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Ah.... could be an Allis Chalmers tractor :-(

I friend who is a coppicer (is there such a word) and he has an old tractor which needs a replacement part and he cannot find one so I said that I would ask in herr.... The tractor is an Alice Charmer ED40 1963 Engine is a Standard motor co 23C The part is a rubber tube with different size apertures one end is one and three quater inches and the other end is two and a quater inches, Pics below Can anyone help please

Hiya Was Rae the guy that discovered the key to the North West Passage? I will see if I can track the book down, sounds very worth a read. The 200 year old canoe cup looked like a shallow kuksa to me, this may make sense as I guess there are links to scandanavia (villings) from Orkney?

Nice to know that they are there :-)

Hi all Comments from various forums re canoe cups/noggins ----------------------------------------------------------- There is a facinating read at the link below, including a photo of a 200 year old canoe cup that looks very like a shallow kuksa http://webapps8.dnr.state.mn.us/mcv_pdf/articles/9_200-Year-Old_Canoe_Cup_Recovered.pdf -------------------------------------------------- A couple of comments on canoe cups: A canoe cup was not so much for drinking as for food. A voyageur could easily get water, especially enroute, from the underside of his paddle. Take your paddle out of the water, and hold it at a 45 degree angle, blade vertical. Put your mouth against the underside of the blade and it will fill with water (at first, you may try to place the wrong side of your mouth against the paddle). Voyageurs were either Mangers du Lard (pork eaters) or Hivernants (winterers). The Hivernants plied the "upper country" north and west of the Grand Portage. They used the Canot du Nord (about 24 foot canoes) and seldom returned to civilization. The Mangers du Lard paddled the Maitre canoes (about 36 foot) between Montreal and the Grand Portage (present day NE Minnesota). Many of the original canoe cups were copies of the Ojibwe naagan – cross between a spoon and a bowl. ----------------------------------------------------- Here is a youtube video about the "coupe du voyageur" or Voyageur cup.......with a bit of a history lesson to go along with stages of carving. Also did you search "noggin" when you looked for info? [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPKn6Jue2H4]coupe du voyageur - YouTube[/ame] ------------------------------------------------------- They were basically carved by the paddlers along the way and came in all manner of sizes and styles, personalised by them selves some had carvings and patterns on etc, they were used to scoop water on the run and receive their Rum Ration in the evenings as far as I know -----------------------------------------------

Hiya Very good point :-) I can't argue with that, it would be fantastic ......

You have a PM

Hiya I would apper that the shape of these canoe cups varied a lot, their is a facinating read at the link below, including a photo of a 200 year old canoe cup that looks very like a shallow kuksa http://webapps8.dnr.state.mn.us/mcv_pdf/articles/9_200-Year-Old_Canoe_Cup_Recovered.pdf

Thanks for that :-) Bye the bye, I have seen Red deer in Essex (a mile from home) or am I going mad?

I have carved these two canoe cups in the style that harks back to the days of the voyageurs. The voyageurs were the men that paddled large canoes carrying beaver pelts to trading posts in what is now Canada. The voyageur wore a sash around his waist and the leather strap on the canoe cup was wound around the sash so that the drinking cup was always available. The toggle is a stylised canoe I can find surprisingly little information on the style, sizing and history of the canoe cup and would appreciate any information that you may have.

Very nice work :-)

Interesting set of tales in this thread, the photographer in me suggests that you guys should take before and after photographs etc

Very nice chair :-)

Hi Guys She is on the mend but still moping about. JP1 Yes we have been in woodland, we walk in the woods twice a day. Is there any advice up there on how to avoid it? It seems all we can do is keep her on the lead. I can't edit the OP so here are the broken links again Seasonal Canine Illness http://www.vpisuk.co.uk/portal/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=LPddNIhs0i0%3d&tabid=149

Hi all Our Mollie got clobbered by Seasonal Canine Illness (SCI) today. We took her to the vet who gave her a couple of jabs and some pills. Symptoms came on fast and dogs have died of it. You might like to read.... Veterinary Poisons Information Service http://www.vpisuk.co.uk/portal/Owner...9/Default.aspx VPIS info sheet http://www.vpisuk.co.uk/portal/LinkC...0%3d&tabid=149 <http://www.vpisuk.co.uk/portal/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=LPdd NIhs0i0%3d&tabid=149> http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Do...ail/story.html BBC News - Charity issues warning over mystery fatal dog illness Mark

I'm do not know what type of willow it is, it was given to me to use as chopping block. I think I will stick with other wood for the future.

That is amazing, fantastic skill you have

Hi Thanks for the pics, they look really nice.

Hi all I had some bits and bobs of wood in the shed so I made a few spreaders. I use the harder wood spreaders as a stirring stick and a cutting tool when cooking and eating. The next two are made from cherry and have wonderful colouring The next one is carved from apple, the wood was twisted and gnarly but came out well and with a lovely colouring, Lastly a carved oak spreader

I was recently given a selection of cherry logs by a friend (thanks Geoff). Cherry is a beautiful wood and carving a kuksa shows off the woods colouring. I chose a length of cherry long enough to give me enough spare wood to help avoid splitting. We had fantastic sunny weather here so I worked in a shady part of a local wood and used a minimum tool kit of axe, knife and spoon knife.

A friend gave me a lump of willow so I thought I would have a go at a bowl. Willow proved to be a strange wood to carve, water sprayed when it was hit with the axe and it scratches or dents when you just look at it. The wood was also very light and felt weak so the bowl is a bit chunky :-) I dont't think that I will carve willow again but is was fun to sit in the woods and make the bowl :-) edit: should have mentioned that it is 16 inches end to end

Hiya Do you have photos?

You could try the Hans Karlsson adze, I love mine. BUT the difficulty of making a good bowl adze (because of the multiple curves in one plane) means that they are not cheap. The cheap ones are worse than useless. You could try a bent gouge, cheaper but slower. Woodland Craft Supplies How big will your bowls be?

Hi Tom Couple of tips.... Keep plasters handy Use tools that are very sharp. Start a bowl in the morning and remove as much wood as you can from the inside and outside of the bowl during the day, this will minimise splitting. Do not sit in direct sunlight or in a breeze which will promote fast drying and then splitting. Save the shavings in a plastic carrier bag and pop the bowl into it when not carving, at night I put the bag containing the shavings and bowl somewhere cool. DO NOT work tired or rush near the end of the carving, both of which I tend to do and that is when the plasters get used :-( HTH Mark ------------------------------------------------------ Hand carved from wood

Fantastic work