Tinder Box Craft Courses: Pole lathe and Shave horse

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I offer  two introductory courses in  Green wood working:
(1) The use of the Shave  horse , (2.) How to use the Pole lathe

 Course information craft courses Auckland   
Instruction in the use of the  shave horse and associated tools:
 Basic introductory course: simple projects for the beginner, how to make besoms ( brooms), tent pegs, wooden spoons and a simple jig for the construction of rustic stick furniture. The draw knife. What to look for in buying second hand tools and how to sharpen them. The instruction is on a one to one basis - one person per course. You have my undivided attention, in my workshop.
 
Basic introductory course in the use of the pole lathe and associated  tools.
Learn how to turn green wood. Instruction is given in the basics of spindle turning. What to look for in buying second hand tools and how to sharpen them. instruction is on a one to one basis -one person per course. You have my undivided attention, in my workshop.
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 I can highly recommend the following books; to pick them up is like getting my teeth into one of my good freshly baked seven grain loaves of bread!
Richard Lees Author of   Tinder box
The Wooden Bowl
By Robin wood
Foreward by Richard Raffan
ISBN 0854421300
 In my humble opinion, the definitive work on wooden bowl turning on the pole lathe.

“Throughout the Medieval period in Europe most people had very few possessions, but almost everyone would have owned the clothes they stood up in, a knife a spoon and turned wooden bowl”

 That is what it says on the  inside of the front  jacket and the reader will find themselves enthused and enthralled if they love wood and like  to see individual hand crafted and unique bowls – not the mass produced, not the characterless  bowls being turned out on factory lathes today. The reader will learn about the process. Robin Wood has done the world a service in putting the information on paper for all to see and learn about.

***** Five Star Rating.
Living Wood from buying a woodland to making a chair
Mike Abbot
Illustrated by Tamsin Abbott
ISBN 0-9542345-1-0
I have had this book for some time and it is well thumbed and I use it regularly. A good practical guide full of useful information from tools to shelters for outside presentations of the craft.One of several books Mike Abbott has written. The first one I possessed when I was just beginning my journey into green    wood craft was:
Green Woodwork  Working with wood the natural way.
 Mike Abbott
ISBN 0-946819-18-1

Another must have for the serious greenwood worker. If I lived in The Uk and not the other side of the world, it would inspire me to sign up one of his courses. 
***** Five Star Rating.
Traditional  Woodland Crafts
 Raymond Tabor.
ISBN 0-7134-7500-5

A practical guide to green woodwork and the coppice crafts, showing how to use traditional tools and techniques to make traditional Products from small round wood and help in the conservation of the native woodland besides.
  • Woodmanship and coppicing,
  •  tools.
  •  Devices, 
  • buying, 
  • measuring and cutting, 
  • riving 
  • wood products for  gardens. 
  • Fencing. Wood for thatching,
  •  tent  pegs, 
  • withes..............
It is all here and worth reading
***** Five star rating


CLAY PIPE MAKING BOOKS
Clay Tobacco pipes
Shire album number 37
By Eric G. Ayto
Shire publications
ISBN 0-7478-0248-3
Can be ordered on line : www.shirebooks.co.uk

All the shire publicatio0ns are worth reading. This book provided me with my first insight into the making of clay pipes and set me on the path to building my own pipe making equipment. The process is well described and the history covered in detail. For those interested in clay pipes this book is a good starting point
**** star rating

 




























































Testimonials
I have known Richard Lees for over twenty years. He was Education Co-ordinator at the Howick Historical Village. He was also a member of our village volunteers who performed activities on the monthly Live Days for our visitors. Richard showed exceptional craft skills backed by careful intensive research into the use of a pole lathe, tinder box method of producing fire, the making of clay pipes and the construction of besom brooms. The finished products were of outstanding quality and workmanship. He continues with these crafts and is now able to sell these quality craft objects.

Alan La Roche MBE
 former Foundation  Director Howick Historical Village