Heartwood oak rustic, wibbly wobbly structure pegs

[SteveA]

Yep,video captures it. In my rather more basic version I tend to just stick my dowel plate over the top of the slightly open jaws of the vice.

 

Alec

 

Like that vice idea, think I'll be doing the same.

Thanks for the info Alec, i've learnt alot about pegs

[agg221]

You're welcome - doesn't half show up that I know a load of random stuff though!

 

Alec

 

ps when it's done we will need pictures...

[SteveA]

You're welcome - doesn't half show up that I know a load of random stuff though!

 

Alec

 

ps when it's done we will need pictures...

 

Yep, will take pictures as I go and plonk them on here

[SteveA]

Step 1: made my first greenwood mallet today, to wack the froe with (from a single piece of hornbeam - tools used; hand saw, small axe, stanley knife).

It weighs in at 1.8kg

 

[slack ma girdle]

Step 1: made my first greenwood mallet today, to wack the froe with (from a single piece of hornbeam - tools used; hand saw, small axe, stanley knife).

It weighs in at 1.8kg

 

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Your going to have forearms like popeye swinging that around.

[SteveA]

Your going to have forearms like popeye swinging that around.

 

Haha

This one is a medium weight.

Will also be making a proper heavy weight version

And a light weight version for lazy days

[SteveA]

Not made any pegs yet but I have got a nice collection of wibbly wobbly oak branches, here's some of them....

 

[agg221]

Not made any pegs yet but I have got a nice collection of wibbly wobbly oak branches, here's some of them....

 

Yep, they're definitely rustic

 

Alec

[SteveA]

Yep, they're definitely rustic

 

Alec

 

Yep, doesn't get more rustic than this!

Some have been pulled out of a swampy area next to the brook.... could be many 1,000's of years old!

 

I'm hoping critters and bugs might like to live on the wibbly wobbly wood and eat the aphids (aphids enjoy buggering up roses).