Kardos Carpentry & joinery

Community building project
A community training project , in the Brechfa forest, teaching local people the skills of building an oak framed shelter. Built from locally grown and sawn oak.

In the Forestry commission barn teaching starts. Cutting shoulders of tenons with a power saw. Cutting shoulders of tenons by hand. Paring off the tenon. Using a draw knife Using a draw knife Students at work. The crew Barn raising Barn raising Barn raising Bracing the walls Fitting the tie beams Assembling the trusses. Fitting the ridge board. Roof carpentry Precision work by Huw Denman Making the seat Felt and battens. The finished oak framed shelter in Brechfa.

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Kardos Carpentry and Joinery