Monthly Archives: November 2010

Peening bench/ station

Posted on November 22, 2010 by stevetomlin

At the peening workshop, I discussed the importance of having a good peening station for your work. For consistent, accurate peening everything needs to be stable and solid with the force of the hammer blows being transmitted down to the … Continue reading →

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Restored hewing axe

Posted on November 19, 2010 by stevetomlin

The last time I was visiting my girlfriend in Austria we found a hewing axe blade rusting away outside in a chopping block. It was in a pretty sorry state with no handle, rust and some horrendous dents and nicks … Continue reading →

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Plasma Cutting

Posted on November 19, 2010 by stevetomlin

I’m a hand tool worker and get a lot of pleasure and inspiration from working directly with simple tools and the material, there is a beauty and elegance in the traditional tools that were created by our predecessors to accomplish … Continue reading →

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Gilded Curly Shade

Posted on November 13, 2010 by stevetomlin

Today I finished work on the large gilded curly lightshade for Charlie Whinney.  The 50 steam-bent wooden coils were stretched over a spherical framework and pinned in place using cocktail sticks as miniature dowels.  My instructions on placing the coils … Continue reading →

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Gilding ash coils

Posted on November 10, 2010 by stevetomlin

This week I’ve been working for Charlie Whinney on a bespoke version of his Curly Lightshade design. The key feature of these is coils of steam-bent ash which cover the light in curls.  For this special, bigger model 50 coils … Continue reading →

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End of season peening & sharpening workshop

Posted on November 6, 2010 by stevetomlin

On Sunday I ran a peening and sharpening workshop for members of the NW mowing group at Haybridge Nature Reserve in response to a request from one of the members and my own observations at our recents meetings. It’s also … Continue reading →

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