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Food & crafts => Crafts => Topic started by: Bert on January 22, 2013, 06:03:09 pm
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Dose anyone do any woodworking crafts?
I know Mak dose his animal puzzles which are lovely.
dose anybody else play around with lumps of wood.
Other half has just got a wood turning lathe. So he can attempt to make some bowls. I'm thinking of doing some hand carving, just spoons and bowls nothing arty (because I'm not gifted that way :innocent: ).
If anyone dose what tools do you recommend ?
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Not done anything for a while now , but i have a pole lathe that i use for green turning , chair legs etc , even cart wheel hubs last time i really did some proper work on it .
I made the pole lathe from old scrap 3"x2" , and use all sorts of tools on it , all gathered together over 40 years or so .
When i am set up , i make wooden rakes , chairs , any old style furniture really , but mainly medieval-ish .
I have also done a fair bit of green wood hurdle making , and not really classed as woodwork ,
basket making with willow .
I can't recommend any tools as such , as i make any i need mainly , ie the pole lathe , shaving horse , cleaving brake , even the workbench . Hand tools consist of old chisels , hammers etc , usually with new handles made from hedgerow trimmings .
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i would tend to agree with rusty, ive got a pole lathe, shavehorse and loads of old tools. however this is one thing i couldnt (professionally) do without.
http://www.amazon.com/Bosch-PS50-2B-12-Volt-Multi-X-Carpenter/dp/B001E261NI (http://www.amazon.com/Bosch-PS50-2B-12-Volt-Multi-X-Carpenter/dp/B001E261NI)
it allows quick and accurate machining and with such a thin blade makes joinery easy.
sorry the link is for the battery one, mines corded and was £100
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Hi Bert, I make lots of sawdust on my woodturning lathe and sometimes I even make bobbins for spinning wheels (and lots of other stuff too...)!! I haven't had the time recently to do very much - I retired from full time work to pursue my hobbies but there still aren't enough hours in the day!
I would recommend you get a four jaw self centering scroll chuck - quite costly but you then don't have to fiddle around with base plates etc (in most cases). I try to buy the best chisels as possible and find Robert Sorby equipment suits me. I have made my own chisels from old files - almost as satisfying as woodturning itself.
Lots of stuff on youtube to get you going!
Good luck
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Thanks everyone for your advice :thumbsup: .
I've just ordered a Ben Orford crook knife. Can't wait for it to turn up :excited:
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Hiya bert - i do a bit of bodging - cant go wrong with anything in the woodsmith store. Ive got ray isles chisels and they are a dream. axe knife and spoon knife are all swedish (grunsfors and mora) and lovely too. Happy sawdust making!!! (many a big spoon turned out litttle!)
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I make furniture but I'm such a luddite I only use hand tools so can't recommend much I'm afraid. My favourite tools are old wooden planes rather than the heavy metal ones.