In this introduction to green woodworking course in London you will learn the skills involved in making furniture from green, unseasoned wood. You'll leave with a lovely handmade milking stool.
In this class
Firstly, you'll learn how to split green ash logs into rough billets using a maul, wedges and froe. You'll then be shown safe and efficient use of traditional hand tools including the axe, drawknife and shavehorse to further shape the timber.
After that, you'll then experience the wonders of turning wood on a foot-powered lathe. This magical device has been superseded by…