Hi all, I just signed up on this list after looking around for info on 14th C wooden chests. I'm still in the process of gathering references and plotting out...
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Bill McNutt
billmcnutt
Oct 8, 2004 3:00 am
A worth goal, but take it from a novice smith: compromise on buying a saw, not making one. It's a black art. Will ... From: Kidder, Jeff...
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Don Bowen
donb_cts_com
Oct 8, 2004 3:01 am
Can someone give me the typical dimensions for a rush seated chair. I need the height from floor to seat, depth of seat from front to back, and the dimensions...
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Robert Hook
rahook2000
Oct 8, 2004 11:47 pm
... As a matter of interest, is there anyone anywhere who is making something that would pass for a 14th or 15th century saw? I've toyed with the idea of...
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C N Schwartz
kjworzie
Oct 9, 2004 12:58 am
Frame saw? A modern compass saw could pass with a little modification to the handle. The steel will be of better quality but..... ... From: Robert Hook...
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gameresearch
Oct 9, 2004 4:38 pm
I sa a reference at http://www.turnersco.com/ says that probably the earliest lathe still in existence is that of Emperor Maximilian I of Austria. made...
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Robert Hook
rahook2000
Oct 10, 2004 12:13 am
... (Blush) wasn't thinking, was I! ... That's worth thinking about if i can find a largish one. It would make a good rip saw against using a frame saw mainly...
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Joseph Hayes
von_landstuhl
Oct 11, 2004 1:30 pm
... Now that Woodcraft sells bow saw blades, I plan on making a frame to fit their work. Ulrich __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail -...
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kjworz@...
kjworzie
Oct 11, 2004 3:32 pm
Further conjecture of period saws. Believe it or not, period handsaws aren't that much different from the pinnacle of saw making in the late 19th, early 20th...
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Conal O'hAirt Jim...
baronconal
Oct 11, 2004 9:30 pm
Make a bow saw.... I didn't forge the metal myself and the teeth were not exactly even, but it worked... ....mostly. I used a strip of the metal banding that...
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Kidder, Jeff
drjeffkidder
Oct 11, 2004 9:39 pm
Robert, ... book I owned on sharping saws. ( I pretended it was a REALLY dull blade ) Did you do all the cutting with a file, or did you start by roughing out...
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Conal O'hAirt Jim...
baronconal
Oct 11, 2004 9:57 pm
... All the cutting was done by with a file. Counted strokes in an effort to keep everything even. ( need more practice ) Made up a wooden saw clamp to help...
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C N Schwartz
kjworzie
Oct 12, 2004 1:46 am
It's almost as easy to retooth a saw from zero teeth as it is to rescue a saw with badly massed up teeth. All done with the taper file. I use another saw as...
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smith_maybe
Oct 12, 2004 4:47 am
Something I've never seen covered before is Artist's Easel's. Most artists need an easel. Also easels make good display stands for paintings etc. Perhaps...
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smith_maybe
Oct 12, 2004 5:04 am
Most of my woodwork projects are made from firewood... I work a lot of outdoor events in summer where people camp for a week or so. The organisers usually...
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smith_maybe
Oct 12, 2004 6:01 am
... but ... me ... double ... us ... on a ... thrown ... out ... each ... round ... The easyest wood to use is Lime, sometimes called Basswood. It carves very...
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rmhowe
mmagnusm
Oct 12, 2004 12:30 pm
... I find that the simple truth is always the best defense myself. Sometimes there are differing ideas of what the truth is but I generally have found that...
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James W. Pratt, Jr.
cunning@...
Oct 12, 2004 1:24 pm
Farm gates are made from green oak and as long as you do not have to get it smooth it works like dry poplar. I just got through making a simple blocks out of...
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rmhowe
mmagnusm
Oct 12, 2004 2:07 pm
... You may never have encountered case hardening in unequally dried wood. This usually means the outside is drier than the inside [or vice versa] and the wood...
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Brian Tychonski
bribroadax
Oct 12, 2004 4:24 pm
<<This is where many newcomers think the SCA is ignoring them - but in the vast majority of times they are not being ignored at all - they won't know you are...
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C N Schwartz
kjworzie
Oct 13, 2004 1:26 am
How sweet! Except, I never go to court. The King never would have caught me when I was new, nor now. ... <<This is where many newcomers think the SCA is...
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Avery Austringer
avery1415
Oct 13, 2004 3:44 pm
... Isn't this only really a problem in wood that was dried overly agressivly? If you sticker/stack and air dry shouldn't case hardening never rear it's ugly ...
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Avery Austringer
avery1415
Oct 13, 2004 3:48 pm
... I haven't been following this, so, if you're happy, great. I'm happy you're happy. If your complaining, well, if you live in the woods in a secret...
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Don Bowen
donb_cts_com
Oct 13, 2004 4:40 pm
... Not case hardening but a similar problem can occur in reaction wood. Reaction wood is wood that has internal stresses, either from growth under stress or...
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Brian Tychonski
bribroadax
Oct 13, 2004 5:24 pm
A friend who works for a piano company here in Phoenix brings home some of the pallets. A lot of them are mahogany and other hardwoods and are about 6 feet...
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Dragano Abbruciati
dragano_abbr...
Oct 13, 2004 5:56 pm
Wow! The original of that conversation string goes WAY back. *counts on fingers* Eight months or so!!!!! Dragano rmhowe <MMagnusM@...> wrote: ... ...
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Conal O'hAirt Jim...
baronconal
Oct 13, 2004 8:56 pm
... You don't go to court... why not? Just curious.... ===== Baron Conal O'hAirt / Jim Hart Seneschal, Barony of Fenix Aude Aliquid Dignum ' Dare Something...
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Conal O'hAirt Jim...
baronconal
Oct 13, 2004 8:59 pm
however it happens, having the wood clamp itself back together in the middle of a cut is a bad thing Last time it was a problem for me it was pine, and a...
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C N Schwartz
kjworzie
Oct 13, 2004 11:27 pm
I am not a stick jock. I am not active in my local shire. If anything I am more active with Kingdom of the Middle, a barony called Flaming Griffon or even...
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marc adkins
winkleried
Oct 14, 2004 2:20 am
My favorite one is to find a Kubota Tractor dealership. I have a friend who lives down the street from one and they throw their mahogany and teak packing...
