Furca

[Hibernicus]

Andy wrote in another thread: "curved crossbar on the furca"<br>
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We talked about making a furca similar to the way you'd make a hay fork... one pole, the end sawn into two or three sections, steamed and then bent into shape.<br>
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If you start with a whole pole, a sapling or copiced pole, it'll be stronger than one split or sawn from a log.<br>
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It's on our experiment list of things to do...<br>
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Hibernicus<br>
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[Anonymous]

On a completely different tangent, Hiberincus, You were starting a thread a little while ago regarding the large round metal canteen that many of us have - I've gotten one from you a while ago, you lined it with pitch, others (like Matt Amt) suggested wax...<br>
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The thread mentioned some sort of discovery or incident regarding the saftey of using this canteen to actually drink from...Any more information or development about this?<br>
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I was going to use mine for RDNE, but after rinsing the canteen out a dozen times, even "soaking" it for a while, the water still tasted horrible...So I left it at home and resorted to plastic water bottles (besides, everyone else had them, and the Romans invented plastic...didn't they?...Well, Didn't they??) <p>-ANDY aka "Roman Dude" Svaviter in Modo, Fortiter in Re<br>
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[Crispvs]

If you had the time, the best way would be to split a coppiced pole while still growing and cause it to grow as a forked pole from then on (a wedge holding the forks apart). After three or four years each fork would have sufficient strength to carry a load and would have the advantage of not having a split which could weaken it, the original split having grown back into the round. Once the required proportions had been reached it would be cut and steamed to shape on a former.<br>
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[Anonymous]

Ave,<br>
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This is an interesting idea, which raises a question for me. I've referred to the fact that the Furcas depicted on Trajans Column have a downward curving cross piece, which seems kind of absurd really, and all the Furcas anybody has made, at least that I've seen, have straight bars, and we have the actual Furca idea suggested here.<br>
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Are there any other depictions of the FurcaSarcinaImpendimentaLoculusPot'nPan20lbsofWheatandaGallonofWine setups? (Well, I carry a gallon of wine )<br>
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Vale, Quintus Florentius<br>
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[derek forrest]

Avate,<br>
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This all looks too technical for me. Originally I had two nice bits of broomstick but somebody borrowed these for another purpose and all I did was wander into the wood and choose two appropriate bits of stick.<br>
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