Stuart King

Pann Mill is now the only working water mill on the river Wye, High Wycombe

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Pann Mill is now the only working water mill on the river Wye. The first recorded mill on this High Wycombe site is in the Domesday census of 1086.

Pann Mill is now under the gardianship of the High Wycombe Society and is open to the public on ‘Milling days’ several times a year. The stone ground flour from this mill makes the best apple crumble ever.

Stuart King, woodscraftsman

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Bodger’s Ball 2011

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The 2011 get-together of the Association of Pole Lathe Turners and Green Woodworkers (APT). Their website is at www.bodgers.org.uk.

Spoon making in Romania

admin — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:42:10 +0000

In 1998 I was privileged to visit Ion Constantin in Romania to film him creating his range of domestic woodware including the spoon he is seen making from lime wood (linden). This is a true craftsman in action.

Edwardian Farm cherry ladders and fruit picking

admin — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:45:49 +0000

Stuart King’s home village of Holmer Green, high in the Chiltern Hills of Bucks, has a fruit growing tradition that goes back several centuries. In 2010 Stuart took part in an episode of the popular TV series Edwardian Farm where the Chiltern tradition was compared with that of the West Country in the Tama Valley.

Romanian bow lathe

admin — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:43:46 +0000

In 1998 I was privileged to visit the Constantin family in Romania to film the making of drop spindles from lime wood (linden) on a primitive bow lathe.

Stuart King on the Paul O’Grady Show

admin — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:31:45 +0000

Making Cypriot traditional rush seated chairs

admin — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:55:23 +0000

1993 video of Cypriot traditional rush seated chairs.

Making a Windsor Chair

admin — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:54:04 +0000

Stuart King explores the making of a windsor chair by attending the development week at The Skills Centre at Axminster Tools in Devon. It is intended that the five day course will be a regular feature of the many woodworking and engineering courses they run throughout the year.

Making a Windsor Chair on The Generation Game in 1974

admin — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:49:34 +0000

Stuart King demonstrates the making of a Windsor chair at a time when this Bruce Forsyth show reached an audience of 18 million. I have since had my hair cut!

The lost tradition of rake making

admin — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:08:44 +0000

Trevor Austin is the last of the English rake makers. This video, taken in the Kentish village of Smeeth, shows the rake workshop established in 1870 and the nearby Ash coppice that provided the rake handles, and Trevor then demonstrates how he makes a rake.

Making a spinning top on a pole lathe

admin — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:04:32 +0000

Robin Fawcett demonstrates how to make a spinning top on a pole lathe. An ash log is riven into quarters, using a maul and froe. It’s cut to length with a pull saw and shaped with a side axe, before being put in the pole lathe…

Turning wooden flowers on a lathe

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:59:15 +0000

Stuart King demonstrates how to turn wooden flowers on a lathe using simple tools.

Gary Rance Round Skew

stuart — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:06:29 +0000

Master production woodturner Gary Rance demonstrates the use of his round skew. This is available to buy from www.garyrance.co.uk.

Yasuhiro Satake, Japanese woodturner

stuart — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:58:01 +0000

Yasuhiro entertained delegates at the 2009 AWGB seminar with his unusal (to us in the west) turning techniques and tools. It is always good to experience the craft skills of other cultures from which we can often learn a great deal.