PE - Question of pole-working

[Cherie Nolan]

So when you see the fine statues of stone and wood, is this what they use in period times in  order to make them so smooth and soft looking was sand stone you would think
they would have had to fine something less course then sand stone? Do you know if that is what they use for the detail work? Marguerite




Betsy Marshall wrote:
> 
> I hadn't thought of that.. My first response was to just rub it with sand,
> either with your (gloved) hand or against a bearing surface, like a sanding
> block, using loose sand, not the sand paper.then graduate to finer grades of
> sand, depending on the accuracy of your sieves...
> PS I like this list, even if it is quiet sometimes!
> Betsy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-periodencampments at ansteorra.org
> [mailto:owner-periodencampments at ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of Tina
> Comroe-Webb
> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 2:47 PM
> To: periodencampments at ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: PE - Question of pole-working
> 
> ttry a block of rough sandstone...my mom used to use it when taking the
> rough spots off of her staves....it worked...            reahnna..who says
> you can get a block of sandstone at a landscaping outfit...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wendy Freeman/Otte" <wyllow at netscape.net>
> To: <periodencampments at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 11:49 AM
> Subject: PE - Question of pole-working
> 
> > Here's a question to spice up the list:
> >
> > I am building a simple Roman "pup" tent.  I am trying to do this in as
> > painfully period a manner as possible (although it looks like I'll have to
> > subtitute canvas for goat hides (sigh...).
> >
> > Here's the dilemma: I saved some long branches (2-3" diameter, I think
> Maple)
> > to make the two upright poles, have de-barked them, and am whittling off
> extra
> > branch bits.  They are still rough enough to cause splinters, though.  I'm
> > sure something was used in medieval times to "sand down" (as we call it)
> the
> > wood.  I vaguely remember someone saying sandpaper (i.e. sand glued to a
> > backing) was used in later period medieval Europe - but what did they use
> > before then?
> >
> > Specifically, what would have been used by the Northern Europe woodworkers
> > (Gaelic or Norse regions) before about 900 A.D.?
> >
> > Any other documentable evidence as to treatment of poles that might be
> useful
> > to other tent-builders?
> >
> > Lady Wyllow of the Loch
> >
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