[Regia-NA] woodworking

[J K Siddorn]

I used to shoot a bit, archery and - unusually for an Englishman of my
generation - handguns of various kinds. I like "Draw the arrow, aim at the
center of the target,
> let the arrow go, do it that way every time."

It rather like instructions for flying reading "Jump in the air, aim for a
distant point and avoid hitting the ground before that."

Very useful, I must tell an instructee next time I'm about it ;o))

Regards,


Kim Siddorn

"All truth goes through three steps: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is
violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
Arthur Schopenhauer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wulfhere se Treowryhta" <wulfhere@masspostroad.net>
To: <list-regia-na@lig.net>
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Regia-NA] woodworking


> I have made one of the horses. I've been using it for about 3 years now
> to make handles, spoons, framing pegs, wedges, etc. About the rest of
> it, yes, a little guidence is nice as long as you realize that carving
> is the process of making lots of bad pieces before you accomplish
> mediocraty. If you stick with that and your joints a blessed, you may
> become good. You have to learn to feel the wood through the blade,
> understand the limitations of the tool and that only comes from time.
> When you get it, it's like magic, because you can explain it till your
> blue in the face and it's just not that easy. It's like the local
> Archery marshall says. "Draw the arrow, aim at the center of the target,
> let the arrow go, do it that way every time." It really is that simple,
> you just need to let your body come to that knowledge through repetition.
>
>
>
> On Thursday, May 22, 2003, at 04:49 PM, Schuster, Robert L. wrote:
>
> > howdy folks
> > i know the following isn't exactly period but i thought i would share
> > anyway
> > a friend asked me to get an article from an old edition of Fine Wood
> > Working for him.
> > in doing so i stumbled across a couple interesting articles that i
> > thought might interest some of you on these lists too
> > the main article i was after was the one on bucket making, it  was in
> > the May/June issue from 1983 and the other articles i got where from
> > issues ranging from various months in 1983 also
> >
> > you can see them at
> > http://www.missouri.edu/~winsloww/temp/FWW/Vol%2038-43,%201983/
> >
> > Halvgrimr
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