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Tent progress – Frame now works!

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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!

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5th century Irish Tuam (a camp chair)

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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)

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Wanted: Bucket carrier bar thingy

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[Okay, this is going to be a whole series of posts fleshing out the links on the Greet’s Guy’s Garb page.  Bear with me.]Theadora Perplexa (love her name!) and Eoin gave me two wooden buckets that I LOVE, and it immediately occurred to me that I’d like to look like this: (well, alright, with a happier expression on my face.) I do a huge amount of schlepping stuff at events, and am learning that I need some aids if I’m going to minimize the chiropractor bills afterwards.  This poor Norman woman looks like she’d like to learn the word ‘adjustment’. … Continue reading Wanted: Bucket carrier bar thingy

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Trestle Table

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I’ve always liked trestle tables.  I like how you can see how they work, and I like that they can be demountable and the parts moved elsewhere when you need MORE FLOOR.  Or outside, I have grand ideas of having people over to eat in the garden. Here’s the kind I like best, with a shaped leg upright, though not the ornate stretcher, and preferably even more painted than this.  Like Swedish Style.Doesn’t it look like you could just knock that apart, set the top against a wall, hang the legs and stretcher up, at the end of a work … Continue reading Trestle Table