Comments on The Cats Tripe: Green Woodworking

Thanks everyone, I realise I'm getting a bit behin...

2009-01-23T17:11:00.000+01:00

Thanks everyone, I realise I'm getting a bit behind with responding to comments at the moment. I blame the kittens ;)

Joker, your lady sounds just like the right sort. I bet she knows a lot more than we do.

Tree line, your website looks very interesting but I'm going to remove your comment because I believe it is advertising.

Fuzzlewoof, driftwood things are marvellous and as you say, very hard and durable. Green wood is different because unless you handle it carefully it will split and break as it seasons. Some of our first projects will boring things like fence posts and hurdles. Not terribly beautiful but they should help control those pesky deer.

I always think it's amazing what can be produced w...

2009-01-20T15:51:00.000+01:00

I always think it's amazing what can be produced with wood. Someone I know made a bench out of aged driftwood and I would have killed to buy it off him.

I imagine as the wood has been floating in the salty sea for so long it would never rot or need treatment. I'd be very interested to see what you make.

2009-01-20T13:59:00.000+01:00

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this is fascinating! i met a lady who does coppic...

2009-01-09T20:47:00.000+01:00

this is fascinating! i met a lady who does coppicing and charcoal burning and she does demonstrations with her lathe (it works with sort of pedals so i think it may be a pole lathe). she was brilliant when i got a puncture in my trailer when it was full of logs...