On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 02:32:12 GMT, jo4hn wrote:

I'm probably gonna
build something like it. Is it still plagiarism if I tell you ahead of
time?

Thanks - go right ahead.

I wouldn't copy mine though - go back to original sources and copy
them, not some half-assed second generation.

Like I said, I have _no_ evidence that arks were ever built in this
half-size manner. I just made it from the timber I had and sized
accordingly. Most of the details came from the photos on the Early Oak
site, and looking at a few other period chests. No ruler or
measurement used - just a square and a pair of dividers.

I was really planning to make one from riven boards, but my froe
technique isn't good enough to split big flat boards in oak. Those are
pretty good radial boards, but they're sawn and parallel, not split
and tapered.

I _might_ sketch some drawings of it. Might do.
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Smert' spamionam