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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Beautiful
I wonder how many spurtles were stored under mattresses back in the day…
Great to see the old ways . I just hope we are not witnessing a beginning to an end . Every child and adult should at least be able to pass these skills down for generations to come . It would be a shame if this could be the last few generations of this great and noble art . God bless you and your families vx … Lee
Is this part of the same group that felled a tree and made a chair out of the tree all in one day? I love seeing passion for any art form and I firmly believe that many crafts are a form of art. I was a chef for 25 years and now a photographer, so I would say that wouldn’t I?
The gentleman was very talented, both at doing the work and explaining what he was doing. A real pleasure to watch and it’s wonderful that these bits of our history are kept alive.
Pretty old world until he used the Japanese saw and the Mora knife.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT A BODGER WAS THE GUY WHO PLUNGED THE CRAPPER…WOW…spoiler alert..hes making 17th century dildos
AND CHEAPER
And I thought a bodger was a tool used in old fashioned rug making, you live and learn. Nice work sir.
It's cute your Mummie lets you use the computer, but she needs to know you've been posting again.
Beautiful video, thank you Colin Wells!
Maikel Versantvoort
July 9, 2018