[Ansteorra] Period Container Question

[Stefan li Rous]

  Last night I wrote:

> At one time, I considered learning how to make wooden barrels and  
> casks. Then I bought this book, and decided that coopering was way  
> beyond my skills, even for dry barrels, much less those for holding  
> liquids. The barrel staves end up having to be carved so they curve  
> in all three directions. They also need to be made with wood which  
> is radially split from the log and not sawn in slices as is done  
> with a band or circular saw.
>
> Argh. I just upgraded from Mac OS 10.3 to 10.4 (Tiger) and now Word  
> and my book database (Readerware) don't seem to be working. Nor can  
> I lay my hands on this book immediately. There are several other  
> books on coopering mentioned in the file below and if anyone wants  
> the bibliographic info of the book I was trying to give, email me  
> and I'll send it to you when I find the book or can get to my  
> database.

Okay, I think I found the problem. Even on a Mac when you fill up a  
40 Gbyte disk leaving only a few hundred K of space, things often  
don't quite work right... :-)

Here is the book which I mentioned. I think I now recognize this as  
being mentioned in my coopering-msg file as well.

The Cooper and His Trade
Kilby, Kenneth
ISBN: 0-941936-16-3
Linden Publishing, Fresno, Calif.
April 1990
192 pages
dimensions: 0.68 x 9.04 x 6.12

If anyone is doing or takes up coopering, I'd love to see pictures of  
your work. Or see it in person at a King's College or some such.

Stefan
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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
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