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Comment on Electric Brompton Road Test by David Thorpe

David Thorpe — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:09:04 +0000

Interesting stuff. I have a Brompton but unlike you prefer riding in London…

The electric assistance looks really useful and a good extension to the bike’s capabilities .

Had to laugh at ‘peddling’ – that means trying to sell something of little value – I think you mean pedaling !

Good piece, thanks.

Comment on Round Wood Timber Framing with Ben Law by The Story So Far… | Roundwood House

The Story So Far… | Roundwood House — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:06:44 +0000

[...] 2010 Bealers attended the Roundwood Timber Framing course held in Prickly Nut Wood in Sussex where he was taught by Ben Law. He learnt some of the principles [...]

Comment on Buying Land with a Pension by Chris Sainsbury

Chris Sainsbury — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:19:49 +0000

Great blog post, shows what you can do if you really set your mind to it. Seems like an amazing adventure, wish you all the best.

Comment on Round Wood Timber Framing with Ben Law by Darren Beale

Darren Beale — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:03:17 +0000

@Ciara Hi, For furniture I suggest that you google Green Woodworking. Ben's techniques are suitable for larger scale structures like buildings where you're joining pieces of wood the size of a tree together. On the green woodworking front I can highly recommend Mike Abbot's book which has full instructions on how to make a traditional armchair from freshly felled Ash. Incidentally Mike was the judge on last year's BBC Mastercrafts Green Woodworking programme. Good luck.

Comment on Round Wood Timber Framing with Ben Law by Ciara McCarthy

Ciara McCarthy — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:34:05 +0000

I am a fourth year furniture design student,studying at the Dublin Institute of Technology. It is my final yaer and for our design thesis we have a minimium of three pieces of furniture to design. We can then either make some conponants/pieces ourselves or seek outside help. I am looking at natural approaches to furniture building, from using natural materials to natural/traditional construction methods.(typically Irish and English) When I came across green wood/wet wood/fresh sawn/roundwood I thought of Ben Law straight away, I have always watched Grand Designs and I had remembered watching him on the programme a few years ago and thinking to myself that he had inspired me to persue a similar lifestyle when I grow up. I say grow up because I am only in my early 20′s and still living at home while attending college. We are at our conceptualising stage at the moment and our deadline for the year is may. I am having difficulty though finding images of the joints used in this type of construction and am only finding text and factual info like the moisture content of wet wood opposed to dried or seasoned wood. Any suggestions on how to find information on the more ancient wood construction methods would be greatly appriceated.
Ciara