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How I built Leonardo Da Vinci’s lathe

Posted on December 4, 2007 by Jason

How long has man been turning wood? Almost certainly longer than we have evidence for! What did the first lathe look like? We are not sure, but we can come to a reasonable conclusion bearing in mind the materials and … Continue reading →

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German Toy Town

Posted on August 13, 2007 by Jason

Forget Lapland and Father Christmas, cease searching for Gusepie’s fictional workshop where Pinocchio was created. The real ‘toy-land’ is alive and well in old Saxony, This beautifully rural East German region encompasses the Erzgebirge mountains that shares a border with … Continue reading →

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The Forgotten Turners of Kings Cliffe

Posted on November 9, 2005 by Jason

The Doomsday Book records the Northhamptonshire hamlet of Clive (Kings Cliffe) as, ‘standing in 4 acres of meadow with a wood a mile long by half a mile broad’. In medieval times the village was one of the ‘Twelve Forrest … Continue reading →

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