... Well, given that 90% of the woodworking I do is crossbows. I don't really have the shop all set up THAT great. But the mortising machine was integral in...
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GHISOLFO PHILIPPE
philippe2aug...
Aug 1, 2006 10:45 pm
Hi all, Did you finally open the URL i 've sent you? Philippe G Visitez notre site web associatif: Visit our group web site: http://www.fiefetchevalerie.com ...
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rmhowe
mmagnusm
Aug 2, 2006 2:19 am
For those of you who might like to make a lock for your chests check this out: Magnus ...
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Siegfried
HyPeR__aCtIvE
Aug 2, 2006 1:53 pm
Philippe ... can you translate some of the text on the site around that crossbow? I'm just wanting to know what they say about it, it's age, it's ...
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Siegfried
HyPeR__aCtIvE
Aug 2, 2006 1:55 pm
James, (Sorry folks, getting all Crossbow on ya here) ... I'm having a hard time believing that that roller nut goes with that crossbow. Just looking at the...
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Geffrei Maudeleyne
geffrei
Aug 2, 2006 2:02 pm
Translation trick for many sites. Go to the page you want. Highlight and copy what looks like the title or heading for the first section. Go to Google. Do a...
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JBRMM266@...
barondonal
Aug 2, 2006 2:13 pm
Have you ever tried that for the Manesse Codex site? Many of the translated captions are hilarious. ... From: Geffrei@... To:...
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Siegfried
HyPeR__aCtIvE
Aug 2, 2006 3:02 pm
Yes Geffrei, the problem is, in this case, there is very little text in the first place 'right near that picture'. Therefore I am hoping that Philippe might...
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Haraldr Bassi (yahoog...
haraldrbassi
Aug 2, 2006 6:15 pm
... I would read that as 1st half of 11th Century so putting the piece between 1001 and 1050. It narrows it down a bit more for you as you were asking. It may...
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ghalstead@...
garyh2018
Aug 2, 2006 6:22 pm
Charavine = name of the locale where it was found. The local tourist website says: "At Colletière, on the D50 from Charavines to Bilieu, there is an...
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Siegfried
HyPeR__aCtIvE
Aug 2, 2006 7:36 pm
... And here I just thought that was a word that bable/google wouldn't translate for me. Duh. ... Ahh, I didn't realize. I'm used to only reading German,...
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Beth and Bob Matney
bmatney2000
Aug 2, 2006 8:04 pm
I would very much like to locate the archaeological reports of the artifacts from this site... The shuttles mentioned on the weaving page especially: ...
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albionwood
Aug 2, 2006 8:10 pm
Ranulf, ... Why do you suppose it says "... to make tools' handles" in the caption? Maybe the sole is hollow? Or just speculation... It is nice to see such a...
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James W. Pratt, Jr.
cunning@...
Aug 2, 2006 8:11 pm
But that is what you get when you have a historian set something up rather than an archer. "But it came out of the same hole so they have to be together". I...
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JBRMM266@...
barondonal
Aug 2, 2006 8:19 pm
I am a bit of a newcomer here, and am more of a student than a participant. My woodcrafting is of the most basic sort. Still, I find that this list is prone to...
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Gary R. Halstead
garyh2018
Aug 2, 2006 9:53 pm
It looks as if there are two books on the subject: Michel Colardelle, Eric Verdel. Chevaliers-paysans de l’an mil au lac de Paladru. Paris : Editions...
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Gary R. Halstead
garyh2018
Aug 2, 2006 9:58 pm
I'm guessing the sole is hollow (didn't realize the picture was clickable). Did you notice they said plane*s*, but no saws, hmmm. I wonder what else they...
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Robb Schuster
halvgrimr
Aug 2, 2006 10:15 pm
Les Habitats du lac de Paladru (Isère) dans leur environnement : la formation d'un terroir au XIe siècle / sous la direction de Michel Colardelle et Eric...
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GHISOLFO PHILIPPE
philippe2aug...
Aug 2, 2006 10:40 pm
Hello everyone, Here is a picture of a crossbow as i think it was at "paladru lake": http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=crossbowfy2.jpg There is non...
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Beth and Bob Matney
bmatney2000
Aug 2, 2006 11:41 pm
Thank you VERY much! I'll track down copies of the books. Beth...
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mahee of acre
mahee_of_acre
Aug 3, 2006 2:58 am
o.k. this may sound stupid, but... As I was driving down the road, building things in my head, I realized that after I feld the tree that I split the wood...
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Haraldr Bassi (yahoog...
haraldrbassi
Aug 3, 2006 3:50 am
You have stumbled across the reason that so many of the things from the past are so much stronger and more stable than the things from today. You are exactly...
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James W. Pratt, Jr.
cunning@...
Aug 3, 2006 4:06 am
Yes and No. Being a sawyer I understand how to put strenght into a board. You have to look at things two ways. First most riven(split out) boards are like...
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Jared
tudweber_jr
Aug 3, 2006 5:32 am
... Ultimaty the grain decides the strength, as a log full of knots and grain twist will not make a strong board, no matter how you saw it, you will have...
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kjworz@...
kjworzie
Aug 3, 2006 12:26 pm
You are right. Split wood, aka Riven wood, is superior in strength and stability. The sawn version that most approximated this is called quartesawn and you...
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Bill McNutt
billmcnutt
Aug 3, 2006 2:04 pm
It's not stupid at all, and, in fact, some authorities would agree with you without reservation. For myself, I'm skeptical. What I am sure of is that rip-sawn...
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Marit
mymayhem4
Aug 3, 2006 2:37 pm
Correct. Split wood is also much more flexible. Hence it's use for making longships, etc. mahee of acre <mahee_of_acre@...> wrote: o.k. this may sound...
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Nicholas Russon
nicholasr1ca
Aug 3, 2006 3:26 pm
The reason that most lumber is rip-sawn is that it’s cheap to do. You can take a log and run it through a commercial bandsaw like salami through a...
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Bill McNutt
billmcnutt
Aug 3, 2006 6:59 pm
Anybody think there's the remotest chance on this side of the river Styx of the savings in labor cost being passed on to the consumer with an industry that let...
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Bill McNutt
billmcnutt
Aug 3, 2006 7:54 pm
I know I've asked this before. I can't find it in the archives. What is the name of the painting Conal put up on the home page of this group? It's the one...
