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Re: TTRAG '09 [Re: OurBarns1] #19412 04/27/09 07:14 PM
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I finally got my camera emptied. I didn't have that many shots.
I only took a couple from inside the barn.





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Re: TTRAG '09 [Re: Jim Rogers] #19413 04/27/09 07:15 PM
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And here is another of the post top:



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Re: TTRAG '09 [Re: Jim Rogers] #19414 04/27/09 07:16 PM
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And someone asked if this was an original part of the structure:



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Re: TTRAG '09 [Re: Jim Rogers] #19415 04/27/09 07:19 PM
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Personally what was interesting to me was that this little baby's chair was made by my father's furniture company back in the 60's or 70's:



I'm talking about the little green one between the bench and the barrel....


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Re: TTRAG '09 [Re: Jim Rogers] #19417 04/27/09 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted By: Jim Rogers
If someone knew the "reason" why they rode those bents as they went up, it would be nice to share with us, who don't.....


Jim --

I imagine they rode the bents because it was easier and faster than shimmying up a post. They had to connect several girts before the bent would stand there on its own, so they rode up it in place in order to be in position to make the connections, rather than bothering with ladders or scaffolding or any of that sissy stuff. wink

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Back in the day they didn't go down hill skiing, para sailing or even bungee jumping so they rode bents into the sky and broke green horses for the needed adrenaline fix.

Tim

Re: TTRAG '09 [Re: TIMBEAL] #19419 04/28/09 12:41 AM
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maybe bent riding would be a nice addition at a Guild conference:

Following the morning break:

-axe throwing
-trebuchet
-bent riding

must have been what those mysterious pegs were for in that wall plate in the film: hang-on handles!


he was a fine old framer,
drove no peg before its time.
they say he ascended to heaven
on a fifty-foot bent.


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Re: TTRAG '09 [Re: OurBarns1] #19435 04/29/09 11:38 PM
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Don, I talked to Jack today, send him a copy of the video you want to post so he can review it. If you need his contact info, I will PM it to you.


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Re: TTRAG '09 [Re: Dave Shepard] #19438 04/30/09 12:49 AM
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Dave, interesting synchronicity. I decided to mail him a copy today...was at the post office this afternoon. Jack should have it tomorrow or friday, latest.

Thanks for the legwork. Did Jack mention he'd received my voice mail?

I also took Ken's advice and emailed Will Beemer about asking Jack, etc.


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Re: T-Ax @ TTRAG '09 [Re: TIMBEAL] #19500 05/05/09 04:02 PM
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Glad to hear TTRAG was a success, wish I hadn’t had to miss it.

Been off the board for awhile but thought I’d weigh in on the Tee Ax as I had a chance to play with one at the Clumps event. I liked it enough that I found myself hankering for one, though I have yet to fulfill that desire.

Despite an immediate liking for it, It was, like all Gränsfors axes, a little light for me. I prefer to spend my energy lifting an ax, then letting its own heft carry it though the slice, rather than having to power it down through the cut.

That aside, I found it a exceptionally controllable ax and one I would use regularly.

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