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igelkott

Mac wrote:

Is it just me or does it look like the artist put the seat boards on the wrong side of the boards that make up the back?

In any case, I love threads like this! thank you all!

igelkott

Here he is... Robin Wood:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGUzC_lXT8c

igelkott

I used a single piece of wood. I first carved out a small section for the rope to run on and then moved the rope to there and then carved out the shape I wanted. Here's a pretty nice video with a good introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4roT7ohT7I His lathe is obviously much better than m...

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This is the one I built a long time ago:

http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Nordenhal/AandS ... lathe.html

I haven't done anything with it since... too much other stuff to do, but it's surprisingly easy to get one working.

igelkott

raito wrote: It's not the maximum that perturbs me, it's the slope of those curves.

Jerk.

igelkott

The forefinger thing could be just temporary to hold the arrow until one is ready to actually shoot. This is common today. Shooting off the thumb side actually makes some sense because then you could raise your thumb so that your thumbnail acts as a shelf. I know when I used to shoot without a shelf...

igelkott

Yeah, I noticed that when the St Thomas Guild pages put up a series of blog posts on strycsitten. You can see some if you scroll down close to the bottom of this page:

http://thomasguild.blogspot.com/search/ ... trycsitten

igelkott

On the 2 boxes I've made I rabbeted all the edges of the bottom and then fit that into a 3/8" dado in the sides and ends.

igelkott

Swelling from humidity was one of the reasons I left the ends of the rods threaded. I just didn't know how tight to make them. As it was, I was able to loosen the knobs and then tap on the slats from underneath a few times and it folded right up. I don't think the maple expanded very much. The pine ...

igelkott

Inspired by this thread, I made my own chair: http://home.armourarchive.org/members/igelkott/Chair2.jpg I made it the week before Pennsic. It's made of maple except the arms, feet and back which are pine. I was rushed and didn't have time to do these in maple because I wasn't sure how they were goin...

igelkott

I've been using electrical conduit with fittings like these: http://www.tarps.com/chrome2.htm

igelkott

I recommend just making it without the adjusters. If, for some reason, you decide you really have to have them, it's a simple thing to replace the rods. My thought actually came from the painting you posted with the fellow with a red book and purple cloak. There is some sort of projection sticking ...

igelkott

Absolutely incredible. Thank you for sharing your work! I had made a drawing very similar to your pictures, but it's great to actually see one built. For the the 2 center rods I was actually thinking of extending them out a little on the back end and instead of peening them over, I would thread them...

igelkott

OMG, there's a ton of stuff to see in Rome. There's the usual stuff.... Coloseum, vatican museums, Spanish Steps, Trevi, Castel San Angelo, Pantheon, Forum ruins Just walking... Most everywhere you go you'll run into some roman ruin, medieval church, historic piazza or fountain. here's some of the m...

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Also the Crypta Balbi museum (near the Piazza Venezia and the palace of King Vittore Emmanuele) has a collection of plates from what is (probably a 6th century Lombard) lamellar corselet. There's supposed to be another lamellar armour in a museum in EUR (a created town built by Mussolini) just outs...

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Upon rereading it, SCA tips don't infringe on this patent. The patent talks about a connector with barbs on it for attaching the foam tip and flanges that extend back to the shaft attachment. I think the latter is similar to the tips that got banned a couple years ago. These tips would never be allo...

igelkott

I had never seen that back before. Thank you for those images. I'm even more motivated to make some of these. Mortising has long been the big stumbling block for me. Maybe just use a router table to clean out the whole piece except for an inch on each end or so might be a decent compromise. The uppe...

igelkott

A number of years ago we came up with this design for siege bolts which is what we still use today: http://www.thesiegeshop.com/Pool_Noodle_Assm.html At the time I thought about trying to patent it as a protective patent but it would have cost a bunch of money to do it. Reading this company's patent...

igelkott

Oh, too bad I didn't know about that place when I was there 15 years ago. It would have been a great place to visit on one of my side trips.

igelkott

Not much at all. Castel San Angelo had a little bit and the vatican had a little bit of ancient stuff but that was about it.

