[Sca-cooks] Looking for a woodcut

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Apr 4, 2007, at 2:50 AM, Saint Phlip wrote:

> I'll hafta get up and look at it next Pennsic. It just doesn't look
> very stable to me. More than adequate for keeping the pig off the
> ground in the tug-of-war with gravity, but it looks to me like if
> someone brushed against an end, the whole thing would fall down.

I've been wondering about that myself, and whether there's a  
combination of stabilizers between the wide "dog" feet and a little  
torsion placed on the axle/crossbar when the whole thing is set up.  
Look at the exaggerated care with which the joints and their layouts  
are depicted; is there any other way it could work, without a sort of  
quarter or one-eighth twist as the feet are planted?

Well, okay, I'm sure there is, and maybe the artist wasn't  
mechanically inclined, but you get the idea.

Adamantius

>
> On 4/3/07, Helen Schultz <meisterin02 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I had a friend make me his rendition of that spit set-up a few  
>> years ago... you can see it at:  http:// 
>> meisterin.katarina.home.comcast.net/pennsic30.html.  The only  
>> thing I can see the artist left off was those things to hold the  
>> meat onto the spit pole.  My spit isn't exactly like the one from  
>> Scampi, but close, and it all comes apart for easy transport.   
>> I've dont a 60# pig on it, and smaller ones, as well.
>>
>> ~~ Meisterin Katarina Helene
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Saint Phlip phlip at 99main.com
>>
>>
>>
>> If you want a blacksmith, I can probably find you one down there.
>> Might not be SCA, but will likely be SCA friendly ;-) Or, if you make
>> it to Pennsic, I can likely teach you enough so you can make it
>> yourself.
>>
>> I've been looking at that picture too, and it's my belief that the
>> artist left something out, because, as pictured, the bloody thing
>> would have all your food in a heap.
>>
>> At any rate, I too intend to make one, after I get a few other
>> projects done. With luck, by Pennsic, I'll have a completely period
>> smithing set up ;-)
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Saint Phlip
>
> Heat it up
> Hit it hard
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