Australian Woodsmith

To Coppice or Pollard?

My new neighbour downsized and moved into a lower-maintenance cottage across the road. After having lived in England for twenty years Karen had accumulated an interesting assortment of antique furniture.

Unfortunately, the carver chair was just too big for the new dining room. The remaining set of six chairs all had bodger-made legs and spindles. Inserting Japanese wooden nails into crucial joints had the chairs locked tight and as good as new. It was

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