Ben Jeffares on Philosophy, Craft and Making.

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Tools/implements

Chairmaking Craft Photos Tools/implements Woodworking

From logs, eventually

This is a rather incomplete set of photos showing my recent chairmaking adventure using  using some logs acquired many years ago. Most of them had degraded and some rotted due to poor storage, but I managed to work around the weaknesses and pull together a completely improvised, no power tool Read more…

By benjeffares, 4 monthsJanuary 10, 2025 ago
Chairmaking Design etc Greenwood Tools/implements Windsor Chair Making Woodworking

The Great Chair Adventure: Part 3

Making and turning. The process of making a Windsor chair in the course I was in was literally from greenwood: we split or reeved timber lengths from Tasmanian Blackwood logs. These were the first and primary pieces that we worked, and they would form the legs and stretchers of the Read more…

By benjeffares, 2 yearsApril 12, 2023 ago
Craft Greenwood Tools/implements Uncategorized Woodworking

From logs: part three

On treenails, drawknives, and the first experiment with a new tool.

By benjeffares, 6 yearsOctober 11, 2019 ago
Craft Greenwood Tools/implements Uncategorized Woodworking

From logs

Green woodworking part two. As we have cleared around the section, we have taken out some awkward branches, and in one case, a tree; a ribbon wood (I will edit this later with the species). I’ve been using the ribbon wood branches and logs as trials as I learn to Read more…

By benjeffares, 6 yearsOctober 6, 2019 ago
Craft Knife-making Tools/implements

Knife making

This is a few photos from the knife making course I did in September, 2016, following on from the billet making course I did in August, and I talked about in a previous post. I will try and tidy this up, order the photos, and discuss it a bit more Read more…

By benjeffares, 9 yearsSeptember 18, 2016 ago

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