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Making hay rake teeth with tine cutter

Posted on December 19, 2025 by stevetomlin

The teeth on a factory made wooden hayrake are often the first part to break because they’re made from cheap dowel. I made the teeth for my rakes from ash with the fibers of the timber running perfectly along each … Continue reading →

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Wooden hay rake making workshop

Posted on July 31, 2025 by stevetomlin

A wooden hay rake is a brilliant craft that incorporates a lot of skills and techniques in a deceptively simple product. First we start by cleaving an ash log and shaving the heads on the shavehorse getting them as straight … Continue reading →

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Hay rake making workshop 2025

Posted on July 14, 2025 by stevetomlin

During this very hot summer weekend it was great to be in the shade of the woodland teaching a group how to make a wooden hay rake. We split and shaped the ash head and made teeth with my tine … Continue reading →

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Hay Rake making workshop in Staffordshire

Posted on June 13, 2024 by stevetomlin

An action-packed day with Groundwork West Midlands teaching a group how to make wooden hay rakes at Silverdale Country Park. We started by cleaving a green ash log for the rake heads and stripping the bark off some straight hazel … Continue reading →

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Traditional hay rake making at Stott Park Bobbin Mill

Posted on April 20, 2018 by stevetomlin

Shaving heads, knocking teeth – we had a great time at Stott Park and it wasn’t nearly as dangerous as it sounds. Continue reading →

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New hay rake tine cutter

Posted on October 10, 2017 by stevetomlin

I’ve been making wooden hay rakes for several years now. To make the rake teeth, called ‘tines’, a cleft ash billet is knocked through a sharpened steel tube called a tine cutter. As the wood is split from a larger … Continue reading →

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Beamish Show of Agriculture 2017

Posted on September 28, 2017 by stevetomlin


Some scenes from the Show of Agriculture at Beamish Museum. Continue reading →

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Rake making at Heavy Horse Festival

Posted on June 5, 2015 by stevetomlin

This Sunday I’ll be making hay rakes at the Festival of the Heavy Horse in Northumberland. Continue reading →

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Blue scythe

Posted on June 13, 2014 by stevetomlin

I’ve been wanting to do this ever since I went to the Highland Folk Museum in Scotland and saw the scythes in their collection. Continue reading →

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How to make a wooden hay rake

Posted on May 23, 2014 by stevetomlin

wooden hay rakesWith the all the people wanting to learn to scythe and their increasing use for managing wildflower meadows or making hay, there’s a need for good quality wooden hay rakes for collecting and turning the grass. Last weekend I taught a group of students to make their own. Continue reading →

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