Bronze age woodworking

robin wood

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Oct 29, 2007
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derbyshire
www.robin-wood.co.uk
Few more pics. Last week we were steaming the main timbers so it's beginning to look more like a boat.
Removing our very 21st century steam chamber
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and bending into place
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The first timber bent both ends into a graceful curve.
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and this is the four main timbers strapped temporarily together ready for the open day next Tuesday.
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just for comparison this is the original boat, 3,500 years old, it was down there 7 times as long as the Mary Rose
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Time team have been filming for a bronze age bot special at some stage in the future.
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