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264280 | Anthony Seo | 2017‑12‑18 | TATHS Reading Room |
The Tools And Trades Historical Society (TATHS) is the English equivalent to the Early American Industries Association (EAIA). They recently made their newsletter starting from 1983 until 2012 available online. http://taths.org.uk/reading/taths-newsletters Lots of great information by some of the most knowledgeable tool collectors and researchers of the time. Tony (working away on a sort of mild winter's day) -- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/tonyseomusic Old River Hard Goods http://oldetoolshop.com/ |
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264282 | Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> | 2017‑12‑18 | Re: TATHS Reading Room |
I just randomly opened one - http://taths.org.uk/images/NL/NL002.pdf ">http://taths.org.uk/images/NL/NL002.pdf <http://taths.org.uk/imag es/NL/NL002.pdf">http://taths.org.uk/images/NL/NL002.pdf> - and found that "From the 16th century not one single complete British tool, nor even a drawing or other representation of one, is known to exist —— apart from those in the Mary Rose.” The Mary Rose is a mid-1500’s shipwreck that was raised, It settled on its side and everything above the surface of the bottom mud was gone, but everything below was remarkably well reserved - perhaps 40% of the boat. There were entire tool kits of tools! They say there were 6 carpentry benches that were also used for sleeping on. Good thing I made mine 6-1/2’ long - just on case Ed Minch |
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264284 | curt seeliger <seeligerc@g...> | 2017‑12‑18 | Re: TATHS Reading Room |
> The Mary Rose is a mid-1500’s shipwreck that was raised ... > There were entire tool kits of tools! They say there were 6 carpentry benches > that were also used for sleeping on. Good thing I made mine 6-1/2’ long - just > on case And the bench fits in your van, yes? |
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264286 | John Ruth <johnrruth@h...> | 2017‑12‑18 | Re: TATHS Reading Room |
Newer members of the List may be mystified by Curt's humorous reference to sleeping on a joiner's bench: "And the bench fits in your van, yes?" This is a reference to "Living in a van down by the river." - which would supposedly be your fate if your wife chucks you out because you accumulated too many tools and/or spent too much time "playing" (as she'd see it) in the shop. The archives no doubt contain several funny references to "TVDBTR" or "VDBTR" - The Van Down by the River. John Ruth Whose bench is too short to sleep on. |
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264325 | galoot@l... | 2017‑12‑19 | Re: TATHS Reading Room |
Quoting Ed Minch |
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264329 | Claudio DeLorenzi <claudio@d...> | 2017‑12‑20 | Re: TATHS Reading Room |
I like that octagonal mallet design! I’m so doing that one over the holidays! Claudio |
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264340 | Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> | 2017‑12‑20 | Re: TATHS Reading Room |
Thanks Esther. The state of preservation of the wood is remarkable, The Vasa is a similar story - sunk on her maiden voyage less than 1.4 mile from her departure point, she lay on the bottom of Stockholm Harbor for 333. The iron bolts holding on the nearly 1000 carvings rusted away and they fell inot the muck below. The water was cold, brackish, and polluted, and some of the carvings still have paint chips on them. Many of the carvings still show enough detail that conservators can tell which of the 3 carvers made a piece. Here are a couple of blocks, among the 40,000 items found: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/29263387322/in/album-72157664112 173282/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/29263387322/in/album-72157664112 173282/ <https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/29263387322/in/albu m-72157664112173282/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/29263387322/in/albu m-72157664112173282/> Amazing Ed Minch |
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