the end of the day. You can go to endless meetings through a day, but not have accomplished anything tangible and tactile. You can be a cog in a machine, a part of a larger enterprise, meeting sales targets and Key Performance Indicators - but at the end of the day what do you personally have to show for your efforts? You could fall of the perch tomorrow and you will leave nothing much behind you. No meaningful legacy, not many tangible reminders of your brief existence on this planet. <br />
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In contrast, when a joiner builds a staircase, a gardener plants out a garden, or a mechanic re-builds a motor - each can say at the end "I did that" with contentment and pride. What they have done can be touched, looked at, used, enjoyed and experienced by others.<br />
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With so many people undertaking jobs and tasks which do not offer this lasting sense of accomplishment that can be viewed with the eye or touched with the hand, the return to hand crafts is providing a way to find meaning and a real sense of accomplishment. You can go to a shop and buy a new piece of furniture - or you can have a go at making a piece of furniture yourself, and feel the pride in having made it. It might be rougher than the store-bought one but you did it yourself. You learned things along the way, it structured your time in meaningful ways, gave you a sense of purpose, and gave you an opportunity to express yourself. The project helped fulfil your need to express yourself creatively.<br />
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The revival of interest in traditional wooden spoon carving via the Spoon Carving craze is offering a practical opportunity for people to express their creativity and to produce something which can be touched, viewed and enjoyed by others. Each spoon requires only a small investment in time, very little equipment, and is fun to make. Each wooden spoon being made provides an opportunity to creatively express ourselves, to nourish our inner artistic being, to develop our growing technical skill, and to even gain some affirmation from others around us. It is also a journey into simpler times, a taste of self-reliance - an almost primal experience as we craft something with our hands while expressing our creativity. So much satisfaction to be gained, and a nurturing of the soul. <br />
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The Spoon Carving Movement is providing a simple pathway and experience for many to use their hands and some basic tools, to express their creativity and produce things they can look at with satisfaction and say: "I made that". Each spoon is a creative expression of its maker. <br />
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There seems to be a gym on every corner in our suburbs these days. What does this say about us as a society? It reflects our current obsession with body image - combined with a growing awareness of the need to live more healthy lifestyles. While the gym-associated supplement industry feeds the extreme body image fad, the move towards greater activity with more healthy and less processed foods reflects a growing awareness of the need to live a more healthy lifestyle including a healthy diet. Two extreme ends of the spectrum!<br />
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As our lifestyles have become increasingly sedentary, the rush to gym membership provides a way to appease our guilt that we should regain some muscle tone somehow. Too many of us sit all day at desks on computers, then get in our cars to drive home were we sit in front of our TVs or computer games, or sit in our chairs poking touch-screens on our devices with our fingers. The loss of muscle tone corresponds with the diminishing stimulation and use of too many parts of our brains as well as our bodies. <br />
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In contrast hand crafting, including Spoon Carving, connects our brains to our fingers, to many muscle groups, and to other parts of our bodies. Most people, after their first go at spoon carving- whether with axes and knives, or with mallet, gouge and spokeshave - will complain of aching arms, hands and fingers. Their body is talking to them. In time, over more spoons, the sensation of physical tiredness is replaced with an awareness of the growing strength in the hands, arms and fingers. Combine this with the increasing sense of personal satisfaction in the skills being learned and demonstrated, the growing inner sense of accomplishment, the increasing affirmation of others, and we have the ingredients for a beneficial past time. While sitting in a chair carving spoons with a knive is still relatively sedentary, so many other physical and mental benefits flow from this activity. Funnily enough, the growing time spent carving spoons commonly corresponds to a reducing time aimlessly sitting staring at our digital devices! <br />
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Spoon carving exercises our minds through the planning, decision making and problem solving processes. These take place during the whole process of the making of a spoon, as we map out and undertake the sequences of making, moving back and forth between the handle and the bowl, working with complex curves, transitional zones and even contrasting finials. Meanwhile the brain is trying to direct the complex array of muscle movements in the fingers, arms and upper body - as with tools in hand we try to replicate an image in our minds. An overcut here, a hidden knot there, a crankier-than-anticipated bit of grain there, and the problem solving process further exercises the mind again.<br />
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Just as physical exercise is well know for being beneficial for our mental health, so is being creative with our hands. The physical and mental health benefits which spoon carving offers is often underestimated. We like to joke that spoon carving is addictive - but it is no joke. It is true. So may good things are happening for us that the endorphins are pumping around in our bodies giving us many pleasurable sensations.<br />
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In my experience hand crafting, including spoon carving, is a wonderfully therapeutic activity, strangely meditative in nature despite the busyness of the mind and the hands. The therapeutic benefits are further multiplied when we engage in these activities together.<br />
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Social Media promises to connect us together better. However all too often these platforms actually divide us by keeping our connections shallow and by making sure we mostly only connect with like minded people. The algorithms behind the scenes ensure we remain in echo-chambers of like-mindedness thus denying the opportunity to be challenged and stimulated by engagement with people who may see and experience the world through a different window. The depth in the word "friend" is being lost to a shallow notion of connectedness.<br />
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In our cities, suburbs and towns the disconnect with others has been growing too. This has gradually crept up on us over the last couple of generations particularly, as our houses and homes have become secure bunkers with microclimates within their walls, in defiance of the weather outside. The arrival of the television in every home pulled us into our loungerooms. More recently, the digital device and our obsession with them has rapidly accelerated our disconnect with people around us. We don't even have eye contact anymore, as we stare down at our devices in trains and buses, waiting rooms and lifts, cafes and other public places. Head phones have further separated us from one another.<br />
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This increasing lack of engagement with others is one of the drivers behind the resurgence of interest in handcrafts. For despite this socially gloomy inward journey, many people are wanting - if not longing - to push back against this growing divide between us. People are coming together to sew together, to knit and to do blacksmithing. People are coming together to form Book Clubs, gardening groups, choirs, craft groups and walking groups. There have always been clubs and associations, which in recent years had often faced declining memberships, however many of the new gatherings are not necessarily formalised either. People are finding ways to re-engage with others around similar interests, and the handcrafts provide a wonderful vehicle for this with all the other benefits they offer.<br />
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Amid this social phenomena people are learning from one another, inspiring one another and sharing ideas and information. People are talking to one another, getting to know each other, and feeling less lonely. In the madness of our often busy and stressful lives, people are finding time to be creative together, to nourish their souls and nurture the souls of others. We are building community.<br />
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Within this fascinating social movement there are Spoon Carving groups popping up all over the Western World. People are gathering on a regular or adhoc basis to carve spoons together. While spoons are fun, whether practical implements or art pieces in themselves, it is not really about the spoons. There is much more going on than that...<br />
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<b>Do we really need more spoons? </b><br />
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The spoon carving movement is meeting the needs of many to rediscover the delights of handling natural materials, and to work with those materials using our own hands and just a few simple tools. It is providing opportunities for people to be more physically active, even if in only a gentle way - to feel the satisfaction of tired muscles and an awareness of growing physical strength in our hands and arms. It is providing stimulus for our minds and food for our brains.<br />
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The spoon carving movement is helping people to find a creative expression for themselves while gaining the affirmation and encouragement of others. It is helping us to connect with others in the midst of our disconnected and increasingly polarised society. When we carve spoons together using hand tools, we can talk and laugh together, "chew the fat" and share our life stories.<br />
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When we carve spoons together, we are often building community - one spoon at a time.<br />
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Do we really need more spoons? I would suggest the answer is clear...<br />
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We at The Joy of Wood we really enjoy Spoon Carving.<br />
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At our Heritage Woodcraft Centre we run many spoon carving workshops, in both the Green Wood tradition and the techniques we use to work with seasoned hardwoods. The former is a great way to recycle tree prunings from parks and gardens. The latter is a wonderful way to recycle pre-used wood derived from buildings, floors and furniture.<br />
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Our <a href="http://www.heritagewoodcraftcentre.com.au/" target="_blank">Heritage Woodcraft Centre</a> is the only place in Perth, Western Australia which specialises solely in teaching traditional woodworking hand skills and techniques. Nothing electric - just those hand tools and skills which have worked well for centuries. <br />
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We understand the personal therapeutic, social and community benefits of Spoon Carving.<br />
Please come and join us in this pleasurable activity sometime! <br />
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Greg Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987739467323140085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6379971026636337636.post-54503245720071279612018-04-03T08:21:00.000+08:002018-04-03T22:21:25.194+08:00"Woodworking for Life" - Hand Tool Woodworking as a Therapeutic Activity.Creating things with our hands is good for the body, mind and soul. It's good for the brain too.<br />
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In a former life, I was a Youth & Community Worker. So I love working with people, and have done a lot of work with those who are disadvantaged in some way.<br />
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Amid the many people I work with today, teaching traditional woodworking hand skills and techniques, there are a number of people who have Acquired Brain Injuries - mostly as a result of road trauma. Car and motorcycle crashes.<br />
So we use woodworking as a therapeutic tool to help them rebuild their lives.<br />
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Dean Kennedy of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmTj6ZR4A2llSSQWjJOEFvw" target="_blank">Francisco Films</a> here in Perth, Western Australia, recently crafted this beautiful little 4 minute video about this aspect of my work. <br />
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I invite you to view <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC47fzICk0Q&t=2s" target="_blank">"Woodworking for Life"</a>.<br />
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />Greg Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987739467323140085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6379971026636337636.post-14738098138300869872017-12-09T22:15:00.002+08:002019-08-22T12:43:20.642+08:00Plans now available for the Mk III Combination Shaving Horse and Bowl Carving Bench. At last, I have completed the plans for the awesome MkIII Shaving Horse and Bowl Carving Bench Combination.These plans are now available for purchase. This device has received considerable interest since I first posted about it in May 2015:<br />
<a href="http://gregdmiller.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/combining-shaving-horse-and-bowl.html" target="_blank">Combining a Shaving Horse and Bowl Carving Bench - My "Mk III" Shaving Horse. </a><br />
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The plans I have produced are comprehensive, consisting of nine A3 pages made up of scale drawings and some photos, but you can always print them out in A4 if you wish. Available in pdf format, the cost is <u>AUD$50</u>, which at the current exchange rate is approx. <u>US$37</u>. To all those who have been waiting, my sincere apologies. I had hoped the plans would be available on my hew website, but this is not yet operational. So rather than have you keep waiting around, there is a way forward here:<br />
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To purchase these plans, you can go to either our <a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/TheJoyofWoodStore">ETSY Shop</a> <br />
Kind regards,<br />
Greg Miller, 9 December 2017.<br />
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Heritage Woodcraft Centre in Canning
Vale is the home of The Joy of Wood, where I, a skilled
Cabinetmaker/Joiner, offer workshops and tuition for people of all ages in
traditional woodworking hand skills and techniques. This includes many programs
and workshops for children. <span style="margin: 0px;"> I have</span> been conducting woodworking activities in schools, festivals, public workshops
and private workshops for nine years. The private tuition is also used to
provide occupational therapy for people with cognitive and physical
disabilities. </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When kids learn to use traditional hand
tools, there are many benefits beyond the production of the project which they
are justifiably proud of. Creating with the hands is a tactile, sensual process
involving both macro and micro muscle movements.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The activity helps build body awareness,
hand-to-eye coordination, balance, problem solving skills, spatial awareness,
practical numeracy skills, and much more. There is an important connection
between the hands and the eyes, with mental and physical health benefits
flowing from the active muscular use of the hands and body in the creative
process. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Working wood with traditional tools will
also touch on lessons in and awareness of history and biology,<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>as wood is such a wonderful natural material
made up of a variety of fibres and cells. Many of the tools the children use
are over 100 years old, and can interact effectively with the wood when in the
hands of a child who is provided with positive instruction and encouragement. </span></span></div>
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a Sword and Shield to Making a Spear.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Senni, nearly six years old, had previously
come to Private Tuition at the Heritage Woodcraft Centre, on two occasions. On
his first visit, he had made a wooden spoon in a two hour session.</span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The next occasion, in another 2 hour session he had made himself a Sword and Shield.</span> <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px;">For a return visit, Senni had said he was
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="margin: 0px;">A nice straight grained piece of 24mm
square Oak about 1500mm long was prepared beforehand, ready for him to create a
shaft, along with a few other pieces ready for various Head/Blade options.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px;">The process began with a discussion about
spears, their types and shapes, seeking to find what design/type of spear Senni
would like to make.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We arrived at an
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spear would have a tapered shaft, with the head at the heavy end to aid its flight,
and Senni was keen to have a sharpened end on the shaft rather than an added wooden
blade or head. With the path ahead determined, we commenced the making process.</span></span></span></span></div>
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taper in the long stick, so we started out by hammering some supports into the
bench top to aid the planning. He would need two hands to do the planning. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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weights and sizes were offered, in order to find the one which best suited Senni’s
small hands and developing co-ordination and strength. While perfect for a
spear shaft, Oak is tough, so the right kind of very sharp plane would make it
more achievable for Senni. He and I took turns as we planed each side,
with me providing Senni with on-going coaching and encouragement.</span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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a hand plane correctly is a complex process involving subtlety of touch,
pressure, and movement - a shifting of weight from the front hand to the back
hand while pushing the tool forward along the piece of timber. It involves
maintaining balance in the body through the feet and in this case movement of
the feet as Senni walked the length of the spear shaft while applying pressure
to the tool before him.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Planing a taper
is particularly complex conceptually, as it involves doing a series of
overlapping planning actions, starting from what will be the small end of the
shaft with each action going right to the end. In this way a taper is
effectively created over the length of the piece of wood. This process was to
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square section, it was time to round the taper. This was done by Senni using a
Spokeshave.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>He had used these before in
both the spoon carving and in making his sword and shield. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Spokeshave is such a fantastic tool for
kids to use. It involves both macro and micro muscle movements in the hand and
arms, balance in the feet and legs, and attention with the mind to create the
desired form.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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process – first sawing off the waste, then planning it into a square section
which rapidly tapered to a point, then the rounding of the head to a tapering
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tools greatly aids their effectiveness. At the Heritage Woodcraft Centre, we
teach kids how to use real tools to make real things. This information on how
to hold and use these tools is centuries old, and in the past the correct
methods were always stressed to the students. In a world where most things were
made by hand, the process had to be effective, efficient, and physically right
for the body. These days we call it ergonomics. In the past it was just common
sense and the Wisdom of the Ages.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is a very positive thing for a child to
learn by experience that making things takes effort. In this case the effort
was both physical and mental. It was 2 hours of physical effort which Senni had
to invest in for the making of his spear. Along the way he used and experienced
a number of different hand tools, and was challenged with several mathematical
concepts. Senni did a great job. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The final finishing of his spear, the
sanding and oiling, would be done at home. </span></span></div>
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make and have a sharp pointed spear.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>This project was both sanctioned and witnessed by his Mother, who took many
of the lovely photos. While learning that making things takes effort, and
learning how to use some traditional tools to shape a piece of wood into a
desired shape, Senni will also be learning how to safely handle his spear.
