[Regia-NA] Gokstad bed pins

[yolli]

Hi Edward,

I don't think this got a reply from anyone, so here goes.

I've made a Viking ( double ) bed out of Oak. 4'6'' x 6'6'' feet internal. I
surmised that as square pegs had been used on the Gokstad bed elsewhere,
then the most logical would be square on the mattress planks as well - and
being square, they locate and lock better.

The drawings I have show square peg holes.

Roll.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Patchett" <patchett@sympatico.ca>
To: "Regia" <list-regia-na@lig.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 2:48 AM
Subject: [Regia-NA] Gokstad bed pins


>     Greetings all,
>
> I'm in the process of making a slat bed, based one found in the Gokstad
> boat burial, and have have it almost finished, save for the pins that go
> through the tennons to hold them in place. ( similar to the pattern
> here:  http://www.dnaco.net/~arundel/bedplan.html )
>
> Can anyone tell me if the original had square/rectangular holes for the
> pins or rounded ones?  I can't make out the details on the original
> photo there ( though he has squared pegs in the pattern ), and I've seen
> one other good reproduction, but it used round pegs.
>
> Thanks,
> -Edward
>
>
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