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    Dave Budd reacted to John Fenna's post in the thread Experimental Archaeologist with Like Like.
    (copied from the cord making thread...) I have done a little amateur "Experimental Archaeology" when I worked at Castell Henllys Iron...
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    Dave Budd replied to the thread Experimental Archaeologist.
    Welcome! I too am an experimental archaeologist, well I did the experimental Masters at Exeter 20 odd years ago :lmao: If you've not...
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    Dave Budd replied to the thread "Things; Wonderful things".
    tengu, if you think that's probably-useful-clutter never look in my sheds! I've probably a small warehouse's worth of stuff in various...
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    i experimented with the auger tapping myself, since I have a lot of mature birch trees and 15-17 years ago had the time to to that sort...
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    Dave Budd replied to the thread Axminster tools.
    I remember when they were just a decent hardware/tool shop in the town of Axminster (Devon) :) One of my first visits to the shop...
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    Dave Budd reacted to C_Claycomb's post in the thread Axminster tools with Haha Haha.
    Dorset…Devon…you know…one of those remote rural counties somewhere in the south west. Think they have coast lines, not much to choose...
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    Dave Budd replied to the thread Knife From Farrier Rasp.
    you don't need a forge to anneal for drilling, just a plumbers blowtorch ;-) if you heat the area to be drilled to a very dull red then...
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    Dave Budd replied to the thread Knife From Farrier Rasp.
    Nice looking knife :) Always lots of character in old files and rasps I've made lots of file knives and since I only use a couple of...