Learning to responsibly handle and safely play with potentially dangerous
things is the kind of learning we have removed from our children in the modern
digitised world.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This young man is fortunate in being
provided a broader education of greater depth than most other kids his age. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I count it a privilege to have been included
in this process.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yes, I love offering private tuition to people of all ages and all walks of life...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="margin: 0px;">Greg
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We are very excited about the set up of my Heritage Woodcraft Centre. Located at the rear of the new <a href="https://www.timbecon.com.au/news-events/timbecon/timbecon-perth-has-moved" target="_blank">Timbecon</a> shop, 31 Canvale Road, Canning Vale, I am looking forward to running lots of Public Workshops and Private Tuition in the wonderful teaching workshop I have created.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp4WPOWv0xI&t=9s" target="_blank">Here is a link to the short Tour.</a><br />
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I specialise in teaching traditional woodworking hand skills and techniques, to people of all ages.<br />
You will notice lots of lovely hand tools lining the walls - and we use all of them. When completed, these walls will hold a lot more beautiful tools. Delicious!<br />
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If you are in Western Australia, I hope we will see you at a Public Workshop sometime, or ask to me about doing some Private Tuition. If you come into the Timbecon store, please feel free to come out the back to the Heritage Woodcraft Centre and say "Gidday!"<br />
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Ah, the Joy of Wood!...Greg Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987739467323140085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6379971026636337636.post-61398836793136179012016-12-19T21:44:00.002+08:002016-12-19T21:44:42.035+08:00Departing Gifts from a Silky Oak Tree.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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My neighbours recently decided to have a Silky Oak (Grevillea robusta) tree removed from their back yard. The top of the tree was dying, and the termites had moved in. When the arborists were cutting down the tree, they also found there was a bee hive inside it. </div>
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It was a tragedy to see almost all of this tree going into the chipper. However, the Arborists let me take as much as I wanted, so I picked a few pieces I wanted, and wheeled them back home on my fridge trolley. After sealing the ends, I stacked the pieces under the Mulberry Tree in my front yard.</div>
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Later in the day, I pulled out a log section to break down. My aim was to create some stool legs from this piece. The following shows how I tacked the process:</div>
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The grain will tend to run out if the mass on each side of the froe is unequal, as can be seen in the pic above. Sometimes an axe will be the best tool for the job.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's great to be on a shaving horse with a sharp draw knife and lovely wood like this!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This beautiful Drawknife was patented in 1895, for the folding design including the way it folds over the blade, protecting the cutting edge of the tool.</td></tr>
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These legs have been roughed out first, to help speed up the loss of moisture. The seat top is still in the log form, keeping more moist. When the stool is made, we want the tenons on the legs to be lower in moisture content than the material in the seat top. This will ensure the joints will lock up tighter as the material dries, for we want toe hole diameter in the seat mortises to reduce as the seat material shrinks. If the tenons on the legs are drier, they will shrink less than the seat top mortises, thereby ensuring the joints tighten as the whole thing dries. Fantastic. The Wisdom of the Ages. </div>
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<b><u>2. Making Spoons and Spreaders.</u></b></div>
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There was a smaller log section, about 9 inches long. I thought I would try this material for spoon carving. So I split out a few pieces ready for spoon making. The first time I have worked with this tree species, the Silky Oak (Grevillea Robusta) wood from this tree appears to be easy to split, probably due to the prominent medullary rays. </div>
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I used classic green woodworking techniques, with axe and knives, to craft a spoon and a spreader for my neighbours, who happily allowed me to have access to the wood from the tree in their back yard while the arborists were removing it. </div>
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Having delivered the "Thankyou" spoon and spreader to my neighbours, in appreciation for the log sections derived from their tree. I thought it was time to mess around with some more of this delightful material. Time for some more spoons!</div>
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How about a nice new eating spoon for my morning muesli?</div>
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The wood was green. In other words, very high in moisture content. Traditionally in woodcraft, wood was worked green when it was soft and relatively easy to work. That was certainly the case for what I have done thus far with the Silky Oak. Once carved green, it needs to dry out. the spoon can be left to dry out over a week or two, depending on a number of variables. However, in order to speed up the process, I used the microwave oven to reduce the time it would take, from days to minutes. Once dry, it is possible to finish the spoon with sanding and coating with Orange Oil. The Oil helps to slow the final drying and protects the spoon - as well as making it look good.</div>
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Spreaders are often a by-product of spoon making, as we can utilise the smaller sections cleft from the log which are too small for spoons but just ideal for spreaders. </div>
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There will be many more things made from this tree. I have given many pieces away to other spoon carvers, especially several members of the Women Working With Wood (W4) association. I have several other spoons "on the go", and the seat material for the stools. Just gotta get around to it!</div>
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Wood is a beautiful gift from the Trees. With so many trees going the way of the Chipper here in Perth, it is a tragedy that we don't honour those trees by utilising at least some of the wood on offer. Why remove or prune a tree and then go and buy a plastic spoon or spatula, or one of those nasty cheap and soul-less implements imported by the big supermarket chains? It makes no sense. </div>
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Want to learn how to make spoons using Green Wood, fresh from the tree? I periodically run workshops, sharing the joy of spoon carving. Check out the Upcoming Workshops" link near the top of my blog to see what is coming up!</div>
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Thankyou, Silky Oak. You live on in a growing array of beautiful household implements... </div>
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Browsing through the pallets and packing crate materials on the verge of a local import business, I spied a pallet which sparked my interest. This company imports machinery from the USA, so the wood is all US and Canadian in origin. However, this grotty looking pallet was not the usual lovely northern hemispherical softwoods I like to recycle. <br />
This one looked like it was made from American White Ash. I only know Ash after having made a Staircase from American White Ash, back in 2010. The blog post about the build is here: <a href="http://gregdmiller.blogspot.com.au/2010/07/building-staircase.html">http://gregdmiller.blogspot.com.au/2010/07/building-staircase.html</a><br />
That was the first time I had worked with Ash, so I was able to spot it in the pallet.<br />
I chucked the pallet in the back of my ute, and drove away with it wondering what it would be like.<br />
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These pallet timbers are thin (about 1/2") and around 3 - 5" wide. Many are cupped, so when planed down and flattened you end up with a finish thickness of between 3/8"(10mm) and 1/4"(6.5mm) - an ideal dimension for converting into kitchen spatulas. The three Gluts would have spoon carving potential, as they were about 1 1/8" (30mm) thick. </div>
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Interestingly, the material the three Gluts were made of was not Ash, but had a medullary ray pattern very similar to what I understand Sycamore or Beech has. It would be great if someone from the USA would be able to advise me on this!<br />
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In the weeks that it took me to complete writing this post, someone came into my workshop and suggested the glut material was Sugar Maple. A hard Maple. That could well be it! this stuff is certainly very hard... </div>
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So now the challenge: How many Spoons and Spatulas can I make from the Ash Pallet?<br />
For those who have not done this before, here is how you can use hand tools to make a Spatula.<br />
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The 20 short sticks derived from the top and bottom of the pallet were rough sawn and soiled. Many were also cupped and with shakes (splits) coming in on the end. That's OK, we can work around these.<br />
I started with a pretty good one, to get the hang of the material. After pinning a temporary planning stop on the bench, I used a nice sharp No.5 jack plane to create a flat planed surface on each face of the stick.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Planing down the first of the Ash sticks, with my trusty Record No.5 Jack Plane.</td></tr>
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With the stick prepared, now it was a case of marking out spatulas on this blank canvass. I just worked around the defects and the splits. I could get two out of this piece. with the shapes drawn on the stick, it's time for the Coping Saw. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laying out a pair of spatulas, working around the defects and end checks (splits).</td></tr>
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A member of the family of Turning Saws, the frame of the Coping Saw can always be kept out of the way. They are so easy to whiz around curves. To reduce vibration, the stick is moved upwards in the vice as the saw cut progresses down the hill.</div>
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The secret to the Coping Saw is to use a nice regular continuous action, using the full length of the blade, and keeping the blade perpendicular to the work. Piece of cake. </div>
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Before long, both Spatulas are cut out ready for the next step - the shaping.<br />
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The best tool for much of this is the Spokeshave, with the spatula held in the vice. With the flowing shapes, there will be changing grain direction, so the direction of the tool in relation to the work will vary to reduce tear-out. Careful - these tools are so much fun to use, you can find yourself "in the zone" and before you know it, you'll emerge from your trance-like state to find your handle is super thin!! </div>
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While the flat bottomed spokeshave is easiest to use, the curved bottomed model will shave inside curves of a tighter radius than the other. </div>
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Remove the spatula from the vice periodically, so you can check that the curves and parts have the grace and proportions that are pleasing to the eye. With the outer shape completed, it's time to do the bevel on the business end of the spatula. A bevel on one side or on both sides? that depends on the style, the anticipated use, and your personal preference.</div>
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Use slicing cuts, with the spokeshave askew to the work, so you can remove material without creating a "blowout"on the ends.</div>
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The final stage is the sanding. Ideally, you want to do as little sanding as possible. Best to use the edge tools for the bulk of the work.<br />
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Adding the finish completes the process. I used Australian Orange Oil for this. It is food safe, penetrates well as it is very thin, and dries quickly. Lovely stuff. The spatulas look delicious!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first completed pair of Spatulas. Not bad for a grotty looking pallet left on the side of the road! </td></tr>
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I will make a bunch of Ash spatulas from this wonderful resource. Thankyou pallet!<br />
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The three gluts (the spacing boards on edge separating the top from the bottom, giving room for the forks of the forklift) are a heavier material, so have much promise for making a few spoons. However, many of the nails were still in the tops and bottoms, and were almost impossible to pull out. So I would mostly be working around the nails... <br />
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Most of these spoons will be eating spoons I think, as it will be harder to get longer cooking spoons from the material, due to the stuff we have to work around. No problem, we'll get what we can. Maybe we can get a few Butter Spreaders as well from all the small bits in between?!<br />
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Laying out the spoons would be an interesting challenge, working around nails, nail holes, splits, and defects in the timber. However, there would be some nice spoons in these sticks...<br />
After drawing the spoon shapes, a mallet and gouge is used to hollow out the bowls of the spoons. The bits left over can make a few Spreaders.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first couple of spoons emerging.</td></tr>
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With the spoon shapes cut out, the rest is down to a mix of knife work and spokeshaving.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One glut will give a bunch of things, here cut out before the shaping is undertaken.</td></tr>
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This glut material, probably Sugar Maple, is very dense. Ideal for tough Spoons and Spreaders!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A nice spoon side profile. More work to do yet on this one.</td></tr>
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So the story unfolds. While I have not yet had a chance to complete the spoons, I am posting this now, even though the spoons are not yet completed. But you get the idea!<br />
Maybe I will get to post the pics when I have completed them.<br />
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Remember, there are some amazing pieces of timber out there, currently in the form or pallets and packing crates, just waiting to be up-cycled! I hope this story gives you some inspiration.</div>
