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Tuesday, 23 March 2010 13:21 |
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 Bodgers were the 19th century workers who made the sticks, chair legs and stretchers in the woodlands of Britain. They set up a workshop often deep within the forest rather than fell the timber and take it home with them. So only finished components left the forest. Apparently they would take sacks of shavings so they could leave a trail to find their way back to their camp. They used the pole lathe (a foot operated lathe powered by a springy sapling), a shave horse plus a few simple tools and were expert craftsmen. Unfortunately the term has completely changed its meaning in the last 100 years and a "bodger" is now someone who is inept and ruins a job.
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