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What did you find today? :-)

MildredHubble

MildredHubble

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Hey everyone! :-) I was out on my travels today and found a book that I think is pretty neat and quirky. It's been fun looking through it. It's called "Cone's Book of Handicrafts - Practical Things to Make and Do". It was published in 1961.

I'm sure lots of us find things that we find interesting but haven't got many people who might see the value in quite the same way. So I thought I would start a thread where we can post these things. I thought that people could post about anything they think is interesting that they find, it can be anything including something you found or a picture of something you thought was unique and captured your interest. It can also be a post on something you learned today, or maybe something you thought you'd lost and ended up finding :-)

Hopefully I haven't duplicated another thread :-)

Here's some pictures of the book I found...
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I found the "crowing" contraption so funny 😸 Who came up with that? I might have to see if I can make it.
 
Holy Cow!

That was a favorite childhood book! I learned a lot of fun stuff from that book (most of it I just imagined doing, but still learned that it was possible to do that stuff).
 
TBRS1 said:
Holy Cow!

That was a favorite childhood book! I learned a lot of fun stuff from that book (most of it I just imagined doing, but still learned that it was possible to do that stuff).
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Wow! What a cool coincidence! I feel very lucky to have found it. It's got lots of very quirky things, like making ornaments out of coconut shells and also rug making (but you know that already 😸). It's a good book to just look through and learn lots of stuff that you can have in the back of your mind for later :-)
 
That book is truly a treasure.
The only thing I "found" today is that my toilet won't flush. 🤪
 
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Freaks (1932) Tod Browning : Tod Browning : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

I've seen it several times, but wanted a link for somebody
who hadn't.
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Cool! It looks interesting! I just read the introduction but I'm going to watch the rest after I've finished watching something on YouTube.

I was just looking through the internet archive earlier too. I'm looking for old TV programs to collect for a project I'm going to start soon :-)

It's such a good resource :)
 
This is embarrassing, but also kinda cute.

My 70 year old SO is madly in love this these two guys. They watched this video, and now insist that I make them a tagelharpa.

Until now, I had no idea what a tagelharpa was, or that such things existed.

 
TBRS1 said:
This is embarrassing, but also kinda cute.

My 70 year old SO is madly in love this these two guys. They watched this video, and now insist that I make them a tagelharpa.

Until now, I had no idea what a tagelharpa was, or that such things existed.

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That's sweet :-)

I didn't know about these either :-) I'm sure I've heard them before, I'm thinking probably on film soundtracks.

Are you going to make one? They look fairly straightforward from the video, but I'd imagine they are one of those things that could go easily wrong, particularly when it comes to putting high tension strings on.

I built a kit guitar and I used Gorilla Wood Glue. I spent ages getting all the geometry right and filing the frets. I left it near a window while I was visiting some relatives. I noticed it was slightly out of tune so I began tuning it, then POP! And the neck detached :-(

It shouldn't have happened. It must have been the glue, it had all melted. I reglued it but I've not been brave enough to try it as I will feel so upset if it won't intonate any more. I need to be brave and try it I suppose. Never use Gorilla Glue I guess is the moral of that story.
 
MildredHubble said:
That's sweet :-)

I didn't know about these either :-) I'm sure I've heard them before, I'm thinking probably on film soundtracks.

Are you going to make one? They look fairly straightforward from the video, but I'd imagine they are one of those things that could go easily wrong, particularly when it comes to putting high tension strings on.

I built a kit guitar and I used Gorilla Wood Glue. I spent ages getting all the geometry right and filing the frets. I left it near a window while I was visiting some relatives. I noticed it was slightly out of tune so I began tuning it, then POP! And the neck detached :-(

It shouldn't have happened. It must have been the glue, it had all melted. I reglued it but I've not been brave enough to try it as I will feel so upset if it won't intonate any more. I need to be brave and try it I suppose. Never use Gorilla Glue I guess is the moral of that story.
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That's terrible about the guitar - that must have been horribly disappointing.

Yeah, I'm actually going to make two, one for SO, the other for a friend who loves Norse stuff.

The twins have another video of building tagelharpa, using guitar tuners instead of tuning pegs. Since the tuning mechanisms come in sets of 6, I have make two 3 stringed tagelharpa to use them up.
 
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That's terrible about the guitar - that must have been horribly disappointing.

Yeah, I'm actually going to make two, one for SO, the other for a friend who loves Norse stuff.

The twins have another video of building tagelharpa, using guitar tuners instead of tuning pegs. Since the tuning mechanisms come in sets of 6, I have make two 3 stringed tagelharpa to use them up.
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I don't know if you are aware, but you can get locking tuners that don't tend to rattle or unwind and you can adjust them with a little screw on the top. They definitely offer better tuning stