Monthly Archives: July 2010
Are you on the Dark side or the Light side?
I’ve been wondering these last few days if there is a definite correlation between whether you are a day time website browser and a night time website browser as to what sort of website colour schemes appeal to you, Dark … Continue reading
Turning Back Time…
What would I have done differently if I were part of the founding members of Crossroads? During a discussion a few weeks ago I was asked what I would do differently and whether I would consider a different business model … Continue reading
Only Five Months in the Hotseat…
As some of you are aware I was until recently the Chairman of The Crossroads Co-op, a wonderful dream by a group of medievalists to create a place to provide an educational centre for medieval and living history studies. The … Continue reading
A list of unfinished but unforgotten projects.
I have been very slack with my pewter work over the last 6-8 months and as such I have gotten a little behind. In order to attempt to get back on track I’m publishing the list of pending jobs in … Continue reading
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Trying to work out what I like about Pewter Casting…
…’Cause it really is not the actual casting bit. I’m finding the actual casting of these current tokens very frustrating. I would really like to know from other casters out there what the failure rate on your casts are, cause … Continue reading
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Couldn’t cop the heat…
Well… As it has been pointed out to me plaster can’t seem to cop the heat needed to be casting more than about 20 tokens. I’m sure that the size of the tokens and the size of the button required … Continue reading
Composite cast and casting chaos
Over the last week I have been scrambling to get a mould made that was a little beyond my carving skill. The design provided was within my skill level, however the request was for a double sided token with wording … Continue reading
