On Sep 15, 4:34 am, Roy roy@somedomainsomewhere wrote:
Andre Jute wrote:
In "The Piano Factory", a novel by Jonathan Davies, I came across
another derivation for a Bodger as someone who knocks things up in a
makeshift way. Bodger's according to Davies was a firm that made cheap
beech furniture.

Ring any bells?

I don't think so. Bodgers were polelathe turners who specialised in
turning for furniture (legs, etc). They were prolific in the High
Wycombe area (where one of the surviving manufacturers of quality beech,
ash and elm furniture, Ercol, started up).

So yes, Bodgers made furniture - but it wasn't a firm. Unless someone
knows otherwise!

Nobody will gainsay you, Roy. I checked the novel in which I found
this and see that Mr Davies doesn't say anything about a firm but only
about people who were polelathe turners. I just read it too quickly in
my bath. Just as well I checked after reading your post. -- Andre Jute

Knocking things up in a makeshift way certainly bears no resemblance to
the skills of the original bodgers. I suspect the way the the turning
was done looked makeshift to those who didn't know what they were watching.

Roy.