Carpentry recommendation

[Rosie1963]

I’m looking for a carpenter or joiner who would be able to repair a drop down mahogany Pullman sink cabinet. Any recommendations? Preferably local to East Anglia

 

[Sticky Fingers]

You could talk to Josh Major at Suffolk Yacht Harbour (Levington).

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Workshop & Boatyard | Suffolk Yacht Harbour

 

[PaulRainbow]

You could talk to Josh Major at Suffolk Yacht Harbour (Lymington).

You mean Levington.

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Doh, of course I do! Sorry

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Now edited.

 

[Tomahawk]

There are a couple of very good wood butchers in Brightlingsea.
And I know a semi retired master craftsman in Witham..

 

[sailorman]

There are a couple of very good wood butchers in Brightlingsea.
And I know a semi retired master craftsman in Witham..

Pray, what is a "Master Craftsman" & the other term you have used you may think funny but is is derogatory

 

[johnalison]

Pray, what is a "Master Craftsman" & the other term you have used you may think funny but is is derogatory

Not really. The apparent insult is a disguised way of Tomahawk admitting his own lack of skill in that area by deflecting it onto someone else. We used to call orthopaedic surgeons 'carpenters' on the sole ground that they sometimes used saws and chisels.

 

[Tomahawk]

And I am in awe of the quality of their work..
Thise who know what they are doing properly don' much worry about being called wood butchers .. it's the bodgers who get upset..

Although in fairness a poper bodger is a very hugely skilled craftsman in their own right. Does anyone know the origin of th term?

 

[sailorman]

And I am in awe of the quality of their work..
Thise who know what they are doing properly don' much worry about being called wood butchers .. it's the bodgers who get upset..

Although in fairness a poper bodger is a very hugely skilled craftsman in their own right. Does anyone know the origin of th term?

from memore a bodger roughed-out chair parts in High Wycombe
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[Tomahawk]

from memore a bodger roughed-out chair parts in High Wycombe
a search engine is your friend
love from
a time served Joiner

Indeed you are correct..
They set up a treadle lathe using a young birch tree as the whip and would do the first cuts to turn out very rough shaped poles and batons for chair backs and legs. Bearing in mind they were working with green wood, it was not easy and always delivered a very rough product.. hence the thought it was a bodge job when in fact it was craftsmanship.

 

[johnalison]

Indeed you are correct..
They set up a treadle lathe using a young birch tree as the whip and would do the first cuts to turn out very rough shaped poles and batons for chair backs and legs. Bearing in mind they were working with green wood, it was not easy and always delivered a very rough product.. hence the thought it was a bodge job when in fact it was craftsmanship.

'Rough craftsmanship' is something I always find interesting. It is easy enough to see the skill in someone like a silversmith or fine woodworker but sometimes the rough worker is being just as clever. A couple of examples have cropped recently on telly, both from Africa. I one case villagers from the Dorze people got together to construct a bamboo house to replace a widow's old one. I have seen these houses and they are amazing structures, and the process of assembling even a small one was very precise.

In the other programme someone in Senegal made a sort of harp thing with a calabash resonator. At first it looked very rough and ready but became very complicated as it went on. He saved the seeds when scraping the inside of the calabash to return them to the farmers for future use.

 

[Major_Clanger]

I can highly recommend Jessie who works for Harbour Marine Services in Ipswich. He's responsible for some of the Spirit's yachts and is a superb wood botherer.

 

[Wansworth]

And I am in awe of the quality of their work..
Thise who know what they are doing properly don' much worry about being called wood butchers .. it's the bodgers who get upset..

Although in fairness a poper bodger is a very hugely skilled craftsman in their own right. Does anyone know the origin of th term?

Being a bodge,thanks!........but I start off endevouring to do a first class job but soon little errors creep in and soon we are into bodging and once started there is no end.........6inch nails rule ok!

 

[Concerto]

6inch nails rule ok!

6" rulers rule, not nails!