Comments for Darren Beale http://bealers.com Part-time IT consultant & web developer. Trainee smallholder & woodsman. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:32:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Buying Land with a Pension by Putting down roots « Becoming Domestic http://bealers.com/2011/09/buying-land-with-a-pension/#comment-612 Putting down roots « Becoming Domestic Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:32:15 +0000 http://geekowarriors.co.uk/?p=107#comment-612 [...] pot ready for the purchase of land just the week before we found this piece of land. The story of  ”Buying Land with Pension Funds”how we were able to convert the stocks and shares pens... is written about in detail by Bealers on our joint Geekowarriors blog.I think we were both assuming [...] [...] pot ready for the purchase of land just the week before we found this piece of land. The story of  ”Buying Land with Pension Funds”how we were able to convert the stocks and shares pens… is written about in detail by Bealers on our joint Geekowarriors blog.I think we were both assuming [...]

]]> Comment on Electric Brompton Road Test by David Thorpe http://bealers.com/2010/07/electric-brompton-road-test/#comment-607 David Thorpe Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:09:04 +0000 http://geekowarriors.bealers/?p=15#comment-607 Interesting stuff. I have a Brompton but unlike you prefer riding in London... The electric assistance looks really useful and a good extension to the bike's capabilities . Had to laugh at 'peddling' - that means trying to sell something of little value - I think you mean pedaling ! Good piece, thanks. Interesting stuff. I have a Brompton but unlike you prefer riding in London…

The electric assistance looks really useful and a good extension to the bike’s capabilities .

Had to laugh at ‘peddling’ – that means trying to sell something of little value – I think you mean pedaling !

Good piece, thanks.

]]> Comment on Round Wood Timber Framing with Ben Law by The Story So Far… | Roundwood House http://bealers.com/2010/10/round-wood-timber-framing-with-ben-law/#comment-610 The Story So Far… | Roundwood House Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:06:44 +0000 http://geekowarriors.co.uk/?p=41#comment-610 [...] 2010 Bealers attended the Roundwood Timber Framing course held in Prickly Nut Wood in Sussex where he was taught by Ben Law. He learnt some of the principles [...] [...] 2010 Bealers attended the Roundwood Timber Framing course held in Prickly Nut Wood in Sussex where he was taught by Ben Law. He learnt some of the principles [...]

]]> Comment on Buying Land with a Pension by Chris Sainsbury http://bealers.com/2011/09/buying-land-with-a-pension/#comment-611 Chris Sainsbury Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:19:49 +0000 http://geekowarriors.co.uk/?p=107#comment-611 Great blog post, shows what you can do if you really set your mind to it. Seems like an amazing adventure, wish you all the best. Great blog post, shows what you can do if you really set your mind to it. Seems like an amazing adventure, wish you all the best.

]]> Comment on Better picture of yesterday’s finished wood stack by ramtops http://bealers.com/2011/02/better-picture-of-yesterdays-finished-wood-stack/#comment-3 ramtops Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:16:54 +0000 http://bealers.com/2011/02/better-picture-of-yesterdays-finished-wood-stack/#comment-3 I'm really jealous! We had a woodburner installed on Christmas Eve, but we simply don't have space in our urban terrace yard to season a lot of wood :( We're currently burning our way through a small skipfull from a skip hire merchant - £25 delivered, and will do us at least two months. Not exactly picturesque, but it all burns :) I’m really jealous! We had a woodburner installed on Christmas Eve, but we simply don’t have space in our urban terrace yard to season a lot of wood :( We’re currently burning our way through a small skipfull from a skip hire merchant – £25 delivered, and will do us at least two months. Not exactly picturesque, but it all burns :)

]]> Comment on Better picture of yesterday’s finished wood stack by Giles Turnbull http://bealers.com/2011/02/better-picture-of-yesterdays-finished-wood-stack/#comment-2 Giles Turnbull Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:52:32 +0000 http://bealers.com/2011/02/better-picture-of-yesterdays-finished-wood-stack/#comment-2 this is teh awesomes this is teh awesomes

