Malaki, Yes, as Brusi of Orkney said "Potassium Bichromate - corrosive & toxic". But, with care - pretty useful. It is available as a powder. (I'll look up my...
Greetings to the list, and pardons to those of you here for whom this information is not useful -- while doing some other research, I stumbled across a source...
There are a number of issues that come together in this topic. One is the fundamental difference between the softwoods and the hard woods. They are not the...
If I'm gonna use pine for anything I buy a 2x12 and cut it down to the size I want The quality of the wood they use for 2x12 or 2x10 is usually a little higher...
I can tell at a glance the difference between Ash and Hickory, but the real question is Chestnut. Is that an American only thing? I do remember the English...
I have added some shots of my latest project, an hourglass frame made of walnut with applied relief carvings of rock maple. This hourglass is based upon the...
Greetins all, I have a question reguarding the architectural strength of wood. I am attempting to span a 24ft length for a Saxon A frame pavilion. I am...
http://woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=5212 They are nice tools. I have the larger adze and the axe. I bought them before they dropped the price a second...
I am beginning to gather some research materials with the hopes of entering an A&S competition. I am looking for any and all information on the Treaty of...
A conversation with our-own Alfric (at AnTir's 12th Night) lead me to realize that many here might not know that, what is possibly the largest wood turning...
I've seen a illumination of a monk sampling wine from a barrel ( we've probably all seen that one ) I'm looking for other choices for something to paint on a...
Hey all, looking for new old techniques to add to my repetoire. Anyone have any info on rounding of edges? Im sure it wasnt all done by hand with scrapers....
This new book is the first authoritative account of the history of the wooden bowl. It details evidence of the turners craft dating back 4000 years and looks...
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Ive got a great old set of compound bellows here that I plan to eventually restore, (and hook up to a forge), of course the leather is shot but the lung boards...
If you get the Science Channel there is a series of good programs that will repeat tonite at 11pm. They are on now. The first one is on the Romans and has...
My group and i, want with this card to wish you the best for this new year. We all hope that 2007 will be historically calm but interesting for all of us! ;o)...
Subject: FW: Incredible wood carvings... Can you believe what this man has done with wood? www.geocities.com/mjloidolt/marcus_page.html "Let Charity be your...
... I suspect not for a couple reasons. The molar weight of linseed oil is probably not very well defined and may be subject to massive variation. All...
... Not heard this before. Assuming this is more or less true, I would tend to believe that large scale extraction using live steam is not on the list of...
I uploaded a file to the group's file section ( before anyone says it....) Yes, I know black-light light bubls are not period. It's about how black-light shows...
Ok... so, like, I get this email from a fella' in Calontir who has a need to find out some info on trestle tables... with a specific request for 13th/14th c....
Does anyone have any recipes on how to extract linseed oil from flax? iI've found a refference that states that boiled linseed oil was originally, not regular...
You can have the person speak to the Baron of forgotten Sea in Calontir. For his round table event he researched trestles and had me build him a period style...
