Tuam construction details
I recently got a request for tuam construction details about the pegs used in my chair woodworking project. Hope these pictures are helpful! Continue reading Tuam construction details
Tag: camp
Stuff to use for camping in the SCA
MGT 2010
The Viking, er Saxon* and I went to MGT, and tried out the wool geteld as a pavilion, with one side propped up. (*He's decided to switch sides and move back in time to meet me. Looks like I get to avoid making myself a Viking apron for good!) Our friends Vladimir and Illaria sat with us, and brought rugs and their very comfy upholstered chairs. Besides the upholstery, I really like how the high backs fill in the vertical wall of the tent, visually. I'm wanting to find more pictures of people seated for more chairy ideas. We … Continue reading MGT 2010
Tent progress – Punch list progresses
(the clamps on the ends are to help keep the tension along the ridge – when the ear ends are sewn shut, they won't be needed)(that's green tarp remnants) It's coming, it's coming…(happy dance) Put tent up in yard, so I can easily fool with details. Check performance against dew. Pin on ties Fix tension/geometry of end panels by trimming bottom of triangles Determine final length of ears Trim tarp Baste on ties Adjust tarp fit – LABEL Measure and cut mudflaps Baste on mudflaps Check performance against rain (rain predicted for Friday) Machine-sew ties and mudflaps Get tarp cover … Continue reading Tent progress – Punch list progresses
Tent progress – Frame now works!
The tent frame now works. (Thanks as always for snapping pics, Mike.) I'd gotten another joint suggestion from GMA fan Carl Smart (thank you!), and we used part of it, to great success. We ended up dropping the height of the ridgepole a total of 7" from where it had been. I notched the short bits of the uprights to carry the ridge directly, which places the uprights at good section-modulus orientation* when you're pushing the assembled frame up underneath the fabric. Ridge is now at approximately 8'-9". *This means a rectangular section vertical, rather than horizontal. Much stronger shape. … Continue reading Tent progress – Frame now works!
Tent progress – I’ve sewn a house!
I spent a lot of time in the past week sewing on my tent. Yes, I do all my sewing currently on a 30" x 48" table squirreled away in here. No pics of the folding required to lay out pieces in a room smaller than they are. In case I haven't said so already, this fabric is Odd. It's a wool/Something Plastic blend, as determined by a burn test. Except that I can't keep it on fire. I can't help thinking this isn't a bad thing in a tent. I just hope it doesn't turn out to be a sweatbox…but … Continue reading Tent progress – I’ve sewn a house!
Tent stakes and puller and hardware
The other half of my weekend was consumed with making tent stakes, a stake puller, hardware, buying wood for ridgepole and uprights, and being shown about a pretty good flea market in Dothan. Stake puller and tent stakes. They need painting next. Red iron is fun. First we cut 10′ long square rod (10-45 steel?) into 20″ long pieces, with angle cuts on the ends. 12 of these. So long because of sites like Gatalop, which have sand for dirt, and occur at shoulder parts of the year, with unpredictable and windy weather. Each stake got a notch mark at … Continue reading Tent stakes and puller and hardware
Trade: Viking Rus tunics for a trunk
Just for my A&S record: I made Gregg a couple of tunics, according to what I learned in the early Rus class at Pennsic… Both tunics are linen – the under one is quite light, with red flat-felled seams, and the decorative hemstitching at neck and cuffs and shoulders. The over one has dark green flat-fell stitches, and white giant herringbone. I left the blue tunic's cuffs undecorated – they really should have something quite fancy on, but Gregg is unsure of what he wants. Refinement for later. The blip at the neck is the reverse side of a maker's … Continue reading Trade: Viking Rus tunics for a trunk
5th century Irish Tuam (a camp chair)
I've been wanting a camp chair that was strong enough for anybody to sit in, and for me to sit in someone's lap in. And, since it's mine, it needed some "in the range of" documentation, even though it's a camp chair. And it had to fold up or break down nicely. And I wanted it to be more comfortable than a plywood chair. Here's the one Michael Moulton and I worked on this weekend: 5thc Irish Tuam; I haven't seen the book that this guy's instructions are based on yet, and I'd really like to see the original information there, but I figured … Continue reading 5th century Irish Tuam (a camp chair)
Tent building – thinking about getelds
I have been researching various kinds of wedge tents. I'm very fond of the basic shape – I like the cool simplicity of a light-colored prism, and contrast it in my mind with a riot of woolly and painted-wood color on the ground plane with bedcoverings, rugs, cushions and trunks. I'd found this Regia Anglorum site on getelds – an intriguing design, and one found in drawings of the pre-Norman period. They show it with one side lifted here, but you can also stake that side down, and open either end of that opening, by using half the bell as … Continue reading Tent building – thinking about getelds
Oil lamps, 1.0
(Continued from preceeding posts: 0.1, 0.2) My extremely-unrigorous experimentation with early oil lamps continues…I got the first batch back from Kerstyn Gartenier, potter. The top one is the first one I made, which was bigger than my reference sizes (gathered from the many extant lamps you can even buy on eBay, see previous posts). The bottom one is the second try. You see them here with braided cotton wicks (trash yarn lying around in a color I don't like) and extra-virgin olive oil. I have modern lamp oil, but I wanted to see how stinky the olive oil was. Answer … Continue reading Oil lamps, 1.0