Really superb to watch you show us the traditional wood crafting.
@stuarttaylor49902 жыл бұрын
Love watching artists who work with hand tools. I'm going to save up and go on a course on making a Windsor chair. I've subbed. 👌👍
@acanadianwoodworker2 жыл бұрын
1:14 - "All forts of Winfor chairs" - why are the S's replaced with F's ?
@regionalfurnituresociety2 жыл бұрын
Old style long 's' that looked very like an f. Went out of fashion in the mid 18th century.
@acanadianwoodworker2 жыл бұрын
@@regionalfurnituresociety interesting, thanks for the insight ! You learn something new every day
@regionalfurnituresociety2 жыл бұрын
@@acanadianwoodworker it was never used if the ‘s’ was the last letter of the word- only beginning and middle.
@MACLADILLY2 жыл бұрын
great video, Thanks. Love to see part 2.....
@behonestwithyourself37182 жыл бұрын
Your very skilled with the adze. I didn't know you could get that detail with it. I don't have an adze so I use a draw knife and scorp. Well done.
@ailbyashholt35322 жыл бұрын
Thanks Kelsey👍
@ianjones72662 жыл бұрын
Ow!I felt that!
@stephenlefley80893 жыл бұрын
Have been lucky enough to meet Rob this week while walking in the Wolds past his location lovely place and his work is outstanding Stephen & Edward
@JVSwailesBoudicca3 жыл бұрын
Blimey Mr. Ley......that Lincs Side Axe looks like it could do you some damage if it hits your shin ! Saw your link on a reTweet your wife did this morning. (I'm L_AQUARELLISTE, origially from Lincoln.) I shall enjoy watching you on here.
@timhull86643 жыл бұрын
This isn’t a dig, but I watch these guys making stuff the way it used to be done, and think to myself, if you could bring those old guys into a modern workshop, I know they would choose the, DeWalt thicknesser or Makita mitre saw.. etc. They wouldnt give half a farthing for a flat adz!
@fishhuntadventure Жыл бұрын
You arrive at that conclusion because you don’t understand how to build things I suspect. There’s been many a jobsite I’ve walked on with my basic carpentry tools and other than the power miter saw and table saw- if even needed- I’m at work with two or three trips inside with my box and a bucket of traditional tools. On the big jobs all the other workmen are still wheeling in with their folding saw stands and once they finally get going I’ve been already working for some time. And while they re-cut and calculate their angles and fitment and try to biscuit stuff, me and my hand planes, old-fashioned scribes, chisels, and wooden-handled hammer usually can do 125% to 150% their productivity at the same quality expectation. Building a Windsor is a tedious process yet it’s both easy and accurate without any power tools needed. Few if any ‘mistakes’ occur and those that do most often are absorbed by body english and simply the organic process of constructing the chair. Add power tools to the mix and you might do some tasks faster in the process but you will have more unrecoverable mistakes- never mind losing the esthetics of the workman and the productivity losses of compounding error. Too much accuracy applied to an art is visually “colder” and has an institutional, uninviting tactile presence. Not understanding that tactile and esthetic elements are not features but rather revelations bequeathed as a gift to the end user is common- don’t feel too badly. Lots of folks look at handcraft and in their laziness think, “that’s too much work” and so they employ machinery to ease their discomfiture- spending much time sanding afterwards to cover up their tool marks and errors. There’s little, very little, benefits to many modern and post-modern ideologies when applied to handcrafted chairs or even the leather-wrapped interior door pull of a Maserati or Rolls-Royce where the felt but not seen heavy stitching cords are intentional- specified to communicate to the user an esthetic through a tactile-only sensory exposure. Newer methods are not always better. Not understanding that the consequential byproduct of these sensory tool methods is an essential part of the value of the finished chair is an unfortunate consequence of the societal trend of the current generation’s swallowing the koolaid- everything ‘old’ is inferior or inefficient. A chair is not just a chair- it can be much more than a chair.
@timhull8664 Жыл бұрын
@@fishhuntadventure actually you know all, I am well aware of how to make stuff and if you think a sawyer in a saw pit was happy getting covered in crap then you are unfortunately living in la la land.. like Any trades person, its all about quality in the quickest time so they can move to the next job.
@njoysuccessnow3 жыл бұрын
Very good. This man is in superior physical condition.
@ailbyashholt35323 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Not bad for my age
@copperspartan16433 жыл бұрын
You should keep making videos. Fascinating. I would love to make a cottage like that here in the US, but it would have to be adapted somewhat to the harsher weather in most regions.
@ailbyashholt35323 жыл бұрын
Thanks I do intend to but I’m often on my own when I’m working these days.i have got people that will help me with it.
@stuartosborne62634 жыл бұрын
That’s brilliant, can’t wait to see part 2.
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@catherineturner37324 жыл бұрын
Awesome 😍
@stuartosborne62634 жыл бұрын
Great work, thankyou for sharing.
