Comments for Exploring Folk Art with Rob Gorrell

Comment on A chip carved treadle lathe. by Jonathan Green-Plumb

Jonathan Green-Plumb — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:31:19 +0000

Dear Rob,
Thanks for your reply. The details that follow are about my book, which has just been published. I hope that you may find it of interest.

“Early European Decorated Tools; from the woodworking and allied trades”
Published by Stobart Davies Ltd
ISBN 978-0-85442-117-6

Regards,
Jonathan.

Comment on A chip carved treadle lathe. by Rob Gorrell

Rob Gorrell — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:39:48 +0000

Unfortunately I do not have details on where it was. It was photographed on a trip in 2009. The shop was closed and we were on an evening wander so I don’t know exactly where it was.

Comment on A chip carved treadle lathe. by Jonathan Green-Plumb

Jonathan Green-Plumb — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:34:14 +0000

Dear Rob Gorrell,
I am fascinated with the images of the decorated lathe. I too would be interested in finding out more about it. Do you happen to have the details of the shop where it is on display?

Many thanks.
Jonathan.

Comment on Taking the plunge to dump the power tools. by Rob Gorrell

Rob Gorrell — Wed, 02 May 2012 13:24:27 +0000

Hi John. I still have the table saw and bandsaw in the shop for around the house projects. I am also not dedicated enough to do a lot of ripping by hand. Since I first posted I have removed the dust collection system and replaced it with a shop vac to save a ton of space. It is not as efficient, but since I need it so much less than before I figured it was a fair trade-off. I have a few more things to remove soon.

I am noticeing that the more tools and clutter that I remove, the more I want to take out even more. I wonder if I am going to end up someday with a stump and an axe as my shop?

Comment on Taking the plunge to dump the power tools. by John Switzer

John Switzer — Wed, 02 May 2012 01:43:54 +0000

I have been struggling with the same thoughts. Right now I am building kitchen cabinets and cant see doing all of the ripping and worse cutting plywood without the power tools. But I hope to move the table saw, chop saw and track saw out of the shop and into storage once the cabinets are completed. I don’t know why parting with the darn thing is so hard. I really don’t care for it and it’s not a good saw (Craftsman contractors saw) My wife absolutley hates the thing. Maybe it;s because I spent several thousand dollars on a state of the art dust collection sytem for the power tools and don’t even have it completly installed yet. I plan to start with a comitment to go one year without any form of circular saw except for a hand held saw for construction type projects. Then I hope I can just push those things out the door without any regrets.

Comment on Making a tin foot warmer. by Foot warmers & foot stoves: portable holders for hot coals, hot water — Home Things Past

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:42:22 +0000

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Comment on Let’s make a coopered washtub. by Rob Gorrell

Rob Gorrell — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:20:55 +0000

Hi Dave. In the method I learned the staves are not glued. After getting the staves tried and true, the bucket is raised up using the steel hoops. the hoops are driven tight to hold the shape. In order to get the bottom in once the croze is cut and the bottom tapered just right, the bottom hoop is removed. The bottom in put in from the top and, if all goes well, will pop into the groove when it is pushed down into the bottom from above. Then the hoop is replaced and driven tight.

Rob

Comment on Let’s make a coopered washtub. by Dave

Dave — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:07:31 +0000

Nice. I once made an Ashiko drum. Well actually I still need to finish it. I made the top 14″ , the bottom 6″ and the height 24″. That was a lot of work. I used a strap to clamp it for gluing which was a nightmare. Once I had tension on the thing it would hold its shape but it was still pretty hard keeping it round.

How did you go about doing the bottom of this tub?

Dave

Comment on Building a new shaving horse. by Dave

Dave — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:46:18 +0000

Cool. I need to stop procrastinating as well and build one. I was thinking of making one in the English style like shown on the greenwoodworking website.

Thanks for the post,
Dave

Comment on Pearl, Queen of the Sea. by John Gabriel

John Gabriel — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:40:22 +0000

Wild and very Cool looking sea dragon!