Morning, Great chest, that thing is awesome. My gut reaction on it being oak is "no", but that could very well be incorrect. The grain pattern seems all wrong...
15160
Broom
iambroom
Apr 4, 2012 3:17 pm
... You realize you just confessed to the list that you tried to buy it, right? It's OK. I'm still waiting for my spaghetti-tree saplings to arrive. ' |...
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ANDREW L
alowry2002
Apr 4, 2012 3:29 pm
Ironically folks who know that the tools are April Fool's Day jokes still want to buy them because they are cool. IIRC there is only one tool that can be...
15162
Bobby Bourgoin
robert_du_bourg
Apr 4, 2012 3:57 pm
No, but my dad tried another item a few years back... Bobby From: Broom Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 11:16 AM Cc: medievalsawdust@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
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Bobby Bourgoin
robert_du_bourg
Apr 4, 2012 4:01 pm
I was just going to say about the tape... From: ANDREW L Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 11:29 AM To: medievalsawdust@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
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Manuel Ponce
miltriades
Apr 4, 2012 9:34 pm
Many thanks Vels for this visual whole study. Manuel 2012/4/4 Vels inn Viggladi <velsthe1@...>...
15165
conradh@...
Apr 4, 2012 10:47 pm
... They're also very safety conscious. Everybody knows about shop dust, but if some tiny dust particles are bad for your lungs, can you imagine inhaling a...
15166
Chad Hamilton
chad.laurie...
Apr 5, 2012 9:40 am
Make aIot of money using your PC http://balletgifts.com/httpckhatcpa12k2.php?lepCID=737 ___ No you wont, youll start NOW; and dont you lose any time about...
15167
gloerke
Apr 5, 2012 2:07 pm
Dear All, I am making a sella curulis, a medieval folding chair used until 1400 as a seat of authority for kings, nobles and clergy. This is usually a...
15168
Bobby Bourgoin
robert_du_bourg
Apr 5, 2012 2:28 pm
Sorry, I don’t carve much, and when I do it’s with a Dremel... I know it’s cheating, but I also use a table saw, band saw, drill press etc... I do...
15169
buck_shomo
Apr 5, 2012 4:19 pm
It looks like someone's e-mail account was hacked....
15170
d6crawler
Apr 7, 2012 3:28 pm
Try this so you can more readily send it to friends :) I'm thinking of the pocket dovetailer myself. ...
15171
Avery Austringer
avery1415
Apr 10, 2012 10:38 pm
... Don't - people discussing solutions for a problem someone is having is one of the big differences between this list and a lot of Yahoo groups that are just...
15172
Scot Eddy
mister_eddy2003
Apr 11, 2012 2:36 am
Good luck on my end. Thank you all for the advice. I got ahold of the local community college framing and construction department. I have an appointment to get...
15173
Dave Ordway
ddordway
Apr 11, 2012 5:32 am
I have had success using a thin blade pull saw. I have cut shavings to an 1/16th of an inch. Lowe's currently carries Japanese style saws under the name of...
15174
Scot Eddy
mister_eddy2003
Apr 13, 2012 2:56 pm
Went to our local community college and got 2 boards resawn for free! Cool shop to boot, must find a way to take classes there. Thanks for the suggestion. ...
15175
conradh@...
Apr 16, 2012 8:27 am
... Check their rates, but a community college adult ed. shop class is often a cheap way to get access to some major power tools in a large space. Often you...
15176
David
tristandewar...
Apr 16, 2012 7:21 pm
Even larger colleges often have night courses. I took bronze casting, and many of my fellow students had been taking the same course for 10 years for access to...
15177
Dave
devonshire50...
May 9, 2012 5:16 am
I ran across an article somewhere about a stool that was made for one of the Queens of Atlantia. I have lost the link and wondered if anyone here can head me...
15178
Jim Looper
jimlooper1970
May 9, 2012 7:28 am
Well crap! I know who this is and remember the cushions and how they were made, but I cannot remember her name right now... She lives in the next county from...
15179
kenneth bain
mtman56
May 14, 2012 7:57 pm
Before the first sand paper(glass paper) what did the earlier woodworker, like during the Viking age, use to smooth thier projects?...
15180
leaking pen
the_leaking_pen
May 14, 2012 8:01 pm
cabinet scrapers....
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Dan Baker
lord_rhys_sca
May 14, 2012 8:04 pm
Scrapers, yes. I have heard of using shark skin, but I have no details as to fact, fiction, or time frame...
15182
James Daily
thedonatistc...
May 14, 2012 8:06 pm
Hand planes, scrapers, various kinds of stone and also plants. From Blood and Sawdust: In his 15th century manuscripts, Jehan Le Begue discusses methods of...
15183
albionwood
May 14, 2012 10:26 pm
The simple answer is, planes. Handplanes are known from Viking Age archaeology (and earlier), and it's pretty easy to leave a very smooth flat surface with a...
15184
d6crawler
May 14, 2012 10:50 pm
I've heard horsetail fern was used as an abrasive. It seems like it would turn things green but maybe they dried it first? Daniel ...
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Lynda Fjellman
lyndafjellman
May 15, 2012 12:02 am
Horsetail isn't really a fern. As far as how it works as a wood smoother I couldn't say, but it was used as a pot scrubber. It has a lot of silica in it. ...
15186
Stuart
darsnordham
May 15, 2012 12:37 am
... I place my horsetail grass in a loose weave bag and hang it under the deck to dry before using it. I first heard of it while attending a lute construction...
15187
Karl Christoffers
malcolmrmacg...
May 16, 2012 12:34 am
Somewhre I have a print out of an e-mail from Arne Emil Christensen, who has done a lot of research into viking shipbuilding. He wrote that horsetails were...
15188
Liedtke Goetz
goetzliedtke
May 16, 2012 1:32 am
Didn't the horses object? No amount of sanding with a horse tail will take out the hoof print from a kick. ________________________________ From: Karl...
