Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Del the cat on July 25, 2013, 04:04:50 pm
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Thought you guys would like to see this which I came across at an open air Museum.
Del
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Good luck trying to get the wife to run it for you!!
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I bet an one time that was a REAL treasure to somebody!
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Absolutely insane. Didn't know there was such a thing.
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Great!! First one I've ever seen. 8) No wife here so I'd have to have pedals. :laugh:
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I would love that!
Easy enough to motorise it and it was obviously made when tools were tools.
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That one can do something the new ones don't, ...bandsawing by candle light!
OneBow
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That one can do something the new ones don't, ...bandsawing by candle light!
OneBow
Haha, true! Man, I would hate to be the guy doing the cranking on it while some guy was trying to resaw a 10" piece of rosewood or something... That's insane.
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I would bet that monster cuts pretty good when you get those big heavy cast iron wheel spinning it would have quite a bit of torque. You can tell by the blade guide that it will accommodate a pretty large timber. This was made back in the days when craftsman had apprentices and I bet it wore out a bunch of them.
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I love the spoke design on the front two wheels. That would be fun to use.
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Del, where was this?
Jim Davis
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Del, where was this?
Jim Davis
It's at the Weald and Downland Museum in the UK
http://www.wealddown.co.uk/ (http://www.wealddown.co.uk/)
I was there doing some Tudor re-enactment... trying to do 2 days work in two hours tillering a longbow whilst not wearing my glasses >:(
What could possibly go wrong?
Actually it was great fun and we had a great crew ;D
De
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that is awwwsome
chuck
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Got to love that,I need one of them in my shop right beside my hand powered drill press. Very cool. :)
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That thang would sure come in handy if we ever have one of them e m p's!! ;)
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Wow. I bet if you hooked up a nice heavy fly-wheel you could get some serious friggen torque.
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Wow! That's quite a piece of history! Jawge
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Wouldn't a little steam engine and some leather belts be sweet next to one of those?
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Wouldn't a little steam engine and some leather belts be sweet next to one of those?
Yeah, one of those ponderous schlup... pah... schlup... pah... schlup ones ;D
Del
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if you never had a saw,that would look really good to you.Pappy, you need that right next to your drill press.that would be cool.
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It is a cool saw, and plenty of people have probably used it without injury, but it looks like an accident waiting to happen. No guards around the wheels.
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It is a cool saw, and plenty of people have probably used it without injury, but it looks like an accident waiting to happen. No guards around the wheels.
Quick fix though. Wouldn't be too hard to rig up some guards. Even just some Aluminum sheet bent in a metal break would do the job.