At the Craft Centre at the museum on Anson Road, Poynton the volunteers will be hard at work demonstrating various ancient skills.
Bodging (the traditional craft of working with green-wood using portable tools including a pole-lathe to turn
chair legs, etc) while another volunteer, will be working at the forge.
The power hammer has been installed, a wheelwrights shop is under construction and a tool shed is complete. Dates for craft demonstrations are:-
Sunday 7th August
Monday 29th August
Sunday 25th September
Saturday 29th Oct & Sunday 30th October
Wood turning
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There is no additional fee for the demonstrations, normal museum entry applies. See website www.enginemuseum.org for more details or go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgpUvc49pXc to see a video of our volunteers at work.