The Stibbert museum in Florence I think was the closest place that had a decent collection (although that was restricted to only a rushed guided tour

igelkott

tiredWeasel wrote: Looks like a 4-board construction.

Actually, from that picture you can't tell if it's 4 boards or really 3 with the middle piece split from age at its weakest point. I would consider 3 boards the more likely since I doubt they would build it with a joint at its thinnest point.

igelkott

I've made a few boxes over the years. here's my first: http://home.armourarchive.org/members/igelkott/boxes/toolbox/mytoolbox.html And another: http://home.armourarchive.org/members/igelkott/boxes/my-second-box/my-second-box.html and a collapsible box: http://home.armourarchive.org/members/igelkott/...

igelkott

Arthur Smith Feb 26, 2007 I built one. You can see it if you go to www.HaveYouNotRead.com/arthur.htm and go to 'My Pictures'. There is an album with pictures and a couple sets of plans. It turned out very nice, but it weighs a ton! However, we have three beds now and having this one in the box all ...

igelkott

Art Smith Aug 11, 2005 First, Bravenet removed the ability to link directly to the picture of Lord Iames plans. So to see what I posted, you have to access them through my web page http://arthurfyrd.bravehost.com/ - on the right look for "Favorite Sites" and "Folding Bed Plans". However, I have als...

igelkott

like this? Art Smith Aug 9, 2005 lol... Yeah... I tend to go all out when I do something. I'd have gone to get wood tonight if I had any money! It woks ok. The problem I had was the side rails were folding and wanting to be in the same place. I countered this by staggering where they bent. But think...

igelkott

His ID is kingart4 and looking at messages his name is Arthur Smith/Arthur of Ballan Moor. He has a link to a webpage http://www.HaveYouNotRead.com/arthur.htm Are you sure that's the link you meant to post? It doesn't seem relevant to the discussion. Am I missing something? Mac You asked for info a...

igelkott

His ID is kingart4 and looking at messages his name is Arthur Smith/Arthur of Ballan Moor. He has a link to a webpage www.HaveYouNotRead.com/arthur.htm

igelkott

bhaiduk, I sent you a PM.

igelkott

Yes I like those greydragon list fences also, so much that I built some myself. If you can't deal with the storage and transport issues, you can do a hybrid by building corner sections only made up of 3 uprights (a corner post and 2 regular side posts) with say, 4 ft horizontal 2x4s, and use these a...

igelkott

Does anyone have an idea as to what that tower in the background (was obviously part of a previous drawing on the paper) was a part of? It looks to me like it's bleed through from the previous page in the book. hmmm, yeah... this looks like it: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hausbuch_%28Schloss_Wolf...

igelkott

To test different shorter pole heights you can simply dig a small hole under each upright, then check for sag or if a wider base will work. You might be able to shorten it by a few inches and get a slightly wider footprint. By digging a hole you don't need to cut different lengths of wood.

igelkott

Dark Victory has a decent basket hilt:

http://darkvictory.com/html/catalog.html

igelkott

2 cups flour with 1 cup sugar? That's a pretty sweet hardtack! Recipe for making hardtack-biscuits For two escudillas of flour, you will take one (escudilla) of sugar. And to the quantity of two pounds of sugar you will add half (of what measure?) of oil, which is very good, and as much yeast as a l...

igelkott

BTW, do not get it used! You don't know how badly worn it is. They aren't too expensive to buy new.

igelkott

You want one of these: 2 1/2 x 323 x 30" Spring Steel It's a generic replacement part "Leaf Spring Repair Plate". .623 would be WAY too thick! The 30 means that it's 30" on each side of center. ex. http://www.generalspringkc.com/product_p/250r323-30.htm and here's another place: http://www.autoparts...

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