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?