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  1. StarGazer

    Replica 11th C harp

    After a conversation with Dodge at the recent visit to Axminster I promised to put up some pictures of my first attempt at anything requiring some accuracy in hardwood and also my first attempt at any sort of musical instrument. As a family we spend a lot of time at weekends during the summer...
  2. StarGazer

    food safe finish for wooden bowls/platters

    My family and I regularly use a large number of pole lathe turned wooden bowls (oak, chestnut, beech etc) and platters for cooking, eating and food preparation during historical reenactment events, these get washed frequently in warm soapy water. Does anyone have any advice regarding a food...
  3. StarGazer

    Old wooden jointer plane

    Just picked up an old wooden jointer plane, looks like a beech body, plane iron is a Thomas Ibbotson Warranted Cast Steel and has a simple chip breaker attached through a slot in the same manner as a more modern plane blade. Iron is nearly 4mm thick and has plenty of length remaining. Other...
  4. StarGazer

    Historical background to woodworking joints

    There is a well understood technical development of timber frame roofs for large buildings (tie beams, hammer beam, kingpost etc) being limited by the available size of timber and the cutting edge of wooden structure technology. Does anyone know of a similar progression for wooden joint (eg...
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