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Monthly Archives: June 2011
The shaving horse – phase three
Right! Having taken off the top of the legs it’s time to make the frame that sits around the bench and grasps the wood. I used some scraps of hardwood that a friend was getting rid of – oak and … Continue reading
Shaving Horse – Phase 2
The next thing of course is the legs. My dear, occasionally rather pessimistic father assured me it would come out all wonky – and so it did, to start with. I drilled four holes at an angle of about 22.5 … Continue reading
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The Shaving Horse – phase 1
I went down to the woodshed this morning to look for a plank, roughly 6″ by 2″ by 52″ish to form the main part of the shaving horse. The plans are from the interweb. There were a couple of contenders … Continue reading
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Commonwork
My brother suggested I meet him at what I thought was going to be simply a farm open day in Chiddingstone Causeway last weekend. It was one of those happy coincidences. The open day at Commonwork at Bore Place was … Continue reading
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A Walk in the Woods
Woodlands were the playground of my childhood. Between us my brother and me had every wood within half an hour’s walk of us mapped and named, their features described and transformed. The path through that closest to us became our … Continue reading
