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Fort Mifflin
Hi; I have been doing some volunteer work over at Ft Mifflin for a while now. They (ok just Beth Beatty, the Director) have talked me into “working” part time on the repair projects all over the place… literally everywhere. It’s an impossible job. The site needs a crew of at least 5 persons to…
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Craft Shows
Good morning, some of you know I do some nearby craft shows. Last weekend I was at Linvilla Orchards. This weekend I have been at the Greenwich Historical Society’s show in southern NJ, (Greenwich,NJ) Sold several things last week, sold one spoon yesterday, lol. To me it’s not about the selling, I view it as…
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Medieval Rope Making
this poor guy looks like he’s trying to communicate that his illustrator has soo messed up drawing his rope making devices that they can’t possibly in any world work, and he knows he’s stuck there forever not being able to get his work done.
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A Floor Standing Tape Loom II
I keep thinking that the slab/table on this one looks like an ironing board… the table is made from any 1.25″ material (can be thicker or a little thinner) most of the rest of the parts can be made from .75″ thick stuff unless otherwise shown. legs are 1″ x 2″ stock. heddle frame made…
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Dovetail Plane
Many years ago, when the world was young and rocks were soft, I started making a dovetail plane. For those of you who don’t know what that is… It’s a molding plane with a simple angle for the sole, used to facilitate the making of sliding dovetails. Thus the sole is made at the angle…
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Inshave, Scorp, Box Scraper, and I’m not going to make any friends with this post.
I get rather shirty over the whole inshave/scorp thing. I shouldn’t but there it is. I was taught that an inshave has two handles and a scorp has one. I don’t mind people mixing Them up. Their jobs are interchangeable so If someone mixes the names up it’s ok with me. It’s the damn Box…
The Broken Tradition
my musings on woodworking and other things I do.
