Over 3 days your tutor, Bryce, will introduce you to traditional green woodworking techniques, taking a a close look at the different grades and characteristics of oak or chestnut for strength and beauty. You will learn the art of cleaving, shaping components with an axe and drawknife, and finally joinery and assembly. 

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Cleaving is the technique of splitting wood down the grain rather than the more conventional sawing of fibres. Because of this, cleft wood is an incredibly strong, durable and long lasting material. The gates you make will use the natural shape of the wood and require no treatment due to the high tannin content in the oak.

 

At the end of the course you will take home a gate that will make you proud each time you walk through it!

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16-18 July 2021

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28-30 August 2021

 

 

£320 - tuition fees

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£40-£50 for timber depending on size of gate

 

Tea, coffee and simple lunch included in your course price 
 

We also offer accommodation & evening meals

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This course is aimed at adults, aged 18yrs + and is suitable for beginners to those with experience

 

 

Bryce Rendell leads the workshop and bench department at Say it with Wood in Herefordshire. 

 

Bryce has been an enthusiastic green woodworker for many years and loves the opportunities that working with natural products bring and the variety of bespoke projects he is involved within.

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Say it with Wood supply and install a variety of traditional and rustic styles of fencing, gates and garden installations, all made from sustainably harvested, naturally durable local timber. 

 

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