I want one of these. More detailed plans, as well as variations, are at this site. These are very similar to the ones used at Plimoth.

Many, many more useful plans for various medieval furniture & equipment can be found here.

Also, I am seriously envious of this gentle's collection of clay pots and dishes. (Okay, I'm also jealous of all the ( Read more... )

So, let me tell you about my afternoon. I just spent an hour casting bullets for the various rifles and pistols we have. This was, of course, after Ekk & I killed some time by drilling a hole in the big ice sheet we have in our driveway and setting off some homemade blasting charges to try to break it up. It didn't really take effect, but was ( Read more... )