History: Green Woodworking

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!Introduction
{FOOTNOTE()}Wikipedia contributors. "Green woodworking." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 24 Jul. 2019. Web. 22 Dec. 2019. {FOOTNOTE}Green woodworking is a form of wood craft or in broad terms, carpentry, that works unseasoned or "green" timber into finished items. Unseasoned wood is wood that has been freshly felled or preserved by storing it in a water-filled trough or pond to maintain its naturally high moisture content. Green wood is much softer than seasoned timber and is therefore much easier to shape with hand tools. As moisture leaves the unseasoned wood, shrinkage occurs and the green woodworker can use this shrinkage to ensure tight joints in their work. To enhance the effect of the shrinkage, one half of a joint may be forcibly over-dried in a simple ((Kiln|kiln)) while its encapsulating component is left green. The components tighten against each other as the parts exchange moisture and approach equilibrium with the surrounding environment. The swelling of the dry ((Mortise and Tenon|#Tenon|tenon)) inside the shrinking “green” ((Mortise and Tenon|#Mortise|mortise)) makes for an incredibly tight and permanent joint despite a lack of adhesives. ((Bodging|Bodging)) is a traditional green woodworking occupation, where chair components were made in the woods and exported to workshops where the complete chairs were assembled by furniture makers (called cabinetmakers in the UK). Green woodworking has seen a recent revival due to its increased media coverage and the renaissance of hand tool woodworking in general.

!Category of work
* {MOUSEOVER(label="Chair making")}{img fileId="515" thumb="box" desc="Ladder back chairs" width="400px"}{MOUSEOVER}
* {MOUSEOVER(label="Bowl carving")}{img type="fileId" fileId="512" thumb="box" desc="Rouging out a bowl" width="400px"}{MOUSEOVER}
* {MOUSEOVER(label="Spoon carving")}{img fileId="519" thumb="box" desc="Carved spoons by Kari Hultman" width="400px"}{MOUSEOVER}
* {MOUSEOVER(label="Wood turning")}{img fileId="520" thumb="box" desc="Pole lathe turning demonstration" width="400px"}{MOUSEOVER}

!The tools
* ((Auger|Auger))
* ((Axe|Axe))
* ((Chisel|Chisel))
* ((Drawknife|Drawknife))
* ((Froe|Froe))
* ((Gouge|Gouge))
* ((Hammer|Hammer))
* ((Handsaw|Handsaw))
* ((Hatchet|Hatchet))
* ((Knife|Knife))
* ((Wedge|Wedge))

!People
* ((Ben Orford|Ben Orford))
* ((David Fisher|David Fisher))
* ((Jennie Alexander|Jennie Alexander))
* ((Jerrod Dahl|Jerrod Dahl))
* ((Jogge Sundqvist|Jogge Sundqvist))
* ((Robin Wood|Robin Wood))
* ((Wille Sundqvist|Wille Sundqvist))

!Media
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