On 6/21/20 1:36 PM, galoot@l... wrote:
> On Jun 18, 2020, at 7:04 PM, Ken Wright via OldTools
>  wrote:
>>>> Like our beloved listmom Esther, I'm a member of the Society for
>>>> Creative Anachronism, where we try to recreate the Middle Ages and
>>>> Renaissance.
>>>>
>>>> Here is one of my humble efforts:
>>>> https://aeans.aethelmearc.org/vqpt/pursers-chest/
>>>> <https://aeans.aethelmearc.org/vqpt/pursers-chest/>
>
> (Putting on my Fleur d'AEthelmearc hat)
> I would like to bring to everyone's attention the pdf that accompanies
> the pictures on this website.  It is an excellent example of
> "documentation", what is expected when you not only make an
> interesting burfl, but enter it into any sorts of arts and sciences
> exhibition or contest.  Not only "what is it" in detail, but how does
> it differ from the original, why, and how he did it, making no
> assumptions that you know anything on the subject.  Tells you all the
> tools too.
>
> The entire project is a lovely example of what crafts in the SCA are
> about, making things like back then, modified as required for
> materials safety and tools available today.
>
> Things I learned:
> Lowes actually has some sort of 1" stock
> The original had a till (have to have another look at Before the Mast)
> Dagonell is a smith
>
> Vivat Lord Coinneach!
BLUSH!
> I have long been amused that the construction of 18th century chests
> matches pre-1600 exemplars, and would point out that the vast majority
> of Peter Follansbee's boxes and chests also have the tills which
> support the lind.  Major difference is that his have all 90 degree
> corners.
Most of the tills in chests on the Mary Rose appear to have 90 degree
corners.  I spent a fair amount of time trying to figure out how to cut
angled housings!
> Esther (who has been doing more (quilting/sewing than woodworking
> during the pandemic)
Ken

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