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Sudis Dimensions - QVINTVS ARTORIVS CORVINVS - 11-04-2008 Salve, Can anyone tell me the approximate dimensions for Sudis? At a minimum: length, width at the largest portion of the square, and diameter of the internal handle... Thanks in advance. Re: Sudis Dimensions - LUCIUS ALFENUS AVITIANUS - 11-04-2008 Good question!! I can say only that almost all the reconstructions are wider in section than the originals. If you look to Bishop and Coulston, seems there are exemplars with a square section of only 5-8 cm. Re: Sudis Dimensions - QVINTVS ARTORIVS CORVINVS - 11-05-2008 Ok, So I could chop down some of the 4" x 4" spare lumber I have lying around, which is actually only about 3.5" x 3.5" dressed. I guess the last question is, how long do they typically run? By the reconstructions I have seen, they looked to be about 36" or so? Re: Sudis Dimensions - Matthew Amt - 11-05-2008 As I recall, they're typically about 5 feet long, so you can't get 2 from an 8-foot piece of lumber, unfortunately. We use 2x2 lumber for ours, seems to match the slimmer originals just fine. Some were certainly bigger, but they're 4 times as much to haul around, store, etc. I made one of mine from oak, laboriously using only hand tools--drawknife, rasp, etc. Then I made a couple from pine, with power saw and sanding disc. After a few years of getting weathered at events, I really can't tell them apart, except maybe by weight... Some handles are that nice spindle shape you see in Connolly, etc., others are just a waisted section about 4 or 5 inches long. Don't bother being too neat, it's not precision work or fine furniture. Matthew Re: Sudis Dimensions - Hibernicus - 11-05-2008 Our VALLI are about 48" long, vary in width though over the last few years we drifted towards narrower, and are made from oak, pine, fir, poplar, birch, ash and we have a few oddities.. one of manzanita and a couple of eucalyptus... most are fir made from 4x4 posts and lumberyard/construction site scrap. The handles vary too: 5", 6", 7" .. some neatly carved, other crudely We oil them... linseed oil. They live outside in the weather. We are close to our goal of 500 and the narrower ones are lots easier to transport and set up. http://rlqm.com/LegioIXHispana.papilio/ ... ribuli.jpg Re: Sudis Dimensions - QVINTVS ARTORIVS CORVINVS - 11-05-2008 Thanks Matt & Hib. I have enough to go on now ... Laudes to you both for the info! Re: Sudis Dimensions - Marcus Mummius - 11-05-2008 Ours are more slender than most groups. We got them from Cezary (You can find them in his marketplace subsection). Vale, Falco Re: Sudis Dimensions - jkaler48 - 01-20-2015 I made some 1/2 sudis for use when a whole one cant be buried. [attachment=11610]halfsudis.jpg[/attachment] [attachment=11611]fossa.jpg[/attachment] they are made from pine 2x4s ripped in half RE: Sudis Dimensions - keithd - 01-01-2018 Could someone tell me the approximate weight of the sudis?