Traditional Woodland Crafts

by Tabor, Raymond

• ISBN13: 9780713475005
• ISBN10: 0713475005
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Batsford

Summary

Features many photos and drawings

Traditional Woodland Crafts is a practical guide to green woodwork and coppice crafts. The author demonstrates how to use traditional tools and techniques to make products from small round wood and how to help conserve native woodlands.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 6
Preface	p. 7
Glossary	p. 9
Woodmanship	p. 13
The Raw Materials	p. 22
The Care of the Wood	p. 34
Tools of the Trade	p. 44
Devices	p. 58
Buying, Measuring and Cutting	p. 68
Riving Wood	p. 77
Materials for Gardens and Fencing	p. 86
Thatching Wood	p. 95
A Miscellany of Products	p. 103
Besom Brooms	p. 113
Gate Hurdles	p. 122
Wattle Hurdles	p. 132
Modern Markets and Their Economics	p. 146
Appendices
Dimensions of Less Common Tools	p. 153
Dimensions of Woodman's Devices	p. 154
Useful Measures	p. 155
A Small Scale Method for Producing Charcoal	p. 156
Bibliography	p. 157
Useful Addresses	p. 158
Index	p. 159
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