Winter RUM has been officially cancelled due to the weather. According to those in the know a large portion of Decatur is without power, there is 2 inches of...
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John LaTorre
tentmeister
Dec 2, 2006 9:36 pm
Greetings to the Group! As many of you know, I have been bringing a workbench and some woodworking tools to Estrella War for the last four or five years, and...
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Johann Friedrich
lord_johann
Dec 2, 2006 10:43 pm
I would love to come over and at least look at the bench and tools and any woodworking stuff, but I always end out busy with rapier fighting and household...
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Big T
cowgirlblue09
Dec 6, 2006 6:11 pm
Does anyone live in the North Texas/Dallas area that knows where I could find thick planks that look weathered? I'm making a medieval- style table, but I've...
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leaking pen
the_leaking_pen
Dec 6, 2006 7:01 pm
my best place for old wood, goodwill or salvation army. old beat up furniture. strip the polish and stain, resand or scrape, and good to go. (found a birds...
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David Stous
chainmaille_...
Dec 6, 2006 9:07 pm
Not sure about Texas, but in Northeast Kansas and Vermont, a great source for old wood is collapsed barns. Usually nice wide planking, well weathered, and...
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Avery Austringer
avery1415
Dec 7, 2006 11:10 pm
You might want to look for a sawmill that will sell you some unkilned lumber. It won't be old, but you'll get the same kind of end-checking and a bit of warp,...
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mit1369@...
mit1369
Dec 8, 2006 12:29 am
A while ago my Dad happened upon a barn being taken down in Kentucky by some Amish. He bought a load of the planking from it. Turns out it was chestnut. The...
cool. I want one. Baron Conal O'hAirt / Jim Hart Aude Aliquid Dignum ' Dare Something Worthy ' ... From: mmagnusol <MMagnusOL@...> To: - Adrian Empire...
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Ralph Lindberg
n7bsn
Dec 10, 2006 3:33 pm
... They've really been moving along, it's really impressive. It's been over a year since I checked their web-page for progress. I can recall early photo's...
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McNutt Jr, William R
billmcnutt
Dec 10, 2006 4:11 pm
It's 100% modern, but too cool not to share. A round dinner table that expands from seating 6 to seating 12. Imagine Optimus Prime made out of solid oak. ...
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Brian Tychonski
bribroadax
Dec 10, 2006 4:44 pm
cool. I want one. Baron Conal O'hAirt / Jim Hart Here's a website for a builder. www.castlemagic.com<http://www.castlemagic.com/> Good luck. Brian Broadaxe...
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Elizabeth Brakhage
ebrakhage
Dec 10, 2006 6:43 pm
Me, too. sigh. :-) Sara Sophia ... From: Conal O'hAirt Jim Hart <baronconal@...> To: medievalsawdust@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006...
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Ken Cockrell
pikeman1500
Dec 10, 2006 7:04 pm
I do like the castle, But that table is about the coolest thing ever. I had built several tables and I am guessing that the woodworking is the easiest part of...
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Bill McNutt
billmcnutt
Dec 10, 2006 8:03 pm
Not the first thing, I'm afraid. I ran into it on one of the tech blogs I follow. Any anything made out of solid oak is appropriate for this forum, right? ...
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Steve Vaught
sdv1964
Dec 11, 2006 10:17 pm
As long as it is not red oak Steve Bill McNutt <mcnutt@...> wrote: Not the first thing, I’m afraid. I ran into it on one of the tech blogs I follow....
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albionwood
Dec 12, 2006 4:32 am
A kindred spirit! Or do you mock me, sirrah? :-D Colin Steve Vaught wrote: As long as it is not red oak Steve Bill McNutt <mcnutt@...> wrote: Not the ...
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JBRMM266@...
barondonal
Dec 12, 2006 1:25 pm
It appears that I'm on the outside of an inside joke . . . . ... From: albionwood@... To: medievalsawdust@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, 11 Dec 2006...
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gunwaldt
Dec 12, 2006 2:58 pm
... I'm standing there with ya, scratchin' me head. Gunwaldt...
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kjworz@...
kjworzie
Dec 12, 2006 4:29 pm
I THINK the reference is to.... The paradigm sticklers have argued that the most feely available hardwood available in North America, Red Oak, has no real...
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Nicole
welshdane
Dec 12, 2006 5:40 pm
The source is a bit odd, but the mechanism is awesome. Very Leonardo DaVinci. http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1730665 YIS Sian...
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albionwood
Dec 12, 2006 5:54 pm
Yes, it's an inside joke. And, like all jokes, it isn't funny when you explain it. My personal objection to RO isn't so much that it's less authentic (a weak...
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JBRMM266@...
barondonal
Dec 12, 2006 10:40 pm
Thank yew ... From: kjworz@... To: medievalsawdust@yahoogroups.com; medievalsawdust@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:04 AM Subject: Re:...
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Steve Vaught
sdv1964
Dec 13, 2006 4:32 am
Oh I do not mock you. Red Oak for one isn't period, and is a pain to work with. The open grain structure makes it hard to finish and rough to work with. I...
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Avery Austringer
avery1415
Dec 13, 2006 4:15 pm
In Medieval Europe they didn't have red oak. (Technically they didn't have American white oak either, but what they had looks so much like American white oak...
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albionwood
Dec 13, 2006 4:38 pm
Definitely a kindred spirit, I see. One of my goals for next year is to work with something other than white oak for a change. I'm thinking Birch might be...
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Eric
ewdysar
Dec 13, 2006 4:59 pm
You might want to try Ash too. Nice stuff to work with, though I haven't tried carving it yet, and it's at the lighter end of the hardwood spectrum. Eirikr ...
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albionwood
Dec 13, 2006 6:34 pm
I've used ash quite a lot, especially for beds, where the stiffness-to-weight ratio really counts. I like it a lot. It carves pretty well too. I especially...
