- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd; illustrated edition edition (17 Jan 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0946819181
- ISBN-13: 978-0946819188
- Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 19.8 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 83,462 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Unseasoned wood requires minimal equipment, inexpensive materials, and less energy. But because it's "live" material, it shrinks and changes. See how to deal with these shifts, as well as find and judge the quality of raw material; tools and tool care; and techniques. Work with round wood and the shaving-horse, steam-bend wood for chairs; and make tool handles, fences, rakes, a pole-lathe for turning, and more.
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34 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The last bodger turned his last chair leg somewhere in a Chilterns beechwood in the late 1950s and the golden chain of a craft that had lasted at least 400 years was broken. Mike Abbott almost singlehandedly revived the the craft. This book gives detailed plans to build your own lathe and make your own chairs from unseasoned (green) wood. A classic. Buy it but do go on one of Mike's courses as well.
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Great book if you want to have a good overview of all techniques involved in working with green, unseasoned wood. This includes extensive coverage of building your own pole lathe and shaving horse.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Saw a TV programme hosted by Monty Don which featured revival of old crafts. The author judged finished greenwood products and got me thinking. The book was done in the '80's and I rthought it was out of print, by good old Amazon sourced it for me within a week. It really is a tre3at to read. Obviously you can't become an expert overnight but the step-by-step descriptions and accompanying photographs are superb. I should have got it years ago when I was young enough to do something about it - careerwise! Excellent book.
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exelent introduction
Good introduction to green woodworking with helpfull plans fpr building a polelathe and shavinghorse plus other great tools. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Christian R. L
green woodworking by Mike Abbot
I bought this book to give away to Mr Charles in Nhkota Bay, Malawi. He is the resident master carpenter in Mayoka Village which is where we stayed. Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2009 by Mrdlgoode
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