Logs

5/12/05, 2:41 AM #1

tek-Brunswick, Ohio
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Logs

tek-Brunswick, Ohio

>This is a volunteer project that I am working on. We are replacing logs that rotted out on the Cabin at Settlers Landing in The Flats in Cleveland, Ohio. It is a reproduction of the first permanent home in the area. The original did not have brick inside the chimney it was plastered with mud, and clay. For safety reasons chimney in the reproduction is lined with masonry. Of course there are cut offs from these logs and some are destined for my band saw and then my lathe. I have some Ash, and Maple cut offs already. I think I spotted some Cherry in the log pile we get out material from. Any logs that are left over I can cut up also.

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5/12/05, 2:45 AM #2

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>Here I�m scribing a notch in a log to fit over the one below it.

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5/12/05, 2:47 AM #3

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>Here I am using a draw knife to peel bark from a log.

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5/12/05, 2:54 AM #4

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>The original Cabin was built in 1796 and used as a home. Later on it was used as a tavern. I know that they used to have wooden bowls, cups and woodenware at that time. Does anyone know what woodenware from the late 1700�s and early 1800�s would look like? What kind of wood was favored for bowls and cups? Would walnut oil be an appropriate finish? I�d like to make some turned items to donate to the Cabin.

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5/12/05, 3:34 AM #5

MP Wall
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>Just a guess, but I would think they would look like the currently popular bread bowls. Plates would be roughly square and scooped out, as they would be the easiest to make and replace. Turned tankards would also be appropriate, but I know zippo about turning one of those. You could always turn plates and simple bowls as they have been treen for eons. I am sure there are some treen resources out there in the libraries and I am also sure the local historical society will have some resources as well. Sounds like a great project, good luck with it. MP Wall

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5/12/05, 10:15 AM #6

Fred G. - Cincinnati
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>It won't help you now, but Robin Wood has a book called "The Wooden Bowl" coming out in August. I didn't do a thorough search of his website, but there may be something of interest there. Hope this helps.

Fred

The Wooden Bowl

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5/12/05, 12:07 PM #7

Barry Irby
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>They had a dovetail chuck foot and were sanded to 2000 with micromesh. Just kidding.

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5/12/05, 5:11 PM #8

B Mabery
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>I'm at the office now, so can't give or think of all the specific title(s), but Eric Sloane's books, espcially "A Reverence for Wood", have some excellent drawings of everyday wooden utensils.

Barry

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5/12/05, 9:54 PM #9

Shawn - in ID
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>That looks like great fun! I can't answer your question but, for the sake of re-creation, have a suggestion of something to look into. I grew up around the colonial Williamsburg area and recall many of the tavern tables actually had the bowl built into them - i.e., an indentation in the table itself where hearty soups would be poured right in. No idea if that might have been in effect where you are or at that time but something to research for the sake of being true to history. Disclaimer - spinning a table-top off center on your lathe to turn a hollow at each place setting may be a tad dangerous ;)

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