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Has anyone had any problems with these? have been waiting for 10 days now for an item I was planning to use today. I have sent email, have phoned and have texted- no response. It could be in a post office somewhere and the main guy could be unexpectedly in hospital...but my 'benefit of the...

Okay, I know very little about Neolithic man but have decided that my class next term, will be doing it as their topic, Long, Long ,Ago. I teach Reception, so 4-5 yr olds. They have gutted and roasted mackerel on fires, made basic hurdles for fences etc and are pretty much up for anything. I...

With smaller beech trunks recently i have gone along where i want it to split with some sharp but very cheap axes and make a line of indentations about 1 cm thick. I then use a rusty old but very large chopping axe as the first wedge, which gets malleted in. This opens it up enough for my long...

Many many thanks. Circular discs are off the menu. I will try and use wedges, mallet, lump hammer etc and I do have a iron bar 2m long i recently found in a bush. I presume i could put a bit of an edge on it with an angle-grinder. Any way it might give me some leverage. For cleaving is a side...

I wouldnt mind using chemical treatments. Do you mean Cuprinol etc

Hi All, I am hoping to saw up some circular discs sections of an oak tree that has gone down recently. I met someone today who said that if I used the circular cross-sections for table tops then he thought it would split from the middle, over time. He advised me use a froe and then cleave them...

Up to 4ft in the best places

I have got permission to help myself to a hefty oak that has fallen down about 100m away from my Infants school. I am in charge of Outdoor learning and am thinking I would love to make some tables etc out of slices of the heartwood. i dont have a chainsaw and it would take heaven and earth for...

Starting to get seasoned. I will look into the square tapered mortice idea, any links? thanks for the help

I am considering getting a 2" scotch eyed auger but am concerned it might be too hard to turn. I have been just managing a 1 1/4" on a brace, through Beech. But i have quite a few more holes as I am making some benches and raised chopping blocks at school for our bushcraft area. do I need 2"...

I teach reception and we have fires once a fortnight and are about to start using knives.potato peelers too dangerous as get stuck. Hultafors safety knives 2.50 each, using them for battoning kindling. My head is the daughter of ex Nottingham fire chief and was adamant no fires but then I wore...

Hi I've been noticing that I can get far less sparks with my stainless steel mora than my older carbon steel clipper. Is this to be expected? Clipper has a slightly battered edge which may help when scraping fire steel. Any idea? Ed