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Wooden Rake: a Toothed Hardwood Head on a Long Haft
A rake is a toothed bar fixed across a handle; the earliest had wooden tines on a wooden handle about 1.5 m long. Bore a hardwood head for a row of dowel tines, drive them in, and fix the head across a shaved pole with two braces.
The picture: our diagram of the rake.
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Instructions
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1
Head
Head
Cut a hardwood strip for the head and bore a row of evenly spaced holes along one edge, and a larger hole through the middle for the haft.
Materials for this step:
Hardwood Strip1 pieceTools needed:
Hand Saw
Brace and Bit
Tape Measure2
2
Tines
Tines
Cut dowels into tines, point one end of each with the knife, and drive them into the holes.
Materials for this step:
Hardwood Dowels12 piecesTools needed:
Knife
Wooden MalletHand Saw3
3
Haft
Haft
Shave a straight pole about 1.5 m long round with the drawknife and spokeshave, taper one end to fit the head hole, and drive it through.
Materials for this step:
Oak Coppice Poles1 pieceTools needed:
Drawknife
SpokeshaveWooden Mallet4
4
Braces
Braces
Fit two thin braces from the haft to the head on either side, set into shallow holes, to stop the head rocking.
Materials for this step:
Hardwood Dowels2 piecesTools needed:
Brace and Bit
Mortise ChiselWooden Mallet5
5
Tine spacing
Tine spacing
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