Country woodcraft /
Drew Langsner
- xv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 19 x 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299) and index
The basic tools -- Materials -- Felling -- The woodshed -- Sawbuck -- Shaving horses -- Clubs, mauls, and mallets -- Bow saws -- Tool handles -- Wedges -- The workbench -- A spring-pole lathe -- Hay rakes -- Pitchforks -- The wheelbarrow -- Swiss milking stool -- A hauling yoke -- Sleds -- Bull tongue plow -- Spike-tooth A-harrow -- Drags -- Poke -- Broom tying -- Bark boxes--Louise Langsner -- White oak basketry--Louise Langsner -- Spoons -- Dough troughs -- A farmhouse table -- A dining bench -- Pine whisks
By making things yourself you have to think. Developing the skills necessary to make things and actually practicing those skills, is good satisfying work. This book is helpful