Greg Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987739467323140085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6379971026636337636.post-14483752059758433372016-10-30T07:20:00.001+08:002016-10-30T07:20:47.032+08:00Here's your chance to Make a Shaving Horse.The Shaving Horse. It is a fantastic device, which appears through the centuries in pictures, documents and woodcuts. Used by Coopers making barrels, Wheelwrights making wooden wheels, Bodgers making chairs, and green woodworkers making everything from brooms and rakes to hurdles and axe handles - the Shaving Horse rules supreme with its versatility and the shear joy of using it. <br />
The best companion for a Shaving horse is the Drawknife - and of course the Spokeshave too. It is essentially a foot operated vice, which comes in various forms and styles.<br />
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On Saturday 26th November 2016, I am offering a public workshop "Make a Shaving Horse". We will use predominantly recycled wood, sourced from building salvage to packing crates, to build our trusty steeds. The charge is $200 and all the materials are included. The workshop is being run in Canning Vale, Western Australia. Bookings essential, via email. <br />
Places are limited, so don't miss out!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I fell in love with the Shaving Horse at Roy Underhill's place in North Carolina, 2013.</td></tr>
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<br />Greg Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987739467323140085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6379971026636337636.post-63111294654179699542016-09-15T09:37:00.000+08:002016-09-15T09:37:02.606+08:00September 2016 workshop program.<div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
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Better late than never! The September workshop program is finalised, with a few adult workshops and lots of kids workshops taking place in the first week of the Sept/Oct school holidays. Check them out! you will find them under the Upcoming Workshops link.<br />
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<b>A new workshop for kids aged 8-14. Knifework.</b><br />
Remember when kids all had pocket knives and loved to use them, shaping the end of a stick?<br />
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How come we took the knives away and wrapped our kids in cotton wool?<br />
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All the fun was taken out of public playgrounds too, as we somehow got all risk-averse and incredibly boring. It's taken more than 20 years, but at last there is some sense returning. Have you noticed the high climbing frames and big swinging stuff returning to the public playgrounds. Hooray!</div>
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It is well understood that kids need to learn through taking risks, through physical challenges, and through engaging in nature. If kids in earlier generations could learn to safely use pocket knives, there is no reason why kids today cannot also learn to safely use sharp knives. </div>
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We are offering this whittling workshop for kids, and will teach them to safely use and handle sharp wood carving knives. It is a glorious thing which kids love to do, and another win for sanity. Don't let your 8-14 year old kid miss this workshop! </div>
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This is a fantastic workshop, though it also is only offered for those kids aged 8-14.<br />
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It is a wonderful thing to watch the kids start out with a piece of seasoned wood, most of which has been rescued from the wasted stream, and transform it into a beautiful and functional kitchen utensil. </div>
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This is a fantastic workshop, which we have previously only done with adults. Using wooden moulding planes, as used by cabinetmakers and joiners for centuries, kids will make their fancy profiles for the frames, then rebate the back for the ply, then mitre and glue the corners. Such a wonderful thing to do, and such a sense of achievement! </div>
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<li><b>Make a Kitchen Chopping Board</b></li>
<li><b>Make a Kitchen Spatula.</b></li>
<li><b>Make a Cajon Drum!</b></li>
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It's a great way to protect that sharp edge on your tool and also a great way to protect yourself when handling these tools while they are not in use. Leather guards and sheaths. I was a leatherworker in the late '70s and early '80s, then did lots of leather furniture components in the 90's, so it's been fun to dust off my leatherworking gear and make my own sheaths for my large collection of edge tools.</div>
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I am also looking forward to sharing these skills with others. </div>
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No handbags, belts, hats and sandals this time around - just sheaths and guards for deliciously sharp axes, drawknives, and other edge tools.</div>
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<li>Saw Sharpening.</li>
<li>Carve a Wooden Spoon. (from seasoned wood) </li>
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Bookings are best done by email. When I am teaching I don't answer my mobile phone.</div>
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You can pay on the day with either the right cash or by card.</div>
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Bookings are essential.</div>
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You don't need any prior woodworking experience to participate.</div>
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The workshops are run in Canvale Road, Canning Vale.</div>
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Sturdy covered shoes are to be worn by everyone in the building, young or old.</div>
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I reckon that should just about cover it!</div>
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Pleased feel free to flick me an email with any further questions.</div>
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The majority are made from wood, and while many are reused again and again, there is a massive number here in Australia which end up in landfill. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivqhy1nOyu34HibKR003xkO3PNZZ2a7ayqAb1QsPLYb7R0u6N8d7Y6adRE2HgiSMPZwCD4rgu9xKgGJDtoDOa6TuBrWK55xNa9OP1B07-KoGaLYnAF3MS6FzWNLrOcCtd2P1gX7zObRn0/s640/blogger-image-774293911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivqhy1nOyu34HibKR003xkO3PNZZ2a7ayqAb1QsPLYb7R0u6N8d7Y6adRE2HgiSMPZwCD4rgu9xKgGJDtoDOa6TuBrWK55xNa9OP1B07-KoGaLYnAF3MS6FzWNLrOcCtd2P1gX7zObRn0/s640/blogger-image-774293911.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Madness, really, for the following reasons:<div><br></div><div>1. Organic matter in an anaerobic decomposition process (buried deep in the ground) produced methane. More than 20 times more dangerous for global warming than carbon dioxide.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnej2QlTDYpCq6waVlbSdiEbg-1pl8VK8kuMDfffUtqa3WLWlI7LFWPmbrx-XCLsJfaYrOT-NNcqpvUCcUSangU2idU6EkOyskG2PJmandCbOewJOvn4OwG8fC36DpEFUbWif862oINopB/s640/blogger-image-1403347922.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnej2QlTDYpCq6waVlbSdiEbg-1pl8VK8kuMDfffUtqa3WLWlI7LFWPmbrx-XCLsJfaYrOT-NNcqpvUCcUSangU2idU6EkOyskG2PJmandCbOewJOvn4OwG8fC36DpEFUbWif862oINopB/s640/blogger-image-1403347922.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>2. Wood is a great energy source. It is solar energy trapped in the lignin, cellulose and other matter which makes up plants. Better to burn waste wood for its energy than to bury it in the ground. The carbon dioxide produced in combustion can be taken up by growing trees if we plant them!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF8w3Bs7EgeFOewCEmBs_ET0QFrLr9Bno1JjfiByAlHLMi_P0BBSyReWVucm6irHOkAbF6yLlozVIornGjcxAz55H7jozW3gUMzIcKnyvHC0PkcJ6rFoW8rn2R4dAL8euNp83vdWKq3t-j/s640/blogger-image--1971184330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF8w3Bs7EgeFOewCEmBs_ET0QFrLr9Bno1JjfiByAlHLMi_P0BBSyReWVucm6irHOkAbF6yLlozVIornGjcxAz55H7jozW3gUMzIcKnyvHC0PkcJ6rFoW8rn2R4dAL8euNp83vdWKq3t-j/s640/blogger-image--1971184330.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>3. Wood is a wonderful natural organic material which is renewable, recyclable, and reusable. Unless it rots or is eaten by insects, wood can be used again and again for Millenia.</div></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVg9eU9h3fmAok10b8bcilNKl5_3CkV6oa285gyG9Ov26wmwYop0ZAdy694hlHU2sqY0GymilrzWJUumKPQp-3kNFk0HG-x0wrV1TIdN10YuFsoP1N_RxMP2EFMoHa96FDKP7BB3W-18cK/s640/blogger-image-1877879093.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVg9eU9h3fmAok10b8bcilNKl5_3CkV6oa285gyG9Ov26wmwYop0ZAdy694hlHU2sqY0GymilrzWJUumKPQp-3kNFk0HG-x0wrV1TIdN10YuFsoP1N_RxMP2EFMoHa96FDKP7BB3W-18cK/s640/blogger-image-1877879093.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>While there is a lot of quasi recycling going on out there due to the trendy nature of the concept, those pallets and packing crates bound for landfill offer a real opportunity for wood recycling.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc5JlZGBwlVshe4_4k3JFV8F9953Mg8dXa3EfnQEbwxuNdpsNiPvzJCtXgLrBLVd_HbeGlMi99tes6nmjhjgH1xqiJQLbmw8X_LZrgL4Tw5I0gdJPYT1EAoq9dXuQX65qvYWmpWQTk5aSH/s640/blogger-image--2023370987.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc5JlZGBwlVshe4_4k3JFV8F9953Mg8dXa3EfnQEbwxuNdpsNiPvzJCtXgLrBLVd_HbeGlMi99tes6nmjhjgH1xqiJQLbmw8X_LZrgL4Tw5I0gdJPYT1EAoq9dXuQX65qvYWmpWQTk5aSH/s640/blogger-image--2023370987.jpg"></font></a></div><div><br></div><div>I have coined the term "PalletCraft" as a generic term to give a name to the activity. Of course, packing crates and dunnage are also a wonderful source of timber too, which often offer more options than the standard pallet.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV_f36KFN23z64lIq2wvXsUD4qGu_Cd7pFZTeIiw4cRM7pwiE_9xEpg6hbGGKCykrxhQUJaS7-odHQ8UKpeVN8REANqUDYJm3n42k0kkGqj0YklckFH0XUPjGZMCHJI9_GmZHoDRT0C6M5/s640/blogger-image-920977662.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV_f36KFN23z64lIq2wvXsUD4qGu_Cd7pFZTeIiw4cRM7pwiE_9xEpg6hbGGKCykrxhQUJaS7-odHQ8UKpeVN8REANqUDYJm3n42k0kkGqj0YklckFH0XUPjGZMCHJI9_GmZHoDRT0C6M5/s640/blogger-image-920977662.jpg"></a></div></div><div><br></div><div>PalletCraft is delightfully simple, requiring very few and very basic tools. With a hammer, hand saw and some nails, we can create some amazing stuff. Add a pinch bar and some pincers to aid the pulling apart and denailing process, and your options are greatly expanded. If it helps, a pencil, square and measuring device will enhance the quality of your work too. A few dollars spent at a flea market can get you all the gear you need. No electric tools are needed, making the activity very accessible and safe for people of all ages and levels of experience.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbEVVcfcVZGZbp2slv4Y6N2HVYwpgscvXUasaCbxTlW1UTZm5ljfXD6w3FPT9kMOlvLkgGBFj7l6WGcXkPP3i5B_LkaI5QRrQpQWxH458P0KDLOswVwXfNIpzMI5ZL3C42AixdW2BjJIeA/s640/blogger-image--939813320.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbEVVcfcVZGZbp2slv4Y6N2HVYwpgscvXUasaCbxTlW1UTZm5ljfXD6w3FPT9kMOlvLkgGBFj7l6WGcXkPP3i5B_LkaI5QRrQpQWxH458P0KDLOswVwXfNIpzMI5ZL3C42AixdW2BjJIeA/s640/blogger-image--939813320.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Ah... The joy of PalletCraft!</div><div><br></div><div>How about this Day Bed shown below. Made in pieces so it can be carried to an upstairs apartment balcony and readily assembled. I helped Nathan to construct it from mostly standard pallets, with a packing crate giving us the longer material for the backrest. So simple. Next it was to be painted and have cushions made for it. Very flash!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-Xyek4MmxbJ-2AMdgKLZOD7Up6ww4DiLOVTU5DLvJhrbIud_r2uhQdUm6ukltaRpLiv5SVaH-_MxrfQTB2FI_j8cS_9ay6OffufKstQf7XJAX-g2-ahie7TPD180nnpkq8xt5ZLvNC2W/s640/blogger-image-67201522.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-Xyek4MmxbJ-2AMdgKLZOD7Up6ww4DiLOVTU5DLvJhrbIud_r2uhQdUm6ukltaRpLiv5SVaH-_MxrfQTB2FI_j8cS_9ay6OffufKstQf7XJAX-g2-ahie7TPD180nnpkq8xt5ZLvNC2W/s640/blogger-image-67201522.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3PowXcqaVTRDyyCmaVxarotsIDgV3cCnCzoYmsnPd3L9akRbzLd_qNLaHFHuj1GKsIqExwMdXj2yfaqp0hBvhth5uinU_gF3Gt3b9rXPMpavvyAa_PO3GVn0Ik6UMClU0-Gw4lqn6Dyl/s640/blogger-image-437388723.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw3PowXcqaVTRDyyCmaVxarotsIDgV3cCnCzoYmsnPd3L9akRbzLd_qNLaHFHuj1GKsIqExwMdXj2yfaqp0hBvhth5uinU_gF3Gt3b9rXPMpavvyAa_PO3GVn0Ik6UMClU0-Gw4lqn6Dyl/s640/blogger-image-437388723.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>I am running two PalletCraft workshops in July 2016 - one for adults and one for kids. Check the "Upcoming Workshops" page for more info.</div><div><br></div><div>Come share in the fun!</div><div><br></div>Greg Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987739467323140085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6379971026636337636.post-83374304604931329782016-06-05T09:15:00.000+08:002016-06-05T09:15:19.222+08:00July 2016 Workshop Program with the Joy of Wood!The public workshop program for July 2016 has been organised.<br />
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This includes these <b>School Holiday workshops</b> for kids aged 6 - 14:<br />
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<li>Make a Kitchen Spatula</li>
<li>PalletCraft for Kids.</li>
<li>Make a Kitchen Chopping Board.</li>
<li>Make a Cajon Drum.</li>
<li>Make a Small Lidded Box with a Sliding Lid.</li>
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<li>Carve a Wooden Spoon from Green Wood ( a full day Sunday)</li>
<li>PalletCraft - Recycling Pallets and Packing Crates ( a Saturday afternoon).</li>
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Greg Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987739467323140085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6379971026636337636.post-68570070727258068912016-03-16T13:57:00.001+08:002016-03-16T13:57:11.167+08:00Workshop Program for March / April 2016.The next batch of workshops have been organised, and should offer something for everyone.<br />
School holidays fall in this period, so there are several workshops for kids included in the program.<br />
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What a fantastic opportunity to get primal, using ancient skills and techniques to make something lovely and functional!. Spoon carving is all the rage around the world at the moment.</div>
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We will do some relief carving as we learn and use a few techniques to craft something wonderful.</div>
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Learn these basic skills and make your tools sing again! They don't work well if they're not sharp.</div>
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Learn to give new life to your old saws. You'll be amazed at what a difference it will make!</div>
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What a hoot! Let the pallet/packing crate speak and create something very cool, so simply!</div>
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These simple but very useful kitchen utensils are a delight to make and to use.</div>
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The kids will make a very nice box to hold small treasures in. Heaps of fun.</div>
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It's amazing what the kids will cook up using some basic hand tools using this material.</div>
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Another useful kitchen utensil and so much fun to create. Take it home and get cooking!</div>
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An oldie but a goodie. A great little project and a favourite of ours. You will note that the info on the flyer does not match - the dangers of cut-and-paste. Your kid will be stokes with the outcome, as they make a very useful carry box which can hold so many things - that's why we don't call it a tool box!</div>
