Monday is greenwood craft day at the College, and Subsidiary
Diploma Countryside Management students have been busy refining their craft
skills in constructing some rustic gate hurdles by hand and made from
sustainably felled timber in the woods around them.
The 6’ wide gate hurdle were traditionally used to pen in
livestock and the design has not changed for hundreds of years. Typically
hurdles consist of five rails whose ends are planed into tapering tenons that
fit securely into mortises drilled into the two end uprights. By adding a
couple of diagonal braces and strops, the final hurdle is completed. In the
last few sessions, students have felled their timber and cut it to shape, and
have just started work on the mortise and tenon joins to bring the work
together.
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