Early Medieval timber work
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A look at early medieval wood work techniques with evidence from documents, and archaeological finds. A team from the East Sussex Archaeology and Museums Partnership demonstrate their skillls in turning round logs into square timber.
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16 comments so far
knifeguyeddy
December 12, 2009
5/5m8
robin wood
January 1, 2010
Nice film. Can I add a credit for Damian Goodburn, the bearded chap who was doing the hewing and presumably acting as consultant on this project. He is one fo the country's experts on early woodworking techniques and more proficient with an axe than most academics.
Folks who liked this may be interested to see the process done at speed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j506cXGvOPg
or the similar but different hewing technique used in Japan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueIB0h4SzHc
s37d
December 25, 2010
is that sherwood forest, wheres robinhood
DrChrisBiomed
February 17, 2011
Dangerous chopping, he’ll get that axe buried in his kneecap if he continues like that… ouch!
Almightyrastus
May 17, 2011
@s37d They are from the East Sussex Partnership, completely different county. Sherwood Forest is Nottinghamshire, about 200 (ish) miles further north
s37d
May 17, 2011
@Almightyrastus oh, england is cool
bluetoad2001
October 24, 2011
nice hewing axe.
lots of work but worth it. all good
buzz
loverg31
November 1, 2011
this was also how mass squared beams were made from logs in Canadian logging in the 17 and 1800s.
WOODLANDSTV
November 7, 2011
@loverg31 Interesting comment. Thanks for watching WoodlandsTv and sharing that.
WOODLANDSTV
November 7, 2011
@bluetoad2001 Sure is hard work. Glad you enjoyed WoodlandsTV