wood turning

[David Paterson 4Participant @davidpaterson4]

The local woodworking show used to have a large display of this stuff – big pole lather, crosscut saw, and froe. All looks like hard work.

The fun bit for this hobby – if the model engineers sneer at 'brown stuff' for lacking precision; all these traditional technologies really only worked on green timber, and design specifically catered for the shrinkage as it dried. good example is the stretchers between chair legs had a flared tennong on the end and were fitted to a mortice that was bigger at the bottom of the hole. As the wood dried the stretcher was secured with a 'shrink fit'.

pretty cool stuff.

David

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