Hello all. Over the weekend I attended "Winter's End" in Cincinatti. While there I had the chance to meet Master Charles Oakley(a great honor). He and several...
I have some documentation up at http://home.i1.net/~avery/sca under the belt with cast pewter fittings link. This will soon be relocated to www.scageek.net...
Howdy gang. Well. what I'm looking for is maple or alder turning blocks. need to be between 4" sq. by 5" long to 5.5" square by 5"-6" long. I'm working on...
Hello all, After attending Btwta a couple weeks back. I started thinking of just how cool cross-bows really are. And started planning to make one that I could...
Hey gang. Well, it ain't period. it ain't wood. but darn is it gonna' be useful. A couple of weeks ago I got a friend of mine some used woodworkin' magazines....
... There is another very important factor, being in a feild where we do much analysis, our feild notes are our memory. By drawing an item, we can recall the...
Greetings my friends, Another event goes by that I was unable to attend. Fortunitely my Lady got a new job today that is going to allow her weekends off. Woo...
One thing that interests me is why archaeologists still make it a point to draw all artifacts. For example, I have ta copy of 'The Mastermyr Find' tool chest...
With regard to the Middle Kingdom A&S Criteria and primary/secondary sources: The Guidelines for Using the A&S Judging Criteria state (with regard to primary...
Howdy Ulrich. O.K. I'll bite (hey, I'm a 'once was'. I should be good at this right???) 1. Documentation - Score levels are spelled out in criteria Bonus...
Greetings unto this List: I am called Mikhail of Novgorod (full Russian-style name available to those who ask), mundanely just Michael. I would describe my ...
Hey gang. Just got my copy of "The Archaeology of York: The Small Finds - CRAFT, INDUSTRY AND EVERYDAY LIFE". [ISBN 1 902771 10 9] As a woodworker's book of...
. as an addendum to my previous post: HOWEVER!!! I would also council you to continue to continue to "dream on". its from exploring avenues along these...
Sorry about the intteruption.... Is anyone else having trouble getting through to websites off the Midrealm's server? ===== Baron Conal O'hAirt / Jim Hart Aude...
. as a note. For those on this list who are Middle-Kingdomers (hummm. is that really a word???). and are thinking about entering the A&S Faire: One of the...
From "British Archaeology, No. 30, December 1997: Wooden evidence found for prehistoric power-tools A small, circular piece of wood found preserved at a...
Hi gang. Well. got my copy of Morris' "Craft, Industry and Everyday Life" ordered (. and just got the confirmation from B&N that its been shipped!!!). but. ...
Well gang… its like this. I have this potter making a way cool clay cistern for my campsite… period glaze and everything… Now he's going to send me a...
Wood Construction Category Rules: The category is for the judging of the construction, not the decoration or embellishment, of wood items. Many species of wood...
Chas, Your saw and bow drill are beautiful! Do you have a pattern for the pieces of that saw? What did you use for a blade and blade fasteners? -Charlie aka...
Greetings, I am working on the design of a bed and want to use linenfold panels in the headboard. I want to have it fairly accurate to the mid 14C. and am...
Hej, I checked out that Delta belt/6" drum sander at Home Depot. Made in Taiwan. Still, although it looks like the same beastie as the Chinese one, there are...
Hi gang... Well, there I wuz', cleaning up my hard drive and I ran across a directory containing images of various lathes and stuff... (it might have come from...
Hi, and Happy New Year! Can somebody tell me the useage differences between a 12" direct drive disc sander with a tiltable table and a 4" belt and 6" disk with...
The discussions that have been going on are part of the reason I started this group. It's been a lot of fun so far.... Who's got the next question? ===== Baron...
Hi gang. Today I got introduced to this cool whuttzit. (picture attached). Any wild ideas as what this is or how its used? (Yep. its' a "tool".)??? Although...
Kinda' following along with the "period stains" thing. the National Geographic Channel (Sunday at 8:00) will air a program that is going to explore the...
Bran basically has the right of it. spindle gouges are basically not useful. if ya' look at the profile of a spindle or roughing gouge you'll find that it...
