Goblet turning & Tool Sharpening

Chris came yesterday and had a go at making a goblet - a first on one of my courses...

I had to find the goblet hooks and give them a sharpen as it's not something I've done for a few years.  I'd forgotten the bit about squinting one-eyed into the goblet at a tool edge you can hardly see!  Well done Chris.

Tom came on a sharpening course on Tuesday with a variety of chisels, knives, slashers, machetes, scythes and axes all of which went home with him 100% sharper than they had been.  We also managed to make a new handle for a lovely old pair of shears and sharpen them.  Unfortunately I forgot about the camera so there are no pics.

Geodesic Dome

I'm not going to list the series of disasters that made up our weekend at Mentmore Art, Craft & Design Show - that'd be far too negative...

Here's a series of photos of Jon's Dome going up on the Plot the other week instead.

Got a couple of guys coming on courses this week then we're off to the HeARTwood Festival at St Albans on Saturday and Hainault Forest Country Show on Sunday and Monday - so no peace for the wicked then!

Three Wise Monkeys

Well, we did it - yesterday.  In a day...

Thanks largely to Jon for his knowledge. experience, enthusiasm, generosity, drive and skill (that's his arse in the 1st pic for scale), Vanessa for her support and help,  Jed for not getting in the way and Geoff for the loan of his excellent drill.

I just did the dangerous bits...

Now I feel knackered having thought it would take at least 2 or 3 days -now just have to save up for a suitable cover...

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More blogs from the week soon...

Shelter

We came back from our camping holiday on the Plot to run a course for Mike & Dylan yesterday...

and we're going back there today to build this...

from these.  (With a little help from Jon Warwicker)

Off to Mentmore on Thursday but more soon...

Dub Side of the Moon

Maybe I'm a bit late picking up on this as it was originally released by the Easy Star All-Stars in 2003.
A reggae version of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon which I was never that keen on (sorry to offend you old hippies out there!) and to my mind much better than the original.
Check it out on Spotify or iTunes...