madPete

TRying to catch up with me... Leftovers from "Slop By Chaaps".

Welcome!

3 hours ago, Mary Diamond said:

Such a bad influence, William, see what you started…

 

You have no idea. lanterns are but the the tip of the iceberg... :-)

5 hours ago, William Brand said:

It's good to have lots of shade options against the expected heat.

Does anyone have period squirt guns? LOL

I guess I hadnt thought about the number of shirts needed for a 5 day event.  A couple of my shirts are heavier linen and will be warm for Alabama in Sept. Washing clothes and getting them dry in that humidity is tough.

If warm and humid, drenching them in water before wearing should add a cooling effect, so maybe not the problem I think it is.

regardless, I have some shirtwieght linen ready to go. The problem now is finding the ambition (oh where did you go?) to stitch up the shirts.

I understand the allure of the blends, because they are cheaper, more available and come in more pattern choices. But I personally find blends to be stifling in the heat. Nothing breathes like 100% shirtweight linen. When you consider 2 yards for a shirt, at $12 yd versus 2 yards at $6yd, you only save $12.  I consider a $24 linen shirt to be a mighty fine deal when you stitch it yourself. And, you wont ever regret using 100% linen

60 yds of hemp  8mm (roughly 3/8) diameter was around $75 shipped. If you buy more that 50 yds, the price per yard is discounted 50%

2 minutes ago, Mission said:

I dunno... as European descendants, wouldn't our role be slaves in this scenario?

You do know your history... There is a prison also, but you need to find the dog with the key to see it.

I kinda went down the rabbit hole looking for that Morocco event ...

BTW - These stools are for the Pyracy pub events. I planned to make at least 4 for the pub and maybe one or two for my camp. I have a couple folding stools, but they just dont fit well in the duffle for flying.

On 4/7/2023 at 11:32 AM, Mary Diamond said:

I have a scrap at home that will make a nice stool/bench - if I get a chance I will try the Forster bits+threaded inserts with epoxy, and post the results.

where's that stool/bench you were advertising you would make?  Also, Mission was threatening to out engineer my stools, c'mon healthy competition is good!

My tent has jute rope for ties across the doors front and back, as well as thru the grommet holes I stitched for the stake tiedowns. I replaced the jute once a few years back as it was all frayed. It was time to do the same so I planned to upgrade the rope this time around. Purchased 60 yards of hemp rope (roughly 5/16 - 3/8). It came in 2-50yd and 10yd pieces from Hemp Traders online

The 10 yards was cut up for new tent door ties and stake ties. I made two 12ft length guidelines. Will probably use the rest as well for guidelines for the fly.

9x10 wedge - no guidelines

12x12 fly,with guidelines more like 15x15. I'll have to scrounge for poles at the event

While searching for events, I found this cool link to a visitors experience in Sale'', Morocco...

https://marocmama.com/pirate-adventure-in-sale/

Excerpt:

Salé’s Bab Lamrissa stands at least thirty-five feet tall.  This monumental gate dates to the seventeenth-century Republic of Salé.  A city-state separate from Morocco, this small polity had been run by Corsairs, or pirates in Western parlance.  I gaped up and up, soaking in the building’s historical import.  I wondered how to fit the entire structure into a photo, without losing any of its sense of grandeur. 

Welcome back! Funny how, as long as someones been gone, they eventually pop up again.

Glad to hear you are going to Massacre Island. We are really looking forward to it and working on our kits.

I was going to bring them to long beach

#3 - 

tung oil  over pine seat and oak legs

Next ...

oh, there's more adventure to come!

welcome back to all!

The one I'm holding on my knee is a work of art. Chad said somebody bought/traded for it and put it on the wall in a shopfront.

If I could afford it... oh well too nice fer a pyrate impression... unless... maybe... you are the viceroy or something!

Mine is the bottom one, which is me all over, functional but not pretty!

My friend sent a couple photos yesterday. the above were online shots, below are his...

There are some bunks in the barracks, I'm told they are first come, first served. But we really need tents and flys to fill this big open space!

I bought a router bit for the gold scales box I made William, I had to dig to find it tho.

I figured you wont see the mounting from the side. If you are on the floor you might see it, but then you're probably dead drunk too!

The saw marks came with the stock I bought. The first stool was a different piece of wood I had laying around. so i did something different with that. Like I said the bottom is kind of boogered up on that one, oh well, learning experience...

On 4/7/2023 at 11:32 AM, Mary Diamond said:

Had you considered T-nuts and threaded nuts? I use these extensively for table assembles, as well as for a cane. With thicker stock and a heavier threaded rod, these may be something to consider for stool options. Using a Forster bit to create an angled depression on the bottom side of the seat to receive the leg, and rounding the foot end of the legs, can give you an angled leg that will be stable on a wide variety of surfaces.
 

https://www.rockler.com/steel-threaded-inserts-select-size

https://www.rockler.com/screw-on-tee-nuts-choose-size-thread
 

I have a scrap at home that will make a nice stool/bench - if I get a chance I will try the Forster bits+threaded inserts with epoxy, and post the results.

nice! I'm making every stool slightly different shapes/colors

Just stay away from the Hemlock rum. I hear it has a kick!