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Green Wood Techniques in The New Workshop

Images showing the construction of the New Workshop and the compound fence using green wood techniques by Sherwood Keogh and Glen Southern of 'Goods from the Woods' of Trilloes Court, Herefordshire.  The fence, made with pales and rails, use wood from a fallen oak tree from the Holme Lacy Estate less than 6 miles from the cathedral. 

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Cleaving off the bark and sapwood, the first stage of the preparation of the pales

'Shaping up' using a side axe, sharpened only on one side

Final shaping and smoothing using a draw knife

Final shaping and smoothing using a draw knife

The fence in progress showing the hand shaped pegs and some of the fixed pales before and after finishing

Drilling the finished pales

Pegging the finished pale to the rail