Lord Rhys ... Despite this, the complicated technology of the lathe itself transcends a single guild/profession. There is a period depiction of a lens-grinders...
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Dan Baker
lord_rhys_sca
Mar 25, 2012 11:32 am
I only said I know of no refferances. I would love to see some....
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Ralph
n7bsn
Mar 25, 2012 5:06 am
... Well... Stuart King, in his history of the lathe (http://www.stuartking.co.uk/index.php/history-of-the-lathe-part-two-continuous-rotation/ ) disagrees with...
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Dan Baker
lord_rhys_sca
Mar 25, 2012 2:50 am
Due to guilds the lathes of a pewterer and a bellmaker are unrelated to woodworking. I know of no refferances to a woodworkers lathe being anything other then...
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Ron
bayard_turner
Mar 25, 2012 2:38 am
The pewterer and the bellmaker in the V&A online version both show great wheel lathes, continuous rotation, requiring an assistant to provide the power....
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John Newton
johnrnewton
Mar 24, 2012 4:08 pm
Greetings, "The Book of Trades (Das Standebuch)" by Hans Sachs, published in 1568 shows several woodcuts with lathes in them. One for the turner, one for the...
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Ralph
n7bsn
Mar 24, 2012 3:27 pm
References on period lathes tend to be a little thin. Besides Da Vinci's illustrations, which as I recall are spring-pole and great-wheel lathes. There is a...
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Jim Hart
baronconal
Mar 24, 2012 11:47 am
Di Vinci drew a fly wheel lathe I think..... On Nook tablet copy and paste options limited..... so you are going to have to look it up youself, sorry ... ...
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Ron
bayard_turner
Mar 24, 2012 3:12 am
So now I find that Roy Underhill has built not one but two spring-pole lathes with an under-slung, short pole and a walking beam. Both are based on 18th...
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conradh@...
Mar 22, 2012 12:00 am
... I like his _Museum of Early American Tools_ and his _Diary of an Early American Boy_ the best. His history isn't always right--he sometimes talks about...
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conradh@...
Mar 21, 2012 11:34 pm
Do you need any jigs for particular projects? 3/4 is stiff enough, and those pieces are a size that often goes into such things. Band saws and table saws can...
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Michael Sheldon
desertrav3n
Mar 21, 2012 5:59 am
I keep pieces like that in a box near my workbench. They get used for all kinds of things: small projects shims, reenforcements, etc jigs, set-up spacers, etc ...
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Michael Sheldon
desertrav3n
Mar 21, 2012 5:54 am
... A Reverence for Wood Picked it up many years ago, I like it. It's not any kind of a how-to or pattern book, it's more of a passing glance into various...
You are going to have be more specific..... size of scraps is going tobe a big factor. On Tuesday, March 20, 2012, John Newton <masahide@...> ...
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John Newton
johnrnewton
Mar 20, 2012 5:53 pm
Greetings Scot, How about: * push/pull hooks for oven racks * small hinged cover lap desks for scribes * wooden lantern frames * painted shields for kids play...
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Broom
iambroom
Mar 20, 2012 2:22 pm
... That bridge is in Cleveland, right?...
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Bobby Bourgoin
robert_du_bourg
Mar 20, 2012 12:38 pm
If you want something you can use in the shop (if you use power tools); PUSH STICKS... I don’t know what you call these but, sheets to prevents drill bits...
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Mark
mross7.geo
Mar 20, 2012 12:09 pm
Birdhouses?...
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Jim Looper
jimlooper1970
Mar 20, 2012 9:08 am
Host a "Make-it Take-it" day to make boxes for newcomers in your area. Lucien ... The title pretty much says it all. I have smallish pieces about the size of a...
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Peter Owlett
wyrdwynd69
Mar 20, 2012 7:16 am
small chest<table top> or cubbyhole carry all ________________________________ From: Scot Eddy <mister_eddy2003@...> To:...
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Scot Eddy
mister_eddy2003
Mar 20, 2012 6:36 am
The title pretty much says it all. I have smallish pieces about the size of a sheet of paper (a few are long and narrow). What can I do with them? I hate to...
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Broom
iambroom
Mar 18, 2012 5:35 pm
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0486433943/ref=nosim/kkorg-20 Looks good. Haven't read it yet....
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Arthur Slaughter
dairmot
Mar 8, 2012 4:34 pm
Turn your PC into a money making machine! http://vallartabanderas.com/towes.php?abonumber=257 Thu, 8 Mar 2012 17:34:39 ______________ So she run on:Lize, hurry...
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d6crawler
Mar 5, 2012 2:53 am
That would be this guy: http://www.dickproenneke.com/ Awesome documentary. The cabin is still there and maintained by the parks service. ...
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buck_shomo
Mar 4, 2012 5:49 pm
Thanks. Watched most of it and am in great envy of the skill levels of the craftsmen. As a tangent, have you ever seen the PBS documentary about the guy who...
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barondevin@...
baron_devin
Feb 28, 2012 3:03 pm
This turned up on another list I'm on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4746vgMS-w It's about timber-frame construction and log cabin building the old Norse...
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buck_shomo
Feb 26, 2012 9:54 pm
After having looked at all the photos, it's obvious that you have both superior skills and a heck of a lot nicer workshop than I do. Fantastic stuff. I...
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buck_shomo
Feb 26, 2012 4:51 pm
Thanks. I built a pell for whacking with my sword, and put an old 'propane gas tank' helm on it for a head. Every once in a while when I see it out of the...
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Bill Schongar
bschonga@...
Feb 21, 2012 8:19 pm
You may want to search on the pattern site for the Carvewright CNC (it¹s in their ³Pattern Depot² link off their website) .. I just did a quick check and...
