.....     .......Coppice Crafts..   . ...

---

In my workshop at the Red Sheds I use Traditional hand tools to produce wooden products such as hay rakes and bent wood pitch forks. The type of tools I use have been the Basis of wood working for millennia. My most used device is the shaving horse, a simple wooden vice that allows one to sit down on the job. A sharp draw knife is the main tool used to shape wooden components such as rake handles and heads.
I avoid the use of power tools to make the workshop a more pleasant place to be.
The green or only slightly seasoned wood I use has the advantage of being softer to work than seasoned wood as well as producing little dust. Linseed oil and bees wax are applied to wooden products for non-toxic and pleasant smelling finishes.

Wooden Hay Rake Made from ash and willow with hardwood lines. Finished with linseed oil. 68 inches long by 27 inches wide.                 From $90 to $140

Wooden Hay Fork Fashioned from one piece of steam bent ash and finished with linseed oil and bees wax. Up to 11 inches long.    $140

Besom Broom Birch twig broom with covered willow handle. 65 inches long.                            $65

Trug Basket Rim and handle of steam bent willow, half bark covered. Willow planks steam bent and fastened with copper nails. 23 inches by 12 inches.                  From  $50 to $120