Modern Tools

I was up at the sawmill with Adrian yesterday and it struck me how even though we are restoring an almost 100 year old boat that the tools and technology we have today must make things a lot easier.

Watching that saw ,almost silently, ripping lumps of trees into beautiful grained crucks and the little 8x8 forestry machine effortlessly lifting lengths of timber 3 men were struggling with made me feel admiration for those men 100 years ago who didn't have access to effort saving machines like forklifts and electric power tools.

On a smaller scale, when restoring a wooden boat a tool I can, without a doubt, recommend is one of these...