Monthly Archives: June 2007

…Continued. Well… I did manage to make it to 2 Festivals in the time in between. There was one in about ’92 or ’93… and then one a few years later in 95. I also managed to make it along … Continue reading →

You know when I got back into the SCA after never quite getting involved when first introduced, I never thought it would consume me so fully. Is it right that I allow it to almost exclusively rule my life? I … Continue reading →

Meh! Where’d my weekend go? It was so short… I guess thats cause it was so good. :) Friday night I got home and had a sudden inspiration to create a gift for the soon to be Baronial couple to … Continue reading →

Yikes… There’s actually room in my room… Room even to put a coffee table, which is very tempting… The only issue with that is that it gives me another surface that I can cram full of half finished projects and … Continue reading →

So… Have you ever broken a soapstone mould when you were almost finished it? Just cracked a big bit off by mistake, or been a little heavy handed and hit a fault line? Did you know they are repairable? Did … Continue reading →

Ok… So I’m sitting here thinking Lamellar might be great in itself… but all the methods I have seen of putting it together involve lacing that holds large strips together. This seems foolish to me… why increase an area of … Continue reading →

I have been thinking alot lately about Lamellar armour… research has indicated to me that Lamellar whilst probably used by Vikings wasn’t actually made by Vikings but more so, stolen by Vikings… This is good news, and well… interesting news. … Continue reading →

Seems the drilling jig only works on about 12 at a time, otherwise the chances of breaking drill bits increases. This is still a major improvement on doing them one at a time… 8 holes, at 42 lots (500/12) = … Continue reading →

OK… So today my 22mm x 70mm x 1mm bit’s of metal turned up… This has taken a while, as I originally wanted them before the weekend, but it was forgotten about a few times. About 1000 in total, though … Continue reading →

Yes… this is a backdated entry. ;) I’m slack so I forget to do updates, and then do a load in one day… Had a great weekend this weekend with , we spent Saturday in Manly sleeping in for most … Continue reading →