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For those of you who are time poor... a heap of the work has been taken out of the process, so you get to knock up a kitchen cooking spoon in record speed! It's still a lot of fun, though...</div>
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Greg Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987739467323140085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6379971026636337636.post-32383333337983641122016-01-03T12:06:00.002+08:002016-01-06T06:59:51.227+08:00Reflecting on the Joy of Wood journey through 2015.We seem to be motoring rapidly into 2016 already, so I don't want to miss this opportunity to reflect on the 2015 year. As I write this, I am away on holidays, 200 miles from home. So amid the canoeing and other summer activities with grand kids and other family members, I have grabbed a few rare quiet moments to write this post.<br>
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<b><u>The dilemmas of Social Media and the time it consumes.</u></b><br>
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There have been many less posts this past year on this blog than previous years. <br>
I lay the blame squarely at my own feet for putting time and energy into posting on both <b><a href="https://instagram.com/thejoyofwood" target="_blank">Instagram</a></b> and the Joy of Wood's <b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/theJoyofWood" target="_blank">Facebook</a></b> page. With limited computer time, getting involved with both of these platforms has reduced the time available for the blog. However I have found that the FB page has become a useful local communication tool and Instagram has become a great source of inspiration - seeing what others around the world are creating with wood. The other great source of inspiration is <b><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/gregdmiller/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></b> which has also suffered from neglect through 2015, as I have posted very little myself - though I have often looked at others' work there. Tough choices for a time-poor Woodworker!<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More time needed to carve spoons!</td></tr>
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Let's have a look at the spread of activities we have engaged in during the 2015 year:<br>
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<b><u>Taking the Joy of Wood to Primary Schools.</u></b><br>
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We did a range of woodworking incursions in a number of schools once again in 2015, which are always a lot of work but a heap of fun to do. Some of the highlights would be the pre-Fathers Day workshops at Subiaco Primary and Swan Valley Anglican Community School, where kids have their Dads come and help them while they make their Dads a present for Fathers Day! <br>
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We also worked with Year 6 students at Gidgegannup Primary School to make a Sound Garden out of recycled objects. <br>
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There were an array of other schools we worked in, but interestingly since the last few successive years of government Education Budget cut-backs, the bulk of our schools work has been reduced mostly to Kindergarten and Pre-Primary classes, where there still seems to be some discretionary funding. <br>
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It is always such a delight to see the way these 4 - 6 year old kids quickly get the hang of using hammers, nails and saws - which is facilitated by us as we provide appropriate sized benches and hand tools, plus the coaching and instruction appropriate to their age and stage. The rest is up to their creativity and enthusiasm, which always abounds! Wonderful stuff, from which the kids benefit so much. <br>
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<br>We also do workshops with groups of Home Schoolers at the Heritage Woodcraft Centre.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQW-YIQ_gK9Silsf2kWkm6QRRDXtmWL-NhwupbTUgy-SLbFyL0K7R51p7JAhd5li6WhtrCuAWWgoFvAGCfs4O7Qs7HDHxUFfrFNMe29g7QH4bdw5Mmx0reMrtcg5mMYFli-tbBWbGxF40/s640/blogger-image--863085564.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQW-YIQ_gK9Silsf2kWkm6QRRDXtmWL-NhwupbTUgy-SLbFyL0K7R51p7JAhd5li6WhtrCuAWWgoFvAGCfs4O7Qs7HDHxUFfrFNMe29g7QH4bdw5Mmx0reMrtcg5mMYFli-tbBWbGxF40/s640/blogger-image--863085564.jpg"></a></div>These kids each made a beaut stool from recycled packing crates.</div><div><br></div><div><br>
<b><u>Taking the Joy of Wood to Festivals.</u></b><br>
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Offering woodworking experiences in public festival environments has been an important part of our activities for some years now. Mostly aimed at kids of all ages, we also have many adults and whole families who spend time with us making stuff. <br>
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We will commonly have 25-32 hammers out on the benches, plus around 4 - 8 saws at the Sawing Station, which translates into hundreds of people participating during the day. We go through a lot of wood - almost all of which are pieces of assorted softwoods derived from packing crates, off-cuts, and other wood rescued from the waste stream. It is all part of the strong environmental message behind what we do and how we do it.<br>
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It's all hand tools, nothing electric, so it is not unusual for people to wander into our tent or area, and exclaim with more than a hint of emotion: "This is just like my Grandad's workshop, where I used to make things with him when I was a child". It's great when you see three generations together all making things at the one bench, too. <br>
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The Festival work is a great way of helping people know what we do - as well as being, for the Festival Organisers, a considerable asset to their Event. <br>
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<b><u>Sharing the Joy of Wood through public Demonstrations.</u></b><br>
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In 2015, I had the pleasure of doing Green Woodworking Demonstrations for <b><a href="http://www.timbecon.com.au/" target="_blank">Timbecon</a></b> at the Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth Wood Shows. A great opportunity to check out the Wood Shows on the other side of Australia, it also gave me a chance to meet some other green woodworkers around the country, and some spoon carvers too. Great to network like that.<br>
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Spoon carving demo, with <a href="http://www.timbecon.com.au/site-search/default.aspx?search=mora" target="_blank">Mora</a> knives, on behalf of Timbecon.</div>
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I really enjoyed doing the demos at the Wood Shows. It's a great way to meet lots of interesting people and offer instruction and guidance to the many people who engage with me. As well as spoon carving, I demonstrated the bodging process, from log to stool, using froe and beetle, axes, draw knife and shaving horse, pole lathe and other hand tools.<br>
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I also started to do public demonstrations in some festivals with my trusty Double Spring Pole Lathe, based on the mid 18th century German machine made popular by the legendary Roy Underhill of the USA. This delightful foot operated machine always draws a crowd when in use, and I like to invite members of the public to have a go. <b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br>
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For me this is all part of the environmental/sustainability message, encouraging people to better utilise prunings from parks and gardens and the trees we are loosing daily from our Urban Forest in Perth due to "Urban Infill" and the insatiable desire to have bigger houses on smaller blocks. <br>
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Pre-industrial woodworking skills and techniques are so delightfully simple and primal. It is amazing what you can make with an axe, knives, a draw knife and shaving horse. It is so sad to all those trees just getting chipped up. What a waste of a resource. Lets sequester some of that carbon in the form of green wood furniture and woodcraft! The public demonstrations provide a medium to help communicate some of these values, skills, techniques, possibilities and opportunities.<br>
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<b><u>Sharing the Joy of Wood through public Workshops.</u></b><br>
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Since early 2009 I have been running public workshops in using traditional woodworking hand tools and techniques. Over the years the number and variety of workshops and projects has been steadily increasing. In 2015, this increased considerably due to the commencement of my little experiment I call the <b>Heritage Woodcraft Centre -</b> my dedicated teaching space made possible through an arrangement with <a href="http://www.timbecon.com.au/" target="_blank">Timbecon</a>, in Canning Vale. <br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first of many Spoon Carving workshops held at the Heritage Woodcraft Centre.</td></tr>
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For many years I have used the lovely space at Earthwise in Subiaco, also at City Farm in East Perth, then more recently the Vic Park Arts Centre, and an assortment of other locations I have hired to run workshops in. Of course, my aging body is delighted to not have to lug tonnes of gear in and out of these venues all the time. Bonus! I now have benches which remain set up. All I need to do is pack the tools away, sweep and vacuum the floor, and not pull apart and move the very heavy benches in and out of the ute and trailer. I like it.... Of course, there are still some public workshops I run in other places, but the exhausting need to move so much gear around is no longer the norm.<br>
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The variety of workshops I offer continues to increase, though there are some favourites, like spoon carving (both green wood and seasoned wood techniques). I plan in 2016 to offer a wider array of workshops and projects as I get the Heritage Woodcraft Centre more set up. It is a work in progress.<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andrea with the beautiful Lund Stool she made on a Green Wood Stool making workshop.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More nice Lund Stools from another green wood stool making workshop.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All green wood Spoon Carving starts with some axe work.</td></tr>
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<b><u>Sharing the Joy of Wood through One-on-One Tuition.</u></b><br>
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This has been a delightful unexpected benefit from having a dedicated teaching space. Thursdays have emerged as private tuition day, when I have some regular long-term participants and other one-off participants. This includes the evenings as well.<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Palletcraft. Nathan made this planter box with trellis behind, from packing crates.</td></tr>
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I love Thursdays, as I really enjoy this work where there less time pressure, and great opportunities to work with people in very targeted ways. We make what they want, while I do the teaching, coaching and encouragement. I hope to add a second day of private tuition during this coming year if the demand is there. It's a fantastic way for people to build some skills in the area they really want to, on the projects of their choice. <br>
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If you are interested in tuition, please contact me. There is an hourly rate for the tuition, but you can bring a friend within that rate if you wish, effectively making it two for the price of one. Our focus is on traditional hand tool woodworking skills and techniques - from the foundational skills to the very advanced skills. Therefore we can make just about anything!<br>
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<b><u>Experiencing the Joy of Wood through my work as a Cabinetmaker/Joiner.</u></b><br>
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I often feel I am the luckiest bloke alive, as I do restoration/renovation/repair work on lovely old houses, build furniture and joinery for discerning customers, and engage in community projects with my woodworking skills and experience. What a delight it is to work with wood every day: To feel the pleasures of that interaction between wood, mind, body and hand tools; to convert rough looking or old timber into dimensioned material and products of great beauty; and to make a contribution towards a more sustainable existence by recycling timber which would otherwise have gone into land fill. <br>
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In early 2015, I finished working on Anna's house after a 3 year journey moving from one task/project to the next. Built in the Art Deco Era in the mid 1930's, the original house was enlarged and an additional storey added. What a privilege, to get to do so much on one lovely home over that 3 year period - including the staircase, kitchen, other cabinets, doors, windows, floors, fireplace, pergola, a big ceiling area upstairs, and much more.<br>
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Funnily enough, there are a couple more things to do on that house now in early 2016. Many blog posts were written about work on the house over that 3 year period - and so many more I could write if I could find the time!<br>
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An array of other interesting jobs came along during the year, including a Hall Table for a new house made entirely from some jarrah floorboards from the old house which was demolished. Then there was a couple of signs I carved for a cottage in Fremantle, etc.<br>
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In the latter part of the year, I started working on another old house. This time a very interesting architect designed place built in 1930, which is an interesting mix of Arts & Crafts style and a bit of of what I call "quasi-Tudor"(?) on the inside. Two storey with a very steep pitched roof - I imagine it a bit like a classic dolls house.<br>
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View of the rear of the house, sporting new tiles on the roof. </div>
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Extensive renovation/restoration in progress.</div>
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Despite this house being very run down, I am pleased to say the new owners decided to renovate and restore rather than demolish this iconic building. A great decision! So I move into 2016 still working on this lovely and very interesting house. What an honour to get to be so much a part of this fantastic project! There are many challenges and problems to solve in these old buildings, so I reckon they help to keep me sharp.<br>
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Bathroom window upstairs. I hung the sashes, </div>
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made and fitted the linings, sill and architraves - as per the original style.</div>
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<b><u>Closing thoughts.</u></b><br>
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I rarely do the workshops and school gigs on my own. I am lucky to have a pool of wonderful people who assisted me on many programs. So I would like to acknowledge and thank Phil, Megan, Shani, Ryan, Anna & Cam for the contribution they have made during 2015. Thanks, Gang! It is a pleasure working with you all.<br>
