But I would offer this to someone starting in this type of work is to read a little, watch a little and make a whole bunch of chips, then go back and read again. I’m not fit to offer any substantial advice, not with so much good stuff out there. I went back and read the article again and it all made sense. I just went out in the garage and made a bunch of bowls and then when working the dried wood noticed I kept getting these lines that stood out in the light. Fisher’s article about paring a dried bowl, it was like reading Greek. I can spend hot sweaty hours rolling logs from a hung blow down, through the woods, through the creek, up the hill and struggle to get them into the back of my truck and love absolutely every last minute of it. I probably will never be able to come close to mastering the crafts like those mentioned above have but I can tell you today I feel like I have mastered the enjoyment part. That to me is the reason why they all seem so willing to share, cause you cant contain joy, you cant bottle that stuff up for yourself, once you do that or try to do that you aint got it. But the thing that stands out the most to me is that they all seem to have a true joy for their craft. I am amazed at what these guys (and ladies) can do with a knife, what they can make, everything is so beautiful. They have brought back the crafts of our fathers from the dead. What a gift these folks have given to someone like me.
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About how he taught himself how to turn bowls by looking at his old rig. In one of Robin Wood’s interviews he talks about the last pole lathe bowl maker that died some fifty years ago. I heard tale of a great couple that offered great instruction in the NC mountains, but with them recently closing shop it seems most all these folks are up there in the cold northeast. But when that isn’t available or practical the information on the internets is awful nice. I’m not saying it wouldn’t be better to go to a class or be able to hang out in someone’s shop and see how they do something, it absolutely would. You can learn so much that in days past you would have to learn first hand. My wife probably thinks I work with them everyday as much as I talk about them.
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I haven’t met any of these people, except for Jason Lonon who is my crack dealer uh I mean blacksmith, you really need to check out his site and if your local go see him, he is a great guy, even though you will probably develop a bit of a habit for more tools. Hours spent watching and reading material from Peter Fallensbee, Roy Underhill “the old way is new way”, Jason Lonon and many others. Hoping that will get me where I need to go. Lately when I get on the pole lathe I automatically shift to an English accent and tell everyone I know that there is no joy in eating off “crockery”. The lightīulb has yet to come on for me on the pole lathe and am convinced it is because of my southern accent. Sometimes I will go to his blog and see a picture of his dog, or a bird and think “Good grief how did he carve that!!!” Countless hours spent watching Robin Wood and Ben Orford videos. Fisher wrote about or showed in his pictures or videos. Countless hours spent in my garage and backyard trying to do what Mr. I have spent countless hours the last year reading and re reading David Fishers Blog, watching his videos, looking at his drawings. But in my experience they provide far above what they would need to educate and draw in potential customers. Sure, you could say this information is marketing for the products they sell on their websites. They still have found the time to provide very detailed training material, blogs, youtube videos and even are willing to correspond about green woodworking.
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There are many that work full time jobs, have families, etc. That was the case with my 5 year-old GF stuff, sold on e-bay.I certainly owe a great gratitude to so many very generous green woodworkers. One advantage of getting a high quality tool is that it will sell second-hand for at least what you paid for it and maybe more, depending on how long you've had it and assuming it's in very good condition. I sold all my green woodworking tools some years ago, returning to cabinetmaking from making the stuff more typical in green woodworking.
If you want to make loadsa bowls, the adze is worth getting. Some just use the bent gouge, which is slower but you save the price of a good adze. In fact, both are useful for different stages of hollowing out a bit of half-log: the adze for the major chopping at the start and the gouge for refining the inside curve as it approaches "finished". I've not used a gutter adze from other manufacturers, though, to compare them. As JC2 says, the angle of the dangle is critical but the GF adze worked well for me and took a wicked-sharp edge of good resilience. GRÄNSFORS are very good - I used one of their gutter adze to make bowls in my green woodworking phase.
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