Projects in work, Lets see, Large treb, and two small trebs for demo's, a chest for my cooler. A couple of book chests for the shire library (lets try to get...
Okay.. I have been turning bottle-stoppers like a madman. Mostly exotics, but some domestic woods.. (exotics: purple heart, padauk, coco-bolo, zebrawood,...
Maeryk - Yep... I know what you mean... the 'friction polish' makes a great shine... but like most lacquer finishes, isn't well served by water. I've tried...
... exotics, ... mesquite). Good morning to the list! Some questions, please re: bottle stoppers: Am I correct in thinking that cork, used to stopper bottles,...
... used ... a ... carving ... Well, the ones I am making are anything _BUT_ period.. they are chrome and neoprene plugs that the turned bauble threads onto.. ...
... shine... but like most lacquer finishes, isn't well served by water. I've tried the same list you have... and with the same results. I'm not sure what...
It always makes me nervous when they won't list their prices online. It usually means they know their prices will scare off 99% of potential customers. Kean...
Sometimes it just means that they don't have a geek on staff, and aren't willing to outsource one. Master Will http://tech.cls.utk.edu/wood ... From: Keith...
... <snip!> ... <snip!> ... It would probably work, but it certainly isn't period. The Grolsch bottles use a so called 'Lightning Stopper', which was invented...
... If you have a drill press, you can make or buy a jig to turn small items. Here's a commercial example: http://www.toolcenter.com/Vertilathe.html Once you...
You mentioned you hoped to make enough money to "GET" a treadle lathe....is there somewhere you can buy them premade? Or a kit? Or maybe at least plans? ;) ...
It always makes me nervous when they won't list their prices online. It usually means they know their prices will scare off 99% of potential customers. Kean I...
Well, the 19th century had a bunch of treadle tools made out of quite elegant iron casting. Barnes is a company that spring to mind. Is Velocipede a company...
One sold on ebay rescently for I think $325, it was a few weeks ago and a little rich for my blood. Of course a hand crank lathe went for $10 about a month...
After my last comment I decided to check Ebay and there is one (treadle lathe) for sale Item number: 3850893238. It's in Kansas and it's currently at $76.00...
Meh. Roy's books aren't very specific when it comes to details on making a treadle lathe. There was an anrticle years ago in a Woodworking magazine where he...
... maybe ... Well, I have an old crappy tube lathe that I bought for about 20 bucks, and the motor promptly burned out on. (I immediately went and bought a...
Gotta agree on the difference in handmade at home and cranked out in some far awway country. A lot of my income comes from selling my turnedware and educating...
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cunning@...
Nov 9, 2004 5:21 pm
Wine bottle corks were not invented until 1600? James Cunningham ... From: "msgilliandurham" <msgilliandurham@...> To: <medievalsawdust@yahoogroups.com> ...
... According to a web page I just found, (I lost the link.. search cork history on Google) cork was known and used for sealing in Greece and Rome.. YMMV. ...
Well, huh. I could have sworn there was a discussion of this topic either here or over on Authentic SCA, but I can't find it now. At any rate, I did as Maeryk...
... Using a bungie is clearly not period, but the motion of back and forth lathe work is so clearly period that it can easily be seen to be different when...
It is with a most heavy heart that I must report to this group the loss of one of it's members. i_sn_soldier, my apprentice brother Duff, was killed in an...
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cunning@...
Nov 10, 2004 2:52 am
By the end you will have enough for a CA issue! The uses of cork and non cork from begining to end of period. James Cunningham (frequently attributed to Dom...
... in? It was interesting that his body mechanics brought the tool in and out of contact with the wood just like the spring pole, but his results were ...
Actually, there are three different flywheel lathes in Jost Amman's book of trades. The catch: they are being used by metal workers, not woodworkers. Master...
... At last a use for one of the more specialized books in my private library. ... CA*), page 17: "By the time of the Greek and Roman periods of dominance,...
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