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The connection between people and trees, wood and civilisations, goes back throughout human history to very ancient times. Humanity has a innate connection with wood as a natural material. <br>
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The Magic of Making is undergoing a huge resurgence of interest in the western world, as modern people realise we have become enslaved to our screens and high tech interfaces which actually separate us from some basic primal needs and pleasures, and disconnect us from others despite the plethora of social media options. People are coming together to learn traditional skills, like knitting crocheting, cooking, and woodworking - in ways which foster communication and interaction. As we come together to create objects and art pieces both functional and aesthetic, we are building community and helping to heal some of the ills of the modern world. <br>
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Traditional Hand Tool Woodworking continues to provide fundamental joy and delightful sensual experiences for so many people of all ages through The Joy of Wood activities across a range of forums. <br>
For those of you who have participated in the last 12 months, thankyou for your support. For those who have not yet engaged in an experience with The Joy of Wood, I invite you to join with us and have a taste of the simple delights on offer. However, be warned - your life may never be the same again! <br>
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All the best for 2016,<br>
Greg Miller. <br>
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You can't help but love using a draw knife. </div>
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While they have been I use for over 1000 years, this fancy version was patented in the USA in 1895.</div>
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</div>Greg Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987739467323140085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6379971026636337636.post-57307140011510446532015-10-15T21:13:00.002+08:002015-10-15T21:13:57.395+08:00Opportunities to play with wood! The October / November 2015 public Workshops have been arranged! Here is some info about the first few:<br />
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<strong>Carve a Wooden Spoon from seasoned wood.</strong><br />
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Using seasoned wood, usually rescued from the waste stream, we will transform these pieces of wood into beautiful functional and/or decorative spoons. We will use mallets and gouges, scrapers and saws, then spokeshaves and rasps in this wonderfully creative process. By the end of the three hour workshop, we aim to each have a completed and oiled spoon. <br />
It's a heap of fun, it's tactile and sensual. <br />
What a delight!<br />
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<strong>Make a Spoon Carving Scraper from an old saw blade.</strong><br />
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Curved scrapers are just the thing for cleaning out the bowls of spoons after we have carved the shape with a gouge and mallet. The steel in the sawplate of old saws is beaut for making your own scrapers - so long as the sawplate is not too pitted with rust. We make them with different radii, and straight sides. The straight sides mean the scrapers can also be used as cabinet scrapers for furniture making. A very versatile tool, and another great type of recycling!<br />
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<strong>Sharpening Planes and Chisels.</strong><br />
Every woodworker needs to be able to sharpen their tools. The basic cutting tools (other than saws) are a range of planes and chisels. There's nothing like using a sharp plane as it cuts whisper thin shavings with that delicious rising "FFFFSHTTT" sound - or the feel of a razor sharp plane paring material in the tuning of a joint. Yep, it's all about making your tools sharp. In this workshop we will learn to grind and hone our tools so that they are a dream to use. You can bring your own tools to work on, or we will provide you with some of ours to work on. Maybe you are new to this, or maybe you are a bit rusty and want to sharpen up your skills. Either way, come along for a fun evening!<br />
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<strong>Make a Small Picture Frame.</strong><br />
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We will make these the way they used to be made, using a range of wooden moulding planes to create our profiles. We will use rebate planes to create a double rebate on the back - one for the glass and one for the backing. Not sure what all that means? Come along and find out! This is a very satisfying project.<br />
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<strong>About hammers and nails.</strong><br />
Are you new to woodwork, or have you never really played around with hammers and nails before? This workshop will explore a range of different hammer types and nail types, so that you get to know the right nail for the job and the right tool to drive it in. What is a Warrington Cross Pein Hammer? and why is it the best type of hammer for kids to use? How do you drive in a 4 inch nail, and what type of hammer will do the best job at this?<br />
Does it sound a bit basic? That's the whole idea! This is really going back to basics. Fantastic! Here is an opportunity to get hammered ... responsibly! <br />
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<strong>Refurbish an old tool.</strong><br />
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Do you have some old tools of your grandad's you'd like to clean up? A flea market bargain you want to breath new life into? Then this is the workshop for you, as we will work through the process of how to clean up and restore a range of old tools. You can bring your own tools to work on, or we can provide you with some.<br />
Learn the principles, techniques and tricks, and any old tool can be brought back to life.<br />
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A very satisfying process, for those who value the quality of old tools or their previous owners! <br />
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More info about the coming workshops are yet to come...<br />
See the "upcoming workshops" link for the 2 page program info flyer. <br />
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These workshops will be run at the Heritage Woodcraft Centre, in Canning Vale, Western Australia.<br />
Greg Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987739467323140085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6379971026636337636.post-57796915092217352332015-09-04T21:10:00.002+08:002015-09-04T21:10:24.256+08:00A game-changer: The Heritage Woodcraft Centre.Apologies to the regular readers for the lack of posts over the last couple of months. So much to write about, and so little time to bash away at the keyboard!<br />
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Over the last few months, I have been gradually setting up a dedicated teaching space. <br />
Located in Canning Vale, this space is being set up for teaching hand tool woodworking. <br />
For years I have been lugging tonnes of gear around, hiring various venues, often only for a day or two, in order to run public workshops across a wide range of woodworking skills and projects. A huge amount of energy and time has been expended to deliver each workshop series. My home has been so full of tools, wood and too much gear! Imagine the idea of having a place set up for teaching, to remove the need to shift so much stuff back and forth and in and out of my ute and trailer each time. Imagine the possibility of running evening workshops, day time workshops, after school workshops, and one-on-one tuition whenever I choose! Oh yes.... For me, this is a real game-changer. <br />
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The <strong>Heritage Woodcraft Centre</strong>, as I have named this space, offers a whole new era for me.<br />
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<strong>The first workshop</strong> was run at the Heritage Woodcraft Centre on 14th August, with a group of 7 people <u>carving wooden spoons from seasoned wood</u>. A great way to test out the space. I was very excited, I have to admit! It was a lovely session with a delightful bunch of people. <br />
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I have run my first session of <strong>one-on-one tuition</strong> there also. Fantastic.<br />
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It is so good to be able to just reach up and grab a tool of choice off the wall. Bliss.<br />
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Of course, the place is not fully set up yet. The downstairs area is mostly set up and very useable. It is the upstairs area which still needs lots done to it to have it ready to use. A work in progress.<br />
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The <strong>latest workshop</strong> "<u>Cut Dovetail Joints by Hand</u>" was delivered to a very small group one evening. Despite the mystique, the secret to dovetails is in the marking out. The execution is in the accurate sawing and chisel work. <br />
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The moment of truth is when it all comes together...<br />
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We have some <strong>kids workshops</strong> lined up for the coming school holidays, and at the start of the coming term there will be a couple of <strong>groups of</strong> <strong>Home Schoolers</strong> coming through to do woodwork with us as well.<br />
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Meanwhile, I am loving having and developing a dedicated teaching area. I look forward to running a growing number of workshops at the <strong>Heritage Woodcraft Centre</strong>, sharing the Joy of Wood with others - young and old alike.<br />
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The Heritage Woodcraft Centre - <strong><em>"Where traditions of the past have a place in the future".</em></strong>Greg Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987739467323140085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6379971026636337636.post-6560122814350995582015-06-25T21:50:00.001+08:002015-06-25T21:50:16.295+08:00Demonstrating Green Woodworking at the 2015 Wood Shows - Brisbane & Sydney.There is a growing interest in Green Woodworking across Australia. This has been unfolding for some years in the USA and the UK, but down here in the Antipodes we always seem to catch on a few years behind our cousins in the Northern Hemisphere. (Except in the uptake of new technologies, where Australia funnily enough has one of the fastest uptakes). However, we are talking here about the uptake of ancient technologies...<br />
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I went on my Green Woodworking Odyssey to the USA in 2013, and since then have been sharing the joys of Green Woodworking with many people here in Perth, Western Australia. It is a different smorgasbord of timbers here to that traditionally used in Europe and North America. '<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Riving a piece of Black Birch into section for spoon carving, at Drew Langsners, NC, USA.</td></tr>
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My focus has been on using timbers obtained from Perths "Urban Forest",'the trees growing in suburban backyards, parks and gardens. The cover of these trees continues to diminish in the guise of "Urban Infill". Theoretically the urban sprawl is to be slowed down by fitting more dwellings into the existing inner suburbs. Perfectly good houses between 30 and 130 years of age are being smashed up with excavators and carted off to landfill. Too often these houses, along with the big established trees in their backyards, are being replaced with characterless high energy "McMansions", which cover the blocks and too often replace trees and gardens with shade sails and brick paving. Bigger houses, containing often less people. So much for urban infill. Goodbye sustainability. OK, I shall get off my Soap Box...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Çape Lilac (White Cedar) after the tree loppers have done their thing...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Breaking down the log sections, to make them more manageable.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A nice load of fresh very green timber, from a Cape Lilac tree which was being removed.</td></tr>
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Meanwhile, there are so many established trees coming out across Perth. Then there are the prunings from parks and gardens. Lots of this goes through the chipper for mulch and too much of it even goes into landfill. Such a waste of a wonderful resource. Let's better utilise this fantastic timber resource!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Each tree coming down offers so much material - lets use it rather than just chip it!</td></tr>
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Enter the wonders and opportunities of Green Woodworking.<br />
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While extolling the delights of this ancient and often pre-industrial techniques, knowledge, tools and skills, I have been spruiking the benefits of people experiencing this range of traditional woodcrafts together. However the tools are often hard to find in Australia. We have to get them in from the Northern Hemisphere. The interest grows, but it is hard for beginners to take up these crafts with difficult access to the gear. So the woodworking supplier <a href="http://www.timbecon.com.au/" target="_blank">Timbecon</a> offered to take me to the Timber & Working with Wood Shows in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Perth this year, to demonstrate Green Woodworking and to check out the interest across the country.<br />
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<b>BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, 15-17 May 2015.</b><br />
Hence last month I was at the Brisbane Wood Show, and shortly I will be at the Sydney Wood Show. Brisbane was a fantastic time, and it was great to meet many other spoon carvers, and to hear that spoon carving is growing rapidly in popularity over there, with a growing interest in green wood spoon carving and other aspects of green woodworking. It confirmed my understandings.<br />
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While in Brisbane, the following story was produced by <a href="https://www.qut.edu.au/" target="_blank">QUT</a> Media students. Check it out:<br />
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Thanks to the crew from QUT for making this little clip about the Brisbane Wood Show.<br />
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I had a great time, and it was exciting to find so much interest in green woodworking amid the crowd at the Brisbane Show, and to meet so many spoon carvers too.<br />
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<b>SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, 12-14 June 2015. </b><br />
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My display at the Sydney Timber & Working With Wood Show evolved a step further, as I started to create a better look with a "Tool Wall".<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The start of the evolution of the traditional tool wall. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Double Spring Pole Lathe has pride of place. It draws a crowd!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the other side - MK III Shaving Horse, chopping block and small bench.</td></tr>
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The pics above were taken on the first morning just before the place was opened to the crowd.<br />
