04-28-2009, 10:50 AM
Nerva, thanks about my craftsmenship. Now how will it perform? It will look awesome in parades, too!
What do we have today? The texts as we are now stuck with them
, actual artifacts found at various sites (washers, components, the Xantan frame, etc), and iconographic evidence (Trajan's Column, tomb stones).
I wonder how much we are missing, and how we are interpreting or misinterpreting things? Would Heron, could you bring him to the present, say "good job" or "What the heck is that thing?"
I also wonder how our work will be compared to what is being done 100 or 500 years from now, if anyone still cares about 2,000 year old technology then.
Nerva, I know from experience with sinew that it has enormous stretching properties, and weather can severely affect it. A catapult will perform I am guessing more sluggishly during times of high humidity, rain, etc. than a hot, dry summer day. Wood of course is affected by weather conditions, temperature, and so on. Animals can eat your sinew if you are not alert, as well. I know for this for a fact, as my pug tried to steal a nice leg sinew. I felt so bad taking it away from her.
Regarding how a rope is constructed, not too many options, eh? One is reverse twisted individual fiber plies, made into threads, then yarn, then strands, then rope using a rope walk or other simple machinery. My own rope jack is very simple. Braiding is the other way to do it, I believe. I am still wondering which way I should go for my horsehair rope. Anyone have suggestions there? Reverse twisting or braided?
Dane
What do we have today? The texts as we are now stuck with them
, actual artifacts found at various sites (washers, components, the Xantan frame, etc), and iconographic evidence (Trajan's Column, tomb stones). I wonder how much we are missing, and how we are interpreting or misinterpreting things? Would Heron, could you bring him to the present, say "good job" or "What the heck is that thing?"
I also wonder how our work will be compared to what is being done 100 or 500 years from now, if anyone still cares about 2,000 year old technology then.
Nerva, I know from experience with sinew that it has enormous stretching properties, and weather can severely affect it. A catapult will perform I am guessing more sluggishly during times of high humidity, rain, etc. than a hot, dry summer day. Wood of course is affected by weather conditions, temperature, and so on. Animals can eat your sinew if you are not alert, as well. I know for this for a fact, as my pug tried to steal a nice leg sinew. I felt so bad taking it away from her.
Regarding how a rope is constructed, not too many options, eh? One is reverse twisted individual fiber plies, made into threads, then yarn, then strands, then rope using a rope walk or other simple machinery. My own rope jack is very simple. Braiding is the other way to do it, I believe. I am still wondering which way I should go for my horsehair rope. Anyone have suggestions there? Reverse twisting or braided?
Dane
Dane Donato
Legio III Cyrenaica
Legio III Cyrenaica
