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- Waltham Abbey, Essex, United Kingdom
- Bodgers were the 19th century workers in the Chiltern beechwoods to the North West of London who made the sticks, legs and stretchers to supply the Windsor chair industry at High Wycombe. (Some also worked from home in a shed at the end of the garden like I do). They set up a workshop often deep within the forest rather than fell the timber and take it home with them. So only finished components left the forest. Apparently they would take sacks of shavings so they could leave a trail to find their way back to their camp. They used the pole lathe (a foot operated lathe powered by a springy sapling), a shave horse plus a few simple tools and were expert craftsmen. Unfortunately the term has completely changed its meaning in the last 100 years and a "bodger" is now someone who is inept and ruins a job.
3 comments:
Thank you. Very good video, informative and helpful. I found it very motivating. I've been meaning to start making them since you mentioned at the BB a couple of years ago - so here goes.....
cheers
Mark
Great video, I really enjoyed it. Makes me want to unplug my power lather and set it over in the corner of the shop.
Hey!
Great vid. Inspired me to have a go last Sunday. I made the silly mistake of mis-remembering which hole in the handle was for what. All that turning for a non-functioning whizzer! However, undeterred I had another go. My mate Richard Dyson and I decided it might be less time consuming to make a row of three top bases (without the stalk) together from one piece of wood, and the handles (a pair) from another of smaller dimension. This then requires finding the centre of the top to drill and fix a dowel (just about turnable). I must say now I've got it going the top is really wizard - spins for over a minute even on my pole lathe platform, which is just chain saw milled.
Regards,
Richard Law APT
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