Once the doors were opened, it was all flat out, for three days. A great experience.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shaping a Lund Stool top in the Shaving Horse, using a drawer knife.</td></tr>
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Again, there was lots of interest shown in Green Woodworking - the stool bodging and spoon carving I was demonstrating. Good to meet more spoon carvers in the crowd.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutting off the protruding leg ends on a small Lund Stool. A block plane with clean them off.</td></tr>
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<b>MORE TO COME...</b><br />
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Next up I will be demonstrating Green Woodworking at:<br />
the <b>Perth Wood Show, 7-9 August</b>,<br />
the <b>Melbourne Timber & Working with Wood Show, 11-13 September</b>,<br />
and the <b>Canberra Timber & Working with Wood Show, 6-8 November.</b><br />
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Thanks to Ross Gobby of <a href="http://www.timbecon.com.au/" target="_blank">Timbecon</a> for creating these fantastic opportunities for me.<br />
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Maybe I'll see you at one of the Shows?... Come and introduce yourself to me.<br />
<br />Greg Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987739467323140085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6379971026636337636.post-70387472962952983862015-06-06T20:55:00.004+08:002015-06-06T20:55:57.475+08:00The finishing touch to a Staircase Handrail.A while ago, I finally completed the handrail to the staircase I had written about in several earlier posts I have been meaning to tell the story, so here it is. Lets tell it in pictures:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The handrail awaits its end, which will curve down and around the corner.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The original profile my customer found on the internet in the USA.<br />I worked out the process on a 5 stage machining process.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Planning the curve. From above it needs to match the radius of Tread #2's curved nosing.<br />Over its length it needs to drop the height of one Riser.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laying out the blocks ready to make the laminations, following the details on the horizontal and vertical axes. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laminations glued in place, with epoxy resin.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from above, Cramps doing their job as the glue dries..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile, as the glue dried I made up the jig for shaping the curve.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cramps off, glue dry. Time to shape the block.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Router jig moves back and forth and around the curve to shape the outside surface radius. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Router jig doing its job beautifully.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Planning the downward curve, by wrapping a piece of hoopiron around from point to point.. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the sweeping curve was cut out, it was shaped to square in section with a spokeshave. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beginning the routing process. This is the underside.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Power tools can only do so much. Then it is down to good old hand tools.<br />Here selecting the right radius moulding plane.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The shaping process continues. Getting there...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Planning the joints, top and bottom.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After careful planning and accurate marking out, the bridle joint is cut.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The top joint is progressing well... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little more fine tuning and we'll be there.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top joint now glued and cleaned up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The finishing curve now polished and ready to finalise the bottom joint.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lower joint involved a steel bolt, epoxied into the wall and into the end of the handrail. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking good.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view of the completed curve, fitted and fixed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Job done.</td></tr>
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What a satisfying task this was. It was very tricky, too. Of course, it is the really tricky stuff that I love to do, so after making such a beautiful staircase it was a delight to finally make this final finishing touch to the handrail.<br />
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I wonder when I'll get to craft another staircase?...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view up the top flight.</td></tr>
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<br />Greg Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987739467323140085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6379971026636337636.post-69821667568893214502015-05-29T23:20:00.003+08:002019-08-22T12:26:29.427+08:00Combining a Shaving Horse and Bowl Carving Bench - My "Mk III" Shaving Horse. I've got about 8 shaving horses, which I use for running public workshops. I had previously made a batch of shaving horses from packing crate material and other recycled wood, which I did a <a href="http://www.gregdmiller.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/make-shaving-horse-from-recycled-wood.html" target="_blank">post</a> about in July 2014. <br />
Since then I have made another version, like a super-modified saw horse. Let's call it the Mk II - a multifunctional shaving horse and bowl carving horse combo. My favourite horse, it is about 7 feet long, has fixed legs, and a heavy vise built into the tail of the bench. All this limits its portability.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the original shaving horses, English Bodger style on the left and Dumbhead style on the right.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Mk II Shaving Horse / Carving bench combo. A beautiful beast - with a tail vise!</td></tr>
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The Mk II has fixed legs, as it is a supermodified saw horse at it's core. Being all jarrah, it is heavy. It is very versatile in its holding capacity, but there are times when it is too big or tricky to transport. <br />
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I was invited by <a href="http://www.timbecon.com.au/" target="_blank">Timbecon</a> to demonstrate Green Woodworking at the Brisbane "Timber & Working with Wood" Show on 15-17 May 2015. With my gear needing to be transported three thousand kilometres across the continent, I had the need to make a portable and versatile bench fairly quickly to catch the truck. Hence the Mk III was conceived. I was going to Brisbane, as the Mk II was not going to be friendly to ship on a pallet of stuff.<br />
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OK, so lets make a shaving horse combo which will be easier to ship. This means its got to have folding or removable legs...<br />
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<b>Deciding on the Characteristics of the Mk III.Shaving Horse.</b><br />
I built my first shaving horse, Mr Smiley, at the legendary Roy Underhill's Woodwright's School in North Carolina in late 2013. This was a classic "dumb-head" style, made entirely by hand from timber we mostly extracted from the forest using cross-cut saw and axe, then fashioned with side axe, adze, shaving horse, draw knife, brace and bit, etc. Amid the stable of horses at Roy's, there were a couple of shaving horses of the English Bodger's style. I particularly liked this style.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me using Mr Smiley. I left him in Roy Underhill's Woodwright's School stable. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr Smiley, with embedded Australian $2 coins for eyes. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Horse-cam. Making Mr Smiley's walnut legs on an English Bodger's style shaving horse at Roy's.</td></tr>
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Not sure why, but I seem to prefer the <b>English Bodger's style </b>of Shaving Horse. Hence the Mk II and Mk III were both made in this style.<br />
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Veritas Tools used to have free <a href="http://www.veritastools.com/Products/Page.aspx?p=188" target="_blank">Shaving Horse plans</a> available on their website, which I saw before planning the Mk II. One of the things which caught my eye was the use of the back end of the bench/seat for additional holding options. Now there was an idea...<br />
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When doing bowl carving, I have been using a very low wide-topped saw horse which has dog holes in its top for gripping he bowl blanks. What if these functions were built into the back end of a shaving horse? When I made the Mk II, I even installed a big vise in the back end of the bench. Awesome.<br />
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As the Mk III was to be portable, I would make the horse a little shorter than the MkII, put a twin row of dog holes in the bench for bowl carving, and not install the vise (which would add a lot to the weight). <br />
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Of course, it would be made from recycled wood. I happened to have a couple of ancient house beams, of Oregon (known outside Australia as Douglas Fir). I docked one of these to length, dressed the stick, and bored dog holes in it. It would be a nice solid bench/seat. Jarrah would be used for the legs, treadle frame, the ramp, and the bench accessories. The legs would fold, and be held flat to the bench when packed flat, using a couple of coach screws. To put up the legs, undo the coach screws, fold the legs out, and wind in the same coach screws in at the base of the struts. Solid as a rock.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The horse/bench folded flat, with all the accessories.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fold up the legs, and wind in the coach screw at the base of the prop.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The assembled shaving horse. A rotating head on the treadle frame. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Variability with 3 hole positions in the bench, and 3 holes in the treadle frame.<br />
Rotating head, and a sliding support block under the ramp.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bowl holding on edge. The foot vise is fantastic. You sit behind the end post.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A couple of sets of folding wedges and side blocks.<br />
Great gripping power when adzing out bowls.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holdfasts go well for holding work too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not a bad beast. Solid, reliable, and versatile. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's also much easier to ship and to pack away than the Mk II.<br />
You still need a small box to hold the bolts, head, and accessories.</td></tr>
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The Mk III takes about 5 minutes to assemble, creating a very solid saving horse, bowl carving bench, and general low bench. ... I do miss that tail vise though!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the way ideas evolve...</td></tr>
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The Mk III was test driven for the first time at the Brisbane Wood Show. A nice horse too.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The film crew from QUT did a story around my demo area. <br />
Here you can see the Mk III in action, ridden by Bernie the Journo. <br />
This pic gives an idea of the size of the horse.</td></tr>
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Don't worry, I am already thinking about the possible characteristics of the Mk IV!!<br />
The buzz-"phrase is "Continuous Improvement", isn't it?<br />
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<b><u>Note:</u></b> <u><b>GOOD NEWS! </b></u><br />
It is exciting that so many people are interested in Green Woodworking.<br />
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As a consequence I have been contacted by an overwhelming number of people seeking more info and measurements for the Mk III Combined Shaving and Bowl Carving Bench.<br />
You will be pleased to learn that I will have detailed plans for sale in the near future, soon after the upcoming launch of my website. Yes! A proper website after all these years! This should be on line before Christmas 2017. There will be other plans available too, and other resources, as I am always cooking up new devices, like my new <u><b>Tilting Bowl Carving Bench. </b></u><br />
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Here are a few pics of the prototype. A couple of tweaks and small changes, and this awesome device will also be up on the new website with plans available for sale. <br />
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The Tilting Bowl Carving Bench has 4 angle positions in which your bowl blank can be held.<br />
Flat (0 degrees), 30 degrees, 45 degrees and 60 degrees. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Work raised in the 60 degree position. It also can be held at 45, 30, and 0 degrees (flat, as per the previous pic)</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the flat position it is also good for paring with your gouges after the adze work.</td></tr>
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Remember, Folks, plans for the MkIII Shaving Horse (a combined Shaving Horse and Bowl Carving Bench) and the Tilting Bowl Carving Bench will both be be available soon just after the launch of our new web site - along with other plans, plus lots of free information and inspiration to help you on your green woodworking journey.<br />
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I just love to share the joy of traditional woodworking with others.<br />
Wood is a gift from the trees. Honour the trees by making beautiful things from them. <br />
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Greg Miller, Perth, Western Australia. 31 October 2017. <br />
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<b>Note: the plans are now available to purchase. They are quite comprehensive, being 9 A3 pages made up of scale drawings and some photos, but you can always print them out in A4 if you wish. Available in pdf format, the cost is <u>AUD$50</u>, which in the current exchange rate is approx <u>US$37</u>. To all those who have been waiting, my sincere apologies. I had hoped the plans would be available on my hew website, but this is not yet operational. </b><br />
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Greg Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987739467323140085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6379971026636337636.post-15955335073765681652015-05-29T22:20:00.001+08:002015-05-29T22:20:34.182+08:00Love that Double Spring Pole Lathe!It all started when I did the Woodcraft Week with Roy Underhill in North Carolina in November 2013. I saw and tried Roy's Double Spring Pole Lathe.<br />
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Roy's lathe knocks down and all fits into a golf bag! It was the first time I had seen a pole lathe in action, and I knew I would have to make one when I returned to Australia. Of course I had seen many pics of the English style with the massive long poles, but this version, which Roy says he found in a 17th Century German Technical manual, is more compact. Nice one...<br />
