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Galbert Sharpener Video | Nick Gibbs
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Laquo; Project Planning. Le Shack by Train. July 7, 2015 by Nick Gibbs. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out. Notify me of new comments via email. By Foot to Shack (wk35).
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Shack and Beyond | Nick Gibbs
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Laquo; Riding with Wood. By Foot to Shack (wk35). August 9, 2015 by Nick Gibbs. Jane and I reach St Malo at 9am just in time to pick up rental car (below) having taken the ferry from Portsmouth through Friday night. The most significant improvement has been to bring the fire closer to the front of the building, making it much more friendly and justifying the use of long piles of willow logs as fuel. Of the two saws, the Makita feels more powerful for larger logs. It has a new design for taking two 18...
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Wood Film | Nick Gibbs
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Uncertain that he will be able to continue editing magazines, Nick Gibbs has made a trial woodworking film with friend and film-maker David Goodale. The pair worked for a few hours together in Nick’s workshop, and then David edited a pilot of Working with Wood. You can view the film on YouTube at https:/ youtu.be/VdPd4zaEZ5o. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Notify me of new comments via email.
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News | Nick Gibbs
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Archive for the ‘News’ Category. On October 6, 2015 4 Comments. One of the highlights of 2015 was spent a Fairways Originals commission to make a leaving present (below) for the R&A’s Chief Executive, Peter Dawson, to be given by his staff. Read Full Post ». By Foot to Shack (wk35). On August 31, 2015 Leave a Comment. Read Full Post ». On August 9, 2015 Leave a Comment. Jane and I reach St Malo at 9am just in time to pick up rental car (below) having taken the ferry from Portsmouth through Friday night.
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Proper Tools? | Nick Gibbs
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Laquo; Shutter and Table Trip. July 11, 2015 by Nick Gibbs. VW were using this ad in the Sunday papers last week, but it is mystifying what they are trying to achieve. Has anyone any ideas? The catchline is that ‘A proper needs the right tools’, explaining that only their technicians have bespoke tools to service your Volkswagon properly. But why use the visual metaphor of a cheese grater b’twixt a line of rather beautiful wood-handled chisels? Does anyone have such an odd selection? I always thought bev...
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Le Shack by Train | Nick Gibbs
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Laquo; Galbert Sharpener Video. Le Shack by Train. July 7, 2015 by Nick Gibbs. Getting to Le Shack, such an important part of Living Woods, has been scuppered by seizure. But I have a plan. I can get a train from Chippenham to Portsmouth, then a Fast Cat to Cherbourg where we can hire a car. We won’t be able to take so much stuff, but tush, we can just have fun with a few hand tools. We’ll have to resurrect the shaving horse and make more cup hooks (below). Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Le Shack by Train.
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Tent in Action | Nick Gibbs
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Laquo; Proper Tools? July 20, 2015 by Nick Gibbs. The year’s finest fair for arts and crafts was held this weekend, just outside Oxford. Run at Waterperry House, Art in Action offers interactive workshops and fabulous displays of contemporary work. There are also demonstrations of skills and creativity, and for a while now I have been blessed to have been included, making and selling my Hand-Made Helicopters outside the Woodwork marquee. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. By Foot to Sha...
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Galbert’s Drawsharp | Nick Gibbs
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Laquo; Le Shack by Train. Shutter and Table Trip. July 7, 2015 by Nick Gibbs. The American chairmaker Peter Galbert is a remarkable craftsman, who we plan to feature in Living Woods in the next and forthcoming issues. Not only does he produce beautiful chairs, stools (far below) and spoons, but he has also licenced his tool ideas, notably the Drawsharp device for sharpening drawknives (below). Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:.
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Shutter and Table Trip | Nick Gibbs
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Laquo; Galbert’s Drawsharp. Shutter and Table Trip. July 8, 2015 by Nick Gibbs. We are fitting shutters today, stuffing them into the BMW estate that has become the company car. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out.