Chair-making with Mike Abbott: Cleaving an ash log

This is the first in a series of short films showing how to make a chair from freshly felled wood using mainly traditional, low-cost, low-energy tools and equipment.

[@rediculousereptiles]

That mallets a tank!

[@tomrevere9091]

I love how comically large that mallet is

[@betzaleldaniel]

Thats Thors mallet ... Mike dont be shine make more videos please... :)

[@meganerd14]

thanks man. like 20 trees fell down on my property and I've been trying to find a way to use them other than firewood.

[@TheSqoou]

+MN-14 Look up Jimmy Diresta. He also does some creative things, some of them with logs.

[@einarvading4949]

Whats with the tiny mallet ;oP

[@liamcunningham2592]

No hewing needed

[@manbearpig2164]

I don't see a chair

[@mikeabbott]

Try this film, then you will: ua-cam.com/video/1Xtm33j6C_8/v-deo.html

[@Ferrarimannn]

#stop_cuting _the_trees