Demonstrations around the wood: commissioning of the hydraulic saw and turning on wood by transparency

Name: Démonstrations autour du bois : mise en service de la scie hydraulique et tournage sur bois par transparence
Start: 2022-09-17T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T17:00:00+02:00
Location: La Maison du bois

Woodworking: from the technical to the artistic. Come discover the mechanics of a hydraulic sawmill and then let yourself be carried away by the beauty of the shadows of the semi-dark woodturning...

Samedi 17 septembre 2022, 09h30, 14h30Passat

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Head to the Maison du Bois to visit the old hydraulic sawmill in Méolans-Revel (access on foot in 20 minutes walk if you wish, or by car). You can discover the technicality of a know-how and a 90-year-old mechanics! In the presence of Jo Lebre, local child and son of one of the designers of the sawmill. Then, let the magic take you to the workshop of the House of Wood, in a semi-darkness, with a demonstration of turning on wood illuminated from the inside of the turned object.

À propos du lieu

La Maison du bois

La Fresquière

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'azur

In the Ubaye Valley, between Le Lauzet sur Ubaye and Barcelonnette. The wooden house brings together all the attributes of an eco-museum, a wood workshop, and an exhibition gallery of crafts. It is intended for everyone, young and old, school and private, valerians and visitors... Inside, it is organized around several spaces. * An exhibition space on the wood industry: - forests and their management - from trees to wood: a living material - traditional and modern uses of wood in construction, furniture, energy, decoration, art… Ecomuseum, also wood workshop and exhibition gallery of handicrafts with a library the «Boisthèque». It deals with the wood industry, forests and their management, from tree to wood, traditional and modern uses of wood in construction, furniture, energy, decoration, art. An equipped workshop allows local artisans to make demonstrations and training courses (sculpture, filming, carpentry.. ). We can still see the operation of the hydraulic sawmill with tumbler w