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Jurjen I think you would do well in the garden furniture business these are fantastic !!!
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First rate specimens, Jurjen! Well done.
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Nice work Jurjen! I like your solution for securing the cross beam. I was looking for wedges! 8)
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Great idea Jurjen...seating arrangements are always in question at events...
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With your permission, I'd like to make some of these, too. I'm in metal shop mode right now, but will soon be back on the woodworking task. Benches are always needed, both for sitting, and setting boxes and baskets on.
I wonder if the same leg closure could be adapted and scaled up to table size?
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Simple, portable, elegant. Laudes! I only wish I had the woodworking tools to make some for myself. Now has anyone made a portable lectus for sleeping or dining?
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Plurimas gratias! I look forward to seeing pictures!
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The populares vindelicenses have portable clinae. Very nice ones, actually.
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They do indeed! Now that's the way I want to live when I'm out on encampments. Excellent reenactor group site, BTW; I can read enough German to navigate my way around a bit. I only wish that there were larger photos of the klinae, or construction plans
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"Now has anyone made a portable lectus?"
Well, funny you should ask
I recently finished work on the basic version of a Lectica in beach and pine. It can be disassembled to its bare elements and will double as a lectus and lectica. It made it's maiden appearance at the recent jubilee of the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam. My cracious doughter had the honour of being the first carried and apparently the elevated position went straight to her head; she complained that since the Lecticarii were of unequal length she rocked too much for good comfort...
I will post pictures asap!
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