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Thanks for the replies. I think I will make a couple more and put the out on the blanket and see what happens. I agree about not burning them very long. I really doubt that lanterns were lit and left to burn for hours the way we do in camp. I would think they were only lit long enough to...

Thanks for the reply. I am sure you are right. There are no new ideas.... You are right about the candles burning fast also. I have made several different patterns of lanterns of a few different sizes. One is a large six sided ship lantern that has three candles in it. Man that thing is a candle...

Hi. I do some tinsmithing and am working on a new pattern for a scaled down lantern. The classic 5x5 by about 16 in tall lantern is great, but takes up a fair amount of room. I have worked up a 4x4x12ish (not including round handle) pattern that looks just like the larger version, but smaller...

Saxt, boy would I like to see some pictures of that!

Paul Barnhart, Barnhart Studios, carries a good selection of tinplate, and a lot of other needed supplies. As for the tools, good luck. I got a few of mine on Ebay before the prices went through the roof. They do not show up in the flea markets around here, but there are some guys online that...

I hit the button too soon. I took a class at the Campbell Folk School from Harry Krupenbacher and Clinton Pitts to learn tin knocking. If anyone is interested in tinsmithing I would enjoy talking more about it.

Over the past few years I have been learning tinsmithing. Here is a rev war style canteen that I have learned to make.

Thanks Black Hand. I have orders for some large wash tubs to make in the next month or two. I got to look close at some Viking and Roman coopered items and a few of the Mary Rose pieces in musueums in England and Scotland. Great stuff. One farm museum let us explore their storage area and...

Hi. Over the past couple of years I have been working at learning "white coopering" which is about any straight sided coopered vessel. Is there anyone else here that is doing this that I can share notes with? I am using all hand tools, most which I have made. You can see posts about my...

Bill, you nailed it. Somewhere there is a picture of me in my all-borrowed first event outfit from '86. As near as I can tell the only thing "right" in it is that I am not naked and the dulcimer looks good. I think the only way we can really learn is to try it, make it, use it and see what...

Hi. I don't carve bowls myself. But I am learning to use the pole lathe I made. Check out these guys. http://www.bodgers.org.uk/bb/phpBB2/ I have found them to be very helpful when it comes to green woodworking projects.

Hi. I am looking for horn. I have made up a couple round lanterns with mica I bought from a wood stove store. The mica is split too thin and is damaged by anything more that looking hard at it. I am looking for a source that sells the mica a little thicker. As for the horn. I am wanting it...

I am looking for a supplier of thin transparent layers of horn for lanterns. I am having trouble finding a source. Any suggestions?

I did look, thanks. There are a few images of wooden artillary buckets, and tons of images of the metal ones which are apparently Pakistany and being sold as old. I hope to get some time to work on a couple wooden ones this weekend.

Thanks Alden and Wes. I will have to dig into those references. The one that I made is very like the one Alden shows. Is there any chance you can post a pic of how the handle hardware is attached? The orginal that I have a photo of has ears nailed into the bucket staves. Thanks again. Rob

Hi. I have been learning coopering, with hand tools, and would like to try to make up some artillery buckets. I have a couple of photos that show a bucket about 8" dia. at bottom, 7" at top, 8"tall with the whole cut into the top for the swab (right term?)to fit through. Can anyone recommend...

Thanks for the info. I have only made a couple pairs of center seams before, and never with soles. I would like to make a pair of these. How do you make the pattern big enough to go over the inserts comfortably? I am assuming that you have to have the inserts made first and make the pattern...

What leather did you use for the soles?

Hi. I took a weekend class at the school back in Sept. Bill Anderson taught a three day class on making a wooden jointer plane using only hand tool techniques. It was a great class, very well taught. Roy was in and out a few times but was tied up trying to finish an article of some sort that...