Working with tree nails

[Brygun]

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX5VXk6GPwY

[Dungeon Smash]

Pretty cool video!  Thanks!

I always wondered how URW characters managed to put together things like tables and chairs without the use of nails, using only axe and knife...
I guess it would be possible to bore out holes for wooden nails using a knife... is that meant to be the idea?  or is it more like tenon joints?  Perhaps an expert on Finnish/Scandinavian woodworking could clarify.  Or one of the developers.

[Brygun]

I recall from my own limited carpentry that the wetness of the wood will matter. Dry wood is smaller, wet is bigger. So it could help to dry a peg before insertion so that when at average wet it binds more.

Plus under load the hole will deform and so should the peg. The deforming of each is slightly different so may improve binding when sitting on it.

I do recall that to take apart broken furniture to repair it was good to dry it (make things smaller) and no load strain (often upside down, or in an oerintation it wasnt built for)

[Brygun]

Pretty cool video!  Thanks!
I guess it would be possible to bore out holes for wooden nails using a knife... is that meant to be the idea?  or is it more like tenon joints?  Perhaps an expert on Finnish/Scandinavian woodworking could clarify.  Or one of the developers.

Knife cut holes tend to be very sloped as most knives go from a sharp point to whatever width. Actually making a drill or auger takes about a simliar amount of metal but rather than putting a knife handle on it you extend it as a wood rod farther back. Then this rod  you connect to a cross bar to generate the turning force.

Found out about that research the BAC items for Medieval Drill and Auger.

From the BAC discussion with weblinks:


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// Auger
//
// Used to pre-drill holes before using nails
// or wooden pegs. Expected only for large construction
// or joining thick pieces like in boat building
//
// Differs from drill in that the auger makes finger or thumb
// diameter holes such as for structural wooden pegs
//
// A carving axe or knife would would do in for most boards
// if you can access both sides. If the board is already in
// place you might use an auger to drill from the open side
// all the way across and then into the other wood.
// Presented as one recipe
//
// Weblinks:
// https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_hCWus3eoA
//

.Crossbar Auger. "Sesta" [effort: 3] [phys:arms,hands] *CARPENTRY*  /6h/
{*billet} (2) [ground] [remove] '+for rod length'
{*steel billet} (1) [ground] [remove] '+cutting end'
{*billet} (1) [ground] [remove] '+for reinforcement band'
{*forge*}          [noquality]      'Forge or furnace'
{Charcoal}    (    [remove] [noquality] [ground]
{Bellows} [ground]
{*anvil*}      [ground]   'Anvil nearby'
{*hammer}                  'Hammer'
{Staff} (1)       [remove] [noquality]   '+shaft, crossbar and swivel head'
{Axe} <Carving axe> '+cut staff, shape wood'
{Knife} <Draw knife>        '+for fine shaping'
{Whetstone}           [noquality]   '+for final sharpening'
[WEIGHT:6]
[PRICE: 80]
[TYPE:tool]
[TILEGFX:bc-dipnet]
//Price is mostly for the iron


//////////////////////
// Medieval Bow drill
//
// For making tiny holes in hard or thick objects.
// Example holes in steel plates to make lamellar
// or pilot holes for nails in thick objects.
//
// Differs from auger in that this drill makes tiny holes
//
// Possible addition for a pump cord drill
// it would use 1 iron billet for rod and 1 steel billet cutter
// also use a {*cord} and {Staff} mabye {Block}
// Makes thin holes like pre-drills for long iron nails
// possible use in clinkered punt
//
// Weblink
// https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCsC6q8l3_0
//
// Note: the name Medieval Drill is used so that it doesn't
// get picked up in *bow *cord or other recipes


.Medieval drill. "Sesta" [effort: 3] [phys:arms,hands] *CARPENTRY*  /4h/
{Wooden stake} (1) '+for central shaft'
{Block of wood} (1) '+for flywheel'
{*iron billet} [remove] [ground] '+for drill shaft'
{*steel billet} [remove] [ground] '+for drill cutting head'
{*cord} [remove] '+for the twisting string'
{Branch} {1} [noquality] '+for bow holding string'
{*forge*}          [noquality]      'Forge or furnace'
{Charcoal}    (4)    [remove] [noquality] [ground]
{Bellows} [ground]
{*anvil*}      [ground]   'Anvil nearby'
{*hammer}                  'Hammer'
{Axe} <Carving axe> '+cut staff, shape wood'
{Knife} <Small knife>        '+for fine shaping'
{Whetstone}           [noquality]   '+for final sharpening'
[WEIGHT:4]
[PRICE: 60]
[PRICE: 50]
[TILEGFX:bc-dipnet]
[TYPE:tool]
//Price is mostly for the iron