@ailbyashholt35324 жыл бұрын
Thanks Stuart
@stuartosborne62634 жыл бұрын
Ailby Ash Holt about 10 years ago I did a BTCV course at agricultural college, whilst doing come coppicing I was able to fell a silver birch with a 2 man crosscut saw and then hew a square beam out of it. Very satisfying, the beam still sits in my garage.
@Kunfucious5774 жыл бұрын
That does not look easy.
@ailbyashholt35324 жыл бұрын
Hi Kun, I bought my first adze nearly 50 years ago and have been using them regularly ever since. It is still physically hard work though.
@Kunfucious5774 жыл бұрын
@@ailbyashholt3532 thats awesome man. I just started wood working and i try to do as much as possible with hand tools. Its harder and more time consuming, but i get more satisfaction out of it. Its just a hobby so im in no rush to finish my projects.
@Will-Parr4 жыл бұрын
My 6G grandfather lived in North Carolina in the mid 1700’s. He died in 1795. In his will, he left a drawing knife, froe, and iron wedge to his grandson. His valued possessions passed along. Excellent video. Thank you.
@ailbyashholt35324 жыл бұрын
Thank you. That’s a good bit of family history to have passed on.
@OisinMiliano4 жыл бұрын
This was great to watch. Any idea when the next video will be released? Cannot wait to see the rest of the techniques you will use!
@ailbyashholt35324 жыл бұрын
Thanks Oisin. I will try and get something sorted soon. I’m a bit disorganised as far as filming is concerned.
@Mark-xl8gg4 жыл бұрын
Super adze work Looking forward to the ongoing story
@EnglishCountryLife4 жыл бұрын
Nice bit of cleaving there Rob!
@ailbyashholt35324 жыл бұрын
Thanks I do a lot of that. All the components for the chair were converted like this. Except for the seat I sawed the boards for that.
@EnglishCountryLife4 жыл бұрын
@@ailbyashholt3532 I've always wanted to have s crack at a proper riven fence!
@johnamriding68624 жыл бұрын
Mesmerizing: thank you.
@EnglishCountryLife4 жыл бұрын
Thoroughly enjoyed that Rob, thanks!
@toonybrain4 жыл бұрын
Do you know the wood of the original part of the chair? (The video mentioned elm and ash in the replacement parts, but I’m curious to know the original wood species.)
@ailbyashholt35324 жыл бұрын
The original chair seat is made from ash. I didn’t have any ash that big but I do have elm which is a good seat wood. I’ll fell a big ash after these gales blow over and convert it for future use.
@EldradWolfsbane4 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@johnmutton7994 жыл бұрын
Dangerous! Looks like a French axe!
@grahamnewton90324 жыл бұрын
Glad I have found Rob, I am going to need his help in the repair of my Mud and Stud thatched cottage.
@jhjparker5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic. More please!
@robertley18225 жыл бұрын
Thanks Julian. That was part one. We’ll get another done in the next couple of weeks.
@leoncohen94165 жыл бұрын
Rob, YOU are a real master in your craft, amazing skill and ability, young man, you deserve full recognition
@robertley18225 жыл бұрын
Thanks Leon. I love my time in the woods making things with old hand tools.
@leoncohen94165 жыл бұрын
Rob, you make it seem so easy and natural
@robertley18225 жыл бұрын
Leon Cohen I remember when I first started making windsor chairs in the early eighties. My ached like hell. Not any more.
@robertley18225 жыл бұрын
It was my back that ached by the way.
@wilser7775 жыл бұрын
That's brilliant, Rob; thanks for organising the recording of you at work; this is Lincolnshire vernacular furniture from 300 years ago brought back to life.
@robertley18225 жыл бұрын
Thanks William. It’s what I like to do.
@MrSirDrew5 жыл бұрын
Marvelously skillful
@robertley18225 жыл бұрын
Thanks Andrew. I’ll have another open day soon and maybe you’ll be able to visit again.
@bigpete19866 жыл бұрын
Nice video... is that set up as a right handed or left handed axe? Looks to me like that would be left? I’m just about to hand a brades side axe....
@ailbyashholt35325 жыл бұрын
Hi there, sorry for the slow response! With this log I am mainly using a right handed side axe, I change to my left handed axe for certain areas because the grain direction changes. Thanks for your interest!
@JanColdwater6 жыл бұрын
I had seen someone use some sort of wood stripping blade that had handles for both hands that you pull towards yourself as you run it along the trunk. Very fast with less effort. Love your home!
@robertley18226 жыл бұрын
J Alien Coldwater That would be a draw knife. Good tools but not really appropriate for using on uneven English oak. The axe is definitely the tool for this job. Thanks for the input.
@PaulNaybour6 жыл бұрын
Nice to meet you today, I hope you had a good trip home, and thanks for the woodworking tips.
@trouts44446 жыл бұрын
These must be the "splits" from a prior video. Never saw this type of construction before. Very interesting.
@wilser7779 жыл бұрын
Great video clip - can we have some more please , Rob ???
@TheInfoworks9 жыл бұрын
Great low key conversation with the camera operator, Cheers