Some green woodworking links for Froes

[prozac]

Here are some interesting links on green woodworking. I say interesting because there are some pictures for those of us who think a picture paints a thousand words, and other links because of the detail provided.
http://www.peterfollansbee.com/new_website_Jan_2008/contact_information.html
http://www.peterfollansbee.com/
Making a froe - http://www.bodgers.org.uk/bb/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=638&start=0
http://www.log-cabin-adventures.com/froe.html
Some more
http://anvilfire.com/iForge/tutor/jdfroe/top_index.htm
http://lumberjocks.com/topics/3105
http://www.forestryjournal.co.uk/index.htm

[mic-d]

Thanks for the links Prozac.:2tsup:

I'm lusting after the oak logs in some. Why o why don't we have timber that will split so well in Australia?:(

Cheers
Michael

[Lignin]

We do.It's just tougher.
Why are there so many "Shingle Splitters Creeks, Gullies etc, etc " if our timbers do not cleave as well as the Northern Hemisphere species??

[mic-d]

We do.It's just tougher.
Why are there so many "Shingle Splitters Creeks, Gullies etc, etc " if our timbers do not cleave as well as the Northern Hemisphere species??

On the whole, they don't cleave as well because of their interlocking grain. I've looked into it a bit and the only ones I've found to cleave reasonably are stringbarks, jarrah, some sheoaks and peppermint from Tassie. Yes you can split them, but they split better tangentially rather than radially like the northern hemisphere timbers, and that's a much more stable form.

Here's a pdf I posted a link to in another thread.

Cheers
Michael

[prozac]

Thanks for the links Prozac.:2tsup:

I'm lusting after the oak logs in some. Why o why don't we have timber that will split so well in Australia?:(

Cheers
Michael

The photo of the log is what prompted me to post-up the links
.

[mic-d]

The photo of the log is what prompted me to post-up the links
.

Gee thanks:((:p:D:D
I found a link to an excellent blog by Peter Follansbee here (http://pfollansbee.files.wordpress.com/)

and an image of a mouth watering log here (http://pfollansbee.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/froe-panel.jpg)

Cheers
Michael

[prozac]

So you found the huge log he was splitting? And the radially split log also...neat photo.