A Bodger at Work
By woodlandstv
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The Amberley Bodger shows how to use a traditional pole lathe to create garden dibbers, chair legs, spindles and spurtles using green wood in his workshop at Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre, West Sussex.
www.amberleymuseum.co.uk
www.greenwoodworker.co.uk
www.woodlands.co.uk/tv
www.adliberate.co.uk
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Nice video but I really wish he is called Rodger
Awesome
I really like watching old world craftsmanship
Great video, great work
I tend to agree with you on that one but wouldn't that be due to the place where it grows. In my neck of woods beech would never grow straight, hence it's full of knots. Unless this is due to its type like pine that we have some of the worst types in central Europe in my experience that tend to split a lot…
I only saw this type timber lathe once at an exhibition held in Jeff's shed in Melbourne, Australia. May I say, no timber machines were more mesmerizing and intriguing than this type of lathe? It attracted all types; men, children and women alike. The guy said, this type of lathe could trace back to ancient Egypt, does it? Yours is refined whilst his was a makeshift, on the spot, type that I liked the most about it. You sure know how to use it as well have fun at the same time, do ya? Good work and keep up with it and teach us all how the survive on this planet within our means…
Love the lathe and drive method! What about rounders bats and newel posts?
Is he that bloke off Wallace n Gromit?
very good vid thank you.
nuff said
April 1, 2018