description: A book of over 300 patterns for traditional craft designs featuring projects ranging from fences, gates, garden furniture, through benches and stools to light pulls and door wedges - all with metric and imperial dimensions. Each item has annotated black and white line drawings and patterns, a brief description, historical details where relevant and information on the materials that should be used, where this is critical to the process. Both an historical record and a sourcebook for those looking to use their green woodworking skills to make traditional items of beauty, the book Special tools and cleaves, froes, rounders, shaves, horses and setting frames; Fencing and post and rail, pales, gate hurdles, wattles, cottage gates, field gates; Garden borders, pea-sticks, stakes, pergolas, trellises; Green wood in thatching wood, shingles, lathes and wattles; Wooden rakes, besoms, mallets, chisel handles, axes, billhooks, scythe handles, st
language: English
title: Green Woodworking Pattern Book
publisher: B T Batsford Ltd