Woodfest Wales

Woodfest Wales
Location(s)	Kinmel Park Estate, St George Abergele and Margam Country Park
Inaugurated	June 8, 2002 (2002-06-08)
Website
www.woodfestwales.co.uk

Woodfest Wales (Welsh: Gŵyl Coed Cymru) is an annual wood carving event that was first held on 8–9 June 2002 in St Asaph,^[1] and attracted more than 18,000 visitors in 2004.^[2] Among the attractions is a chain saw carving competition.^[3] Since 2005, due to its increasing popularity, a second event has been held in May at Margam Country Park near Port Talbot in South Wales, and in addition to activities and displays related to wood, such as chain saw carving, logging competitions, and pole climbing, it includes displays of birds of prey, mountain biking, cookery, arts and crafts and a fairground.^[4]

Woodworking

Overviews

Forms

Woods

Soft	Cedar (Calocedrus, Cedrus) Cypress Douglas fir Fir Juniper Larch Pine Spruce Yew

Hard	Ash Alder Aspen Balsa Beech Birch Cherry Chestnut Cocobolo Ebony Elm Hazel Lignum vitae Linden (lime, basswood) Mahogany Maple Oak Padauk Plum Poplar Teak Totara Walnut Willow

Tools

Abrasives Axe Adze Chisel Clamp Drawknife Drill Float Mallet Milling machine Mitre box Moulding plane Plane Rasp Router Sandpaper Spokeshave Timber-framing Vise Winding sticks Wood scribe Workbench

Saws	Backsaw Bandsaw Bow Bucksaw Chainsaw Circular Compass Coping Crosscut Frame Fretsaw Jigsaw Keyhole Miter Rip Scroll Veneer Whipsaw

Geometry

Joints	Birdsmouth Bridle Butt Butterfly Coping Crown of thorns Dados Dovetail Finger Groove Halved Hammer-headed tenon Knee Lap Mason's mitre Miter Mortise and tenon Rabbet/Rebate Scarf Splice Tongue and groove

Profiles	Bead Bevel Chamfer Molding Ogee Ogive

Treatments

Organizations

Conversion

Techniques

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References

↑ "Woodfest Wales". Forestry & British Timber. HighBeam Business. 6 June 2002. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
↑ "Efficient Use of Resources - Events and Shows" (pdf). Adroddiad Blynyddol Annual Report 2005-06. Forestry Commission Wales. April 2005. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
↑ "Carve Cymru at Gwyl Coed Cymru, Woodfest Wales 2003". Edge of the Wedge (formerly Hardcore Carvers). Retrieved 14 March 2012.
↑ Bagnall, David (July–August 2011). "Woodfest June 2011" (pdf). The Circular - the Newsletter of High Peak Woodturners. High Peak Woodturners. Retrieved 14 March 2012.

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