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Drawhorse detail
Date: 28th March 2010 The simple, effective wedge underneath the clamp allows easy adjustment to hold wood firm as you work on it
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Adjustable drawhorse for efficient woodworking
Date: 28th March 2010 The arms and clamp adjust to the project. Its design utilises the properties of different woods: the body is made of planked Scot's pine, the arms are ash, pins are hazel and pegs are oak.
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Participant in a green woodwork taster session at the woods
Date: 28th March 2010 Using a drawknife on cleaved ash on a drawhorse
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Seasoned hardwood planked using sawmill
Date: 16th March 2010 This hawthorn tree was cut six years ago during a tree surgery job. The narrow kerf of the bandsaw blade wastes little raw timber and gives a fine finish
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Using ropes to control large logs...
Date: 12th March 2010 Daz uses the leverage of a cant hook to steer the log onto the sawmill bed as Tom and Rashid belay it down the slope. A big thank you to our volunteers
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A fire by friction demonstration
Date: 28th February 2010 Dan showing use of an ancient firemaking technique when tutoring a wild fire taster session. Using bowdrill and hearthboard it is possible to use friction to produce a hot coal
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Wild fire taster session
Date: 28th February 2010 This participant has used fire by friction techniques to make a hot coal. The coal will begin a fire on dry tinder such as wood shavings, leaves or, as here, straw
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Little fluffy clouds
Date: 23rd January 2010 Larch trees silhouetted against a January sunset at Steward Wood
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Tree climbing
Date: 28th December 2009 Ollie climbs the larch tree next to his dwelling to begin a dismantle fell
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Hand felling larch
Date: 6th December 2009 A volunteer from Plymouth University using a felling axe to help make the gob cut
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Hand felling larch using a crosscut saw
Date: 6th December 2009 Making the back cut. A volunteer from Plymouth University is using the crosscut saw with Chris to fell this tree downhill (forward in the photograph). The primary 'danger zone' of the fell is in front of the tree
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Hand felling larch
Date: 23rd November 2009 John bowsaws out the gob cut of this larch tree
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Winter sunset
Date: 6th February 2009 The winter sun setting on the other side of the valley from the woodland
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Our Entrance Sign
Date: 23rd September 2008 The Entrance sign at the bottom of the path into the woodland
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Greenhouse in the Sun
Date: 18th September 2008 Temporary greenhouse in the early morning sun
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Old Railway Track
Date: 18th September 2008 The disused railway track that runs along the bottom of our land
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Pathway
Date: 18th September 2008 The main footpath into the woodland
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Saw Mill
Date: 20th May 2008 Mike Gardner working his Lucas Mill, prepairing timber for Owens house
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Saw Mill
Date: 20th May 2008 Mike Gardner working his Lucas Mill, prepairing timber for Owens house
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Saw Mill
Date: 20th May 2008 Mike Gardner working his Lucas Mill, prepairing timber for Owens house
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Sawn Timber
Date: 20th May 2008 Timber sawn on site for Owens house
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Knarly trees in March
Date: 24th March 2006 These trees are just above the boundary of our woods on land owned by the National Park, representing a mixture of old coppice and boundary trees
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A mossy Dartmoor oak tree, March
Date: 24th March 2006 We think this must be at least 600 years old. An example of ancient oak coppice next to our boundary line and the public footpath that runs alongside
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Hand felling larch
Date: 21st March 2006 The light isn't right in the photo but it conveys some of the scale of the larch trees planted here as a cash crop around 45 years ago. Merlin and a volunteer are using a crosscut saw
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