A rustic chair being made from Ash branches using just hand tools by Tom Bickerdike in his outdoor woodland workshop at Horsenden Hill in North Ealing, London,UK.
Nice, nice. I make bent willow chairs. That wood is mostly very fresh cut, with only some of it seasoned. Although, frankly, I'm too impatient to let it season, and do it all green. Is your ash seasoned or green? Most of our ash is gone, killed by green ash borer. I do have a lot of Bass wood (Linden) with which I might try your techniques. Thanks for the tutorial, I always learn best by watching.
Please let Tom know - from one bald man to another - he has a fantastic shaped head. No shame in shaving it all down, it'll look magnificent, like a shaved down ash branch for the chair! Cheers
It seems to me that you used the natural bend in the sticks to make the chair's base of support narrower, and thus less stable. Why didn't you rotate the legs so they'd curve OUTWARD, thus widening the base?
This is wonderful to see😀. Beautiful craftsmanship indeed😀👍🏻❤️‼️. Thank you so much for sharing this, I can’t wait to give it a go with the tree branches I have just cut.
Great stuff. Do you have any links for hand tools? I'm have trouble finding them. I need everything but the ones with the leath are the hardest to find.
Sorry for the delay in replying but I had to wait for a reply from Thomas. The tool is a Veritas Power Tenon Cutter which comes normally in a set. I also love that tool. Check out www.axminster.co.uk/veritas-power-tenon-cutters-ax789004
Tom tells me it's a Veritas Power Tenon Cutter. If you google it you will see who stocks them. They come in a set normally. Have you watched the other video I made with Tom making a rustic bench with hand tools. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DpYarfnITcs.html
Hi Steve and Tom. I was at the farm last saturday for a spoon carvers meet, organised by Emma. What a wonderful place it is! Hope to see you both down there sometime. Love the chairs! I have a question. What was the Auger used after the Jennings bit, the one without a lead screw. I have a few, just bought a job lot of goodies, but can't find anything about them. There's info on every Auger out there except these it seems lol.
As the film maker I'm no expert on the tools used but you might be referring to Veritas Power Tenon Cutters. Best bet is to contact Tom via his website
@@stevehaskett100 Thanks for the reply Steve. It's not the tenon cutter... I know of those wonderful things :) But the strange auger with no lead screw. But as you suggest, I'll ask Tom himself.
@wilson lawson It's not a spoon bit I'm familiar with those, I have a few. I now also have a several sizes of the 'bit' in question, and found out what they are called. They are possibly "Dod's" bits, or "Nose" bits Tom's looks more Nose bit. I'm still on the hunt for some history on the Dod's, but there doesn't seem to be any on the net as of now. The Dod's bit are for making a deep flat bottommed mortice, deeper than a Jennings/scotch/gedge/irwin bit can make due to the lead screw breaching the other side of the wood.
