Green woodworking

Unlock the secrets of carving green wood for your woodworking projects! 🌿 Whether you're a beginner or seasoned woodworker, understanding the differences between green and dry wood carving is essential. Discover tips and techniques to make the most out of found wood in your creations. #WoodworkingTips #GreenWoodCarving #DIYProjects

For beginners, this can be a little overwhelming. You can narrow down your selection with the following sweeping statements. Don’t use softwoods (e.g. pines and spruces), don’t use ring porous species (e.g. oaks and ashes). Of course, you can carve a spoon from any wood but diffuse-porous wood tends

Working with green wood can be a rewarding and unique experience for woodcarvers. Our post has all the tips and tricks you need to know for carving green wood, including how to choose the right wood, techniques for carving, and how to dry and finish your green wood creations. #GreenWoodCarving #WoodworkingTips #Woodcarving

David Fisher puts together a collection of his favorite gouges, suggesting which sizes are most useful and explaining what each is best used for.

Green and traditional woodworking. Information, advice and how too on many aspects of green wood crafts. Information on wood courses and tool sales.

by Todd Walker My uncle Emmett introduced me to woodcarving in grade school. He taught me to carve a “ball in a cage” from a single block of balsa wood in the church basement. Years pas…

Green woodworking courses in Scotland

David Fisher puts together a collection of his favorite gouges, suggesting which sizes are most useful and explaining what each is best used for.

Jim Dillon's Woodworking Blog

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Traditional Green Woodworking workshop

I have recently finished a new bowl lathe, made from odds and ends of wood around my workshop. The only metal in the lathe is at the centre points to hold the bowl and mandrel in place, 2 bolts for the treadle and the pivot for the return spring. It seams to work very well and is extremely stable in use. Made mainly for bowls, it is also good for spindle turning and will take competition-size chair legs for when I race next year. I use bungee cord most of the time, and not using a stick or…

Green wood carving bench.

Experienced woodworker Peter Wood shows how to make a shave horse—a versatile vice for woodworking enthusiasts who want precision and comfort.

Jojo Wood

If you want to get started in woodworking on the lowest possible budget, I recommend what's called “green woodworking” or sometimes “greenwoodworking”. I've talked a little about this already, in this entry about the chairmaking class I took at Country Workshops last summer, and this entry about gathering some ash for my next chair. One thing you will find handy if you want to start carving spoons and/or bowls from green wood is a chopping block, so you'll have a stable surface for shaping…

Accidently deleted this post, so time for a Superrr Sunday REPOST!! 🤣 #woodworking #woodcraft #carving #carvingwood #spooncarving #diy…