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So I made two of the Roy-type double spring pole lathes at the same time - all made from recycled timber. I made them in time for a green woodworking workshop I was running in September 2014. Sometimes a deadline helps to ensure things get done! Over a period of about 3 weeks, doing a little bit each day, I managed had complete the two lathes - just in time for the workshop. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doing a demo on the new lathes, Sept 2014. With Foot Pedal Version I, like Roy's.</td></tr>
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<strong>Making the Lathes.</strong><br />
I had found a copy of the plan for Roy's Spring Pole Lathe on the internet. ((Months later I would find the plans in his book: <em>"The Woodwrights Guide - Working Wood with Wedge and Edge", (2008)</em><br />
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So I set about finding the material for the components. As I am very committed to wood recycling, I used a combination of pre-used material as follows:<br />
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<li>Yellow Pine from the USA, ex. packing crates, for the beds, tool rests, and lower spreaders.</li>
<li>Some unknown Northern Hemispherical pine-type softwood ex. packing crates from the UK, for the top lever arms, and the foot pedals.</li>
<li>Some unknown Northern Hemispherical pine-type softwood ex.packing crates from Belgium, for the feet.</li>
<li>Jarrah ex. building salvage for the uprights, bed wedges, poppets (tail stocks), and tool rest platforms.</li>
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In addition the following new timber was used:<br />
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<li>Tassie Oak 1" dowelling for the spring poles, the tool rest posts, and for the round peg wedges on the ends of the lower stretchers.</li>
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The Hardware used:<br />
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<li>Too much ZP steel in the 3/8" nuts, bolts and washers ... Oh for a friendly blacksmith!</li>
<li>Old square headed bolts from an ancient bed frame, for the tailstock centres.</li>
<li>Woven nylon cord, for the drive cord etc. </li>
<li>Galvanised 4" nails, bent, as pegs for the spring poles. </li>
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I'm taller than Roy, so I made my lathes about 8" taller. The lever arms are a little longer too. The tool rest is a bit more like that off a powered lathe, too. it works very nicely.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dovetailed joint of bed to uprights, pulled up with jarrah wedges.</td></tr>
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There are several ways jointing the uprights to the bed. I opted to do a dovetailed variation, where the top of the bed is flat, and the wedges driven in along this help to pull up the bottom dovetail while completing the top dovetail. Great for a knock-down construction.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The main spring pole is held in the static end with a bent 4" nail pin each side of the upright. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Starting with a hexagonal/roughed round blank. Foot Pedal Version II - with hinged board.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The finished product... a low stool's leg. Tenon left slightly oversize until required for use.<br />
The nylon drive cord has gotta go! Looking for a leather one...</td></tr>
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I have used the lathes at several workshops, and many people at my home had had a go. When using the lathe for the first time, the single board type treadle is very tricky for people to use while simultaneously getting the foot action going smoothly as well as the tool subtlely moving in and out. There's lots going on, and in a workshop environment, there isn't a lot of time for people to put it all together. Hence Version II, which made it a bit easier for beginners, and then Version III foot pedal which has made a huge difference.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready for a demo at the West Australian Woodturners Association, <br />
with the current Foot Pedal Version III - hinged on a sliding platform.</td></tr>
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Version III Foot Pedal, though big, works like a dream with beginners. The platform, to which the Y-shaped foot pedal is hinged, slides along a big dowel which is housed into each of the lathe's feet. This removes any tilting action out of the lathe body, caused by the lateral pull of the longer foot pedal. The longer pedal gives a bigger rotating action. Beautiful. By sliding the platform along its dowel, you can shift the position of the drive cord on the workpiece.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A nice drive cord! Leather skipping rope. </td></tr>
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At my local flea market a couple of months ago, I was stoked to find a leather skipping rope for sale for $3. Fantastic! At last I have a leather drive cord! After removing the handles, the length proved to be just perfect. Awesome! Now I need to find 3 more of these, to remove all nylon cord from the 2 lathes...<br />
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I was demonstrating Green Woodworking skills for Timbecon recently at the Brisbane Timber and Working with Wood Show. Along with a shaving horse, chopping block and heaps of tools and wood, I had my Double Spring Pole Lathe there. Doing demos on this was always a crowd magnet. People were fascinated by the action of my 18th Century lathe, which would have been cutting edge German engineering in its day!<br />
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It was fun doing demos, and of course I like to invite punters from the crowd to come and have a go. This includes people from the Turning fraternity who were at the Show.<br />
Here is a short clip of the one of the volunteers having a go:<br />
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My lathe is a joy to use... and a work in progress as I seek to make it more authentic. The leather drive cord was a step in the right direction.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two nice sets of Cape Lilac stool legs, turned on the lathe.<br />
Sometimes I just use it to turn tenons on shaved legs.</td></tr>
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Sometime soon I hope to make a kids sized double spring pole lathe. Yep. Kids sized.<br />
Meanwhile, I love my lathe, and look forward to doing demos with it at the Sydney Timber & Working with Wood Show, in a few weeks time.<br />
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Roy, thanks for inspiring me (and so many other people) with this beautiful compact lathe.Greg Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987739467323140085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6379971026636337636.post-88014209253477289252015-04-15T08:06:00.000+08:002015-04-15T08:06:02.880+08:00New Life to an Old Door. Part 3: Making and Fitting the Mouldings. It was always expecting I would have to make some replacement Bolection Moulds for the beautiful old antique door which I had been restoring. The story continues to unfold...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The starting point... a century old door in need of some attention.</td></tr>
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Firstly, in <a href="http://www.gregdmiller.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/new-life-to-old-door-part-one-assessing.html" target="_blank">Part One</a>, I assessed the door to work out what needed to be done. <br />
Then in <a href="http://www.gregdmiller.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/new-life-to-old-door-part-two.html" target="_blank">Part Two</a>, I pulled the door's frame and panels apart and then re-built it. <br />
Now, in this third part of the saga, the bolection moulds will be repaired and affixed to the face of the door as the top panels are prepared for the addition of leadlight windows, replacing the arched timber panels. Such a challenge and privilege to have the responsibility of breathing new life into this door!<br />
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<b>Matching the profile to make more mouldings.</b><br />
Below thick layers of old paint, the bolection moulds have a complicated profile. My task was to make new mouldings to replace the missing or damaged sections. The starting point was to work out the geometry of the original mouldings so that I could make new moulding sections as close a match as possible.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Under the paint lies some interesting geometry. I had to match it.</td></tr>
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The best way to match these is with the old wooden moulding planes, Hollows and Rounds. I have a heap of these which I have been gathering up over the last 6 years. Many are waiting to be cleaned up and put back into service, but I tend to do this as I need them. Time to open up my 4 boxes of moulding planes...<br />
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I was looking for the right radii on the hollows and rounds.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This "Half-Round" plane is a winner on this section.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This Hollow is a winner too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another pair of Hollows and Rounds are a good fit too.</td></tr>
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With the right combination of moulding planes selected, it was time to tackle the making of the mouldings.<br />
The essential thing to understand regarding the use of moulding planes is laying the foundations first - the rebates and chamfers. The best book on this subject that I have come across was published a couple of years ago, by <a href="http://lostartpress.com/" target="_blank">Lost Art Press</a> in the USA.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matt Bickford, you are a legend. This book is brilliant.</td></tr>
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Reading this book turned the lights on for me at the time. It made a lot of sense. The most important principle Bickford makes clear regards the laying down the foundational rebates and chamfers first. This facilitates consistency as well as saving the cutting edges of the moulding planes from unnecessary wear - they are tricky to sharpen!<br />
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I started by machining the timber to the required starting point - 76mm x 22mm (3" x 7/8"). I used a router cutter to cut one small Roman Ogee profile, and then machined a series of rebates and shoulders over the table saw.<br />
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Sure, it's nicer to do the rebates with a nice wooden rebate or moving filister plane, but I owe it to my customer to do it in the shortest time possible, as she was paying by the hour. Hence the table saw solution for much of the foundational work. Now it was time for the fun part...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laying the foundations for the moulding planes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Half Round Plane cuts the nice rising curve against the vertical shoulder. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using the No78 Rebate Plane to complete a shoulder.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Blockplane creates s chamfer ready to create an Ovolo. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using the right radius Hollow Plane to create the Ovolo with a quirk on each side.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Progress check thus far... looking good!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rebate cut along the lower LH edge ready for the next profile. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Combination of Hollow and Round to shape the lower Ogee.</td></tr>
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<strong>Fitting the mouldings to the front side of the door.</strong><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Done. Rough enough, eh?</td></tr>
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With some sections of mouldings run, it was back to the door... <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front side: new lower mouldings fitted. Now laying out the old top mouldings.</td></tr>
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With the lower mouldings fitted on the front side, it was time to tackle the top mouldings. A couple of the long pieces were in very bad shape, so the better original sections from the lower mouldings were re-cut with scarf joints to replace these dodgy parts. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gluing down the mouldings to the shaped marine ply panel.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The missing centre piece replaced, and a glue/sawdust mix used to fill small holes around the arch.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Discrete scarf joints join various good sections together to create the long top sections.</td></tr>
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So why the marine ply panel? The original Western Red Cedar panels were pretty cactus - especially the bottom panels. Badly weathered, split and damaged. So the original two top panels were cut down to replace the original bottom panels, and new top panels were made from marine ply. With the top panels being modified to house leadlights now, and many of he original mouldings being damaged along the inside edges, a way had to be made to house the leadlights solidly in a rebate under the front bolection mould edges.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Checking all the pieces before gluing and nailing in place. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top mouldings fitted and complete on the front side of the door.<br />
Opening flush with the inside edges of the bolection moulding. </td></tr>
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<strong>Making and fitting the mouldings on the back side of the door.</strong><br />
With the front side complete, it was time to turn the door over and contemplate the other side.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back side of the door, without mouldings.</td></tr>
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The decision was taken to duplicate the big bolection moulds onto the back side of the door, rather than the small original moulding. This would require the making of a heap more of the wide mouldings. I just needed some Oregon or Western Red Cedar...<br />
I learned years ago that old bed frames are a fantastic source of nice close-grained Oregon. I just happened to have the side rails from an ancient bed frame in my timber rack.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The old bed would be recycled to create the new bolection moulds for the back of the door.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Machining up the material from the bed frames. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here we go again!! Foundations laid...</td></tr>
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Using the same sequence as before, a new batch of bolection moulding was made from the old bed frame for use on the back side of the door.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The back of the door looks as good as the front. </td></tr>
