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Traditional Woodland Crafts (Batsford Woodworking Book) by Raymond Tabor click to enlarge

Traditional Woodland Crafts (Batsford Woodworking Book)

Raymond Tabor
A practical guide to green woodwork and coppice crafts, showing how to use simple tools and techniques to make traditional products from small round wood.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Glossary
1. Woodsmanship
2. The Raw Materials
3. The Care of the Wood
4. Tools of the Trade
5. Devices
6. Buying, Measuring, & Cutting
7. Riving Wood
8. Materials for Gardens & Fencing
9. Thatching Wood

10. PROJECTS
Besom Brooms
Gate Hurdles
Wattle Hurtles

11. Modern Markets & Their Economics

12. Appendices
Dimensions of Less Common Tools
Dimensions of Woodsman's Devices
Useful Measures
A Small-Scale Method for Producing Charcoal

13. Bibliography
14. Useful Addresses
15. Index

160 pgs, 8.5x11, b&w illus, softcover

$19.95

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