WoW!!!!
Fantastic skill Robin
If I tried paring wood as you did with the axe there would be fingers all over the floor- would make it very difficult for me to play my geetars!!
Thanks for showing the vid mate
Cheers, John![]()
Yes Colin, made this lathe and several others and forge all my own turning tools.Nice work Robin, did you make the lathe yourself
I have thought about an apprentice and if I had a set up like friends in woods in Herefordshire where folk could live cheap for free I would. Accommodation in Edale is very expensive and I can't afford to pay living costs to someone.Saw this video whenit was first put up. Enjoyed watching it as much now as the first time I saw it. Lovely work Robin you have a real skill! Have you ever thought about taking on an apprentice?
When I started there was no one making pole lathe bowls today there are probably 50 folk in the UK that can turn one and I have taught folk via the web in the USA, Sweden, Japan and Germany, there are many ways of passing skills besides traditional apprenticeship.Thats a shame...skills like this should definitely be passed on! If theyre from derbby or close by could they not just travel?