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Rick McKee
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If you like amateurish videos about traditional work methods and super wicked pissah projects interspersed w/periodic bouts of personal indulgence, then don't touch that dial!
See us build a Shakespearean stage, use axes, and make an original hifalutin tree-house. See the famous Peter Follansbee, Michael Burrey, and Pret Woodburn--a triumvirate of talent if there ever was one. There's lots of hand-tool use, joints being cut, and gratuitous, sexy pilgrim men.
Let's turn the light on reluctant, hard-working and humbly brilliant individuals who are carrying on some fantastic traditions even as they are creating novel ways of getting the job done.
And...if I indulge it's mostly an excuse to listen to good music.
While you're at it, why not check out our accompanying blog. BLUE OAK:
http://blueoakblog.wordpress.com/
See us build a Shakespearean stage, use axes, and make an original hifalutin tree-house. See the famous Peter Follansbee, Michael Burrey, and Pret Woodburn--a triumvirate of talent if there ever was one. There's lots of hand-tool use, joints being cut, and gratuitous, sexy pilgrim men.
Let's turn the light on reluctant, hard-working and humbly brilliant individuals who are carrying on some fantastic traditions even as they are creating novel ways of getting the job done.
And...if I indulge it's mostly an excuse to listen to good music.
While you're at it, why not check out our accompanying blog. BLUE OAK:
http://blueoakblog.wordpress.com/
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cholulahotsauce6166
(4 minutes ago)
That is absolutely astonishing. I would have never guessed you could produce such a fine product with a method like that.
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mrMacGoover
(10 minutes ago)
Wow! You shared so much valuable information in under 7 minutes, thank you!
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branni6538
(17 minutes ago)
Pound the end to separate then soak for a week. It will peel apart like an onion with little need for a hammer. The soaking makes the splints easier to whip into a basket as they are very supple.
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charlesleblanc6638
(28 minutes ago)
That demonstration just added the value of an Ash Basket !
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anonymous-zn5em
(31 minutes ago)
I have a book from the early '70's called 'Natural Basketry', in their method a section of log is soaked in a pond, removed periodically and pounded with a long and heavy wooden maul until the layers begin to separate. The process is repeated, removing successive layers of splints as needed.
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internaute-France
(47 minutes ago)
Very instructive, I'll do it with my wood, thanks!
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maxdecphoenix
(51 minutes ago)
I been clearing out several mimosas (albizzia julibrissns, Persian silk tree) and I made a mallet in the round out of one of the 5" diameter logs and noticed after some use that it began to shear off in layers just as the ash logs do. I've since tried experimenting with this material as it is considered an invasive trash tree where I'm from so it's plentiful, but had limited success. But that is also due to less than optimal starting conditions. Either the logs have too little circumference, cut out of optimal season, or laid out for several weeks before I have time to get to them. As far as shavings go, not the mechanically separated splints, those seem useful and resemble ash in appearance and function.
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antben
(2 hour ago)
Excellent. Mind your ears.
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christiblackley3820
(2 hour ago)
Does the ash have to be fresh cut or cut and dried before pounding?
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tedsbackyard
(2 hours ago)
I have some ash that I cut down in 2004 and stripped the bark off of. Do you think I could cut it, soak it, and then pound it?
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НиколайЕрмоленко-ш8г
(1 hours ago)
Прямо откровение для меня, впервые такой способ расщепления вижу! Эфектевно!
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marcellogalasso2010
(20 hours ago)
Ciao potrei sapere che legno usi. grazie
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BillieFingers
(10 hours ago)
Can you do this with any other types of trees?
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earthsskin
(11 hours ago)
How was the original piece he is pounding produced? Table saw?
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artlover5798
(10 hours ago)
Can you use white ash?
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bayansmith
(19 hours ago)
How green does it need to be?
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