]]> Comment on Round Wood Timber Framing with Ben Law by Darren Beale http://bealers.com/2010/10/round-wood-timber-framing-with-ben-law/#comment-609 Darren Beale Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:03:17 +0000 http://geekowarriors.co.uk/?p=41#comment-609 @Ciara Hi, For furniture I suggest that you google Green Woodworking. Ben's techniques are suitable for larger scale structures like buildings where you're joining pieces of wood the size of a tree together. On the green woodworking front I can highly recommend <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Living-Wood-Buying-Woodland-Making/dp/0954234510" rel="nofollow">Mike Abbot's book</a> which has full instructions on how to make a traditional armchair from freshly felled Ash. Incidentally Mike was the judge on last year's <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qsc3j" rel="nofollow">BBC Mastercrafts Green Woodworking programme</a>. Good luck. @Ciara Hi,

For furniture I suggest that you google Green Woodworking. Ben’s techniques are suitable for larger scale structures like buildings where you’re joining pieces of wood the size of a tree together.

On the green woodworking front I can highly recommend Mike Abbot’s book which has full instructions on how to make a traditional armchair from freshly felled Ash. Incidentally Mike was the judge on last year’s BBC Mastercrafts Green Woodworking programme.

Good luck.

]]> Comment on Round Wood Timber Framing with Ben Law by Ciara McCarthy http://bealers.com/2010/10/round-wood-timber-framing-with-ben-law/#comment-608 Ciara McCarthy Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:34:05 +0000 http://geekowarriors.co.uk/?p=41#comment-608 I am a fourth year furniture design student,studying at the Dublin Institute of Technology. It is my final yaer and for our design thesis we have a minimium of three pieces of furniture to design. We can then either make some conponants/pieces ourselves or seek outside help. I am looking at natural approaches to furniture building, from using natural materials to natural/traditional construction methods.(typically Irish and English) When I came across green wood/wet wood/fresh sawn/roundwood I thought of Ben Law straight away, I have always watched Grand Designs and I had remembered watching him on the programme a few years ago and thinking to myself that he had inspired me to persue a similar lifestyle when I grow up. I say grow up because I am only in my early 20's and still living at home while attending college. We are at our conceptualising stage at the moment and our deadline for the year is may. I am having difficulty though finding images of the joints used in this type of construction and am only finding text and factual info like the moisture content of wet wood opposed to dried or seasoned wood. Any suggestions on how to find information on the more ancient wood construction methods would be greatly appriceated. Ciara I am a fourth year furniture design student,studying at the Dublin Institute of Technology. It is my final yaer and for our design thesis we have a minimium of three pieces of furniture to design. We can then either make some conponants/pieces ourselves or seek outside help. I am looking at natural approaches to furniture building, from using natural materials to natural/traditional construction methods.(typically Irish and English) When I came across green wood/wet wood/fresh sawn/roundwood I thought of Ben Law straight away, I have always watched Grand Designs and I had remembered watching him on the programme a few years ago and thinking to myself that he had inspired me to persue a similar lifestyle when I grow up. I say grow up because I am only in my early 20′s and still living at home while attending college. We are at our conceptualising stage at the moment and our deadline for the year is may. I am having difficulty though finding images of the joints used in this type of construction and am only finding text and factual info like the moisture content of wet wood opposed to dried or seasoned wood. Any suggestions on how to find information on the more ancient wood construction methods would be greatly appriceated.
Ciara

]]> Comment on Scarlett Eve Beale by Rob... http://bealers.com/2008/01/scarlett-eve-beale/#comment-587 Rob... Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:43:31 +0000 http://bealers.com/2008/01/24/scarlett-eve-beale/#comment-587 Congratulations!! Regards, Rob... Congratulations!!

Regards,

Rob…

]]> Comment on Scarlett Eve Beale by Mum http://bealers.com/2008/01/scarlett-eve-beale/#comment-586 Mum Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:02:34 +0000 http://bealers.com/2008/01/24/scarlett-eve-beale/#comment-586 A lovely photo, I feel so proud.Well done to both of you see you all soon love Mum and Bob. A lovely photo, I feel so proud.Well done to both of you
see you all soon love Mum and Bob.

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