Product Description

This is a practical guide to green woodwork and the coppice crafts giving information on the tools and techniques for making traditional items, with emphasis on the conservation of the native woodland. The contents include sections on woodmanship and coppicing, tools and devices, buying, measuring and cutting, products for gardens, riving wood, fencing, thatching, tent pegs, withes, walking sticks, besom brooms, gate and wattle hurdles and the situation of the marketplace.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #276929 in Books
• Published on: 1994-01-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Customer Reviews

A good beginners guide to working freshly felled wood
Raymond Tabor takes the beginner on a very sedate and easy to follow journey through the steps of finding, using and enjoying green or freshly felled wood. The book is full of excellent drawings and simple explanations which help the novice to understand some of the problems you might encounter along the way. The descriptions of old and very useful hand made tools are clear and concise and don't assume a prior in depth knowledge of woodworking and the associted skills. Tabor is to be congratulated on making it easier to start using green wood that other books seem to make out

andy hancock - green woodworker