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The straight sections were easy... but I needed to reproduce the two top curves also. Fortunately, these were each circles each. So I marked these out on two pieces of timber which I screwed together onto a piece of MDF which I then mounted onto a faceplate, which went on the lathe.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turning the profile on the curved top mouldings.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matching the profile with a profile gauge, section by section.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the two halves. Looking good.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> A pretty good fit!</td></tr>
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<strong>Bring on the leadlight panels!</strong><br />
A 7mm deep x 12mm wide rebate was cut in the back to the marine ply panels to house the leadlights. This meant the leadlights would be housed between the two bolection moulds. Hence the back side mouldings would be screwed on, enabling temporary ply panels to be fitted awaiting the leadlight windows, which had yet to be made. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Curved mouldings temporarily screwed on. Now the straight sections would be screwed on.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First undercoat painted on. Looking good. </td></tr>
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With the mouldings made and fitted, the final cleaning up was undertaken and the first coat or undercoat painted on. Then the temporary 1/4" panels were fitted in where the leadlights would go once made, and another coat of undercoat applied to the door.<br />
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The door was then hung, and new lock fitted with much of the old hardware cleaned up and either re-fitted or awaiting the final completion of the door - leadlights, paintjob, etc.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The undercoated door, mostly revitalised, modified, and now hung.<br />
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The only original mouldings, in the top panels on the front side of the door, show signs of a century of use and abuse. So I had "distressed" the new lower front panel mouldings to match. This process involves inflicting deliberate surface damage to the mouldings so that they look like they belong! You have to be careful that you don't overdo it - and that you don't create patterning which is not found in the top section. With the old heavily painted mouldings visually different to the new lower mouldings, I would not know if I got it right until the application of the undercoat to the door. Fortunately, I got it right! That was a relief.<br />
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It's been a priviledge to give new life to this lovely old door. Making the mouldings and integrating this into the modification allowing the insertion of leadlight panels was a challenge and a delight. Along the way I often fell like I had met the tradesmen who originally made this door over a century ago. As I carefully pulled the door apart, the tool marks they left behind gave me an insight into their approach and thus their personalities and skills. Now I have left my marks on the door too.<br />
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Maybe in another century another tradesperson will be giving this same door new life again... who knows? However I bet they'll never know the material from an old bedframe is now integral to this door! I love the fact that unless it rots or is eaten by insects, wood can be recycled indefinitely. For millenia. Fantastic, eh? This door is living proof of this reality, and stands in stark contrast to our current wasteful throwaway Western culture.<br />
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As I worked on this door, I'm sure I could feel the planet smiling... Greg Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987739467323140085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6379971026636337636.post-80596289269179081292015-03-26T21:57:00.001+08:002015-03-26T21:57:18.723+08:00Woodworking at the Claisebrook Carnivale. Once again, we were invited to run a woodworking activity at the annual Claisebrook Carnivale. Run by the Rotary Club of Heirisson, this annual event is used as a fund raiser or the charity Telethon, particularly through the operation of the "Duck Derby". Last Sunday was a great day and our third year offering our woodworking activity there.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the quieter times in the Joy od Wood tent!</td></tr>
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The organisers once again supplied us with a 9m x9m marquee, so we had plenty of room to offer our "Joy of Wood" woodworking activity to the public. With lots of kids benches and a few adult sized benches, there were a total of 29 hammers out. People of all ages had a great time, using a considerable volume of wood pieces to make a fantastic array of creations.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So many pieces of wood to choose from!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Sawing Station in full swing... with all 6 saws on the go.</td></tr>
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As normal, the wood recycling message is an important part of our mantra. All of the wood pieces have been cut up from wood rescued from the waste stream. All of the benches have been made from recycled wood too.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thumbs up to wood!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Such concentration...</td></tr>
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While there were hundreds of kids who participated through the day, there were also dozens of families who stuck around with everyone making stuff. It's great to see mums and dads, grandads and grannies all getting in there along with the kids. Multigenerational pleasure experienced by all! Some people soaked up the joy for hours...<br />
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The Claisebrook Carnivale is a lovely family-friendly event in a really nice setting. It's always a pleasure to be there. For many kids it was the first time they had used a hammer and saw. <br />
Yep, we always love to share the Joy of hand tool woodworking...Greg Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987739467323140085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6379971026636337636.post-55815786318758357112015-03-21T07:40:00.000+08:002015-03-26T20:36:36.663+08:00Back to basics - making Lund Stools.One of the things I love about green woodworking is the sense of history behind it. We use ancient skills and techniques to make simple functional items from pieces of trees. Then there is the magic of making... sharing something with other craftspeople down through the ages.<br />
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I have been enjoying following Christopher Schwarz ' posts about the "Furniture of Necessity" book he is writing. In one of the <a href="http://blog.lostartpress.com/2015/01/25/naked-necessity/" target="_blank">posts</a> he referred to the <strong>Lund Stool</strong>, an 11th Century Viking Era stool.<br />
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The remains of the stool were found near Lund, Sweden. Hence the name. All that remains is the original Beech seat with the three holes for the legs. Similar stools have also been found, I understand, from northern parts of the UK, where the Vikings had ruled off and on for many centuries.<br />
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As a person who has always liked practical functional furniture, the Lund Stool really took my fancy. I appreciate the history behind it too.<br />
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<strong>A Lund Stool Made from London Plane.</strong><br />
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A couple of months ago, I obtained a big chunk of <a href="http://gregdmiller.blogspot.com.au/2014/12/petes-london-plane-tree-journey-begins.html" target="_blank">London Plane tree</a>. Fairly soon after, I shaped up a few legs for chairs and stools at my shaving horse. These and some chunks for seat tops have been sitting around through our very hot Perth summer, under observavation. So I am really pleased that the London Plane appears to be pretty stable, with minimal checking. I guess it's the interlocking grain which made the log such a challenge to break down - which is also helping to hold the material together! OK, so it was time to have serious play with the London Plane.<br />
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I put three of the legs, which I had pre-shaped on my shaving horse, into my spring pole lathe and turned a tenon on the top end of each leg. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A tenon is quickly turned on the top end of the leg, using my trusty spring pole lathe. </td></tr>
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The legs ready, it was time to make the top. From a nice slice of the London Plane, I drew the D-shape and cut out the shape on my bandsaw.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The D-shaped seat cut out on the bandsaw. Now to shape the edges.</td></tr>
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OK, so this is not all pre-industrial green woodworking. It's a meeting of ancient and modern, because it is quicker when I have so many time pressures. While I used the bandsaw to cut out the shape, I did use a drawknife and spokeshave to clean up the edge and shape the profile. In this case, a wide chamfer on the underside, visually reducing the thickness of the edge.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love that drawknife! Cutting the chamfer between the lines.</td></tr>
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The top shaped, it was time to drill the holes for the legs. The first step was to determine the angle for the legs. With a Lund Stool, two of the legs originate from a line paralell to the flat front. The third leg originates from the rear of the seat. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Planning the position of the leg mortices (holes).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In this case, a drill press was used for the holes. </td></tr>
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Whether drilling on a drill press, using a brace and bit, or using a powered drill, the trick is to get the holes at the right angle - and a consistent angle. There is the "rake", the "splay", and the "resultant angle" is what you get when you add the two together. Getting this right (and consistent) takes some planning and jigs can help enable consistency.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A nice snug fit plus some glue. Nice. That's moisture from cleaning off surplus glue.</td></tr>
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To enable the legs to keep tightly housed in the seat, I made sure the legs were drier than the seat top. This way the top shrinks as it dries, locking up the joints further.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the nice chamfer underneath.</td></tr>
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Unlike the original Lund stool, this variation would not have the legs passing right through the top - so the holes did not go all the way through the top. Once the legs were glued and driven into place, the stool was stood on a flat surface, the seat levelled with packers under the legs, the base of the legs drawn, and then cut with a tenon saw. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marking off the legs before cutting them to level.</td></tr>
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With the legs now cut and levelled, an nice chamfer was cut around the base of each leg to protect the edges of the feet from chipping or tearing. the construction done, a couple of coats of Linseed Oil were applied. Job done.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not a bad lookin' stool...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See that black mark? Stain from nails embedded deep in the tree! <br />
Killed my chainsaw. A nice reminder.</td></tr>
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What a nice stool. I really like my Lund Stool, so I reckon I'll make some more.<br />
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<strong>A Lund Stool for Jasper, made from Cape Lilac.</strong><br />
My 4 year old grandson Jasper really liked the taller Lund stool made from London Plane. So I said I would make him one - only it will be a little lower in height. This time I would do in the traidtional style, with the legs coming up through the top. I would also use Cape Lilac for this stool.<br />
I had a set of three legs I'd previously whipped up in my spring pole lathe, so I finish-turned the tenons on the tops of the legs, and made up the top. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wedged ends of the protruding legs. Glue drying.</td></tr>
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The wedging is a great process. A kerf is cut in the tenon, to take the wedge. Wedges are prepared, and the legs inserted from below with a nice snug fit. Glue is wiped on both surfaces of the joint. Being careful to get the grain orientation right, glue is wiped on the faces of the wedges and the are driven into the ends of the tenons. You can often feel it when the wedges are driven far enough, but usually you will hear the sound change when you are hammering. Stop there. When the glue is dry, the protruding legs tops are cut off and planed flush with a block plane. After levelling the feet, <br />
I carved Jasper's name on the underside of the seat. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Name carved, it was time to clean up and polish the stool. </td></tr>
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The stools was finished just with a liberal application of Orange Oil, and the surplus wiped off after about half and hour. It's a very nice and simple finish, which suits such a simple stool.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Slightly more angled legs, to make it more stable for the little fella.</td></tr>
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I really do like working with Cape Lilac making this kind of stuff!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice stool, nice wood. A pleasure to make.</td></tr>
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What a lovely way to utilise trees removed from suburban backyards. Instead of just going into the chipper or into landfill, these small portions of trees have become functional everyday furniture items and family heirlooms. Given that about 50% of wood is carbon, that's a small amount of carbon sequestered in these small pieces of furniture. Every little bit helps!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I seem to be making stools for all of my grandkids. Two down, five to go!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jasper checks out the seat. </td></tr>
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I really like the Lund Stool style - but what is it about this D shape top? Why that shape? I reckon I might have a clue to this style of seat top. It may have come about because it is easier to obtain the piece from a tree - especially if you want the wood's grain "on the quarter". A smaller tree is required than for a full circle stool or chair seat. Less effort, less energy, more trees to choose from. I might be wrong, but having made a couple and a few more extra seats for future stools, so I reckon the Vikings were pretty smart. I take my hat off to them. Love these Lund stools!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jasper likes the Lund stool too.</td></tr>
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If you live in Perth, Western Australia, and want to share in the pleasure of making a Lund Stool, I am running a 2 day workshop on the weekend of the 9th and 10th May 2015. Check out the "Upcoming Workshops" link to learn more.Greg Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17987739467323140085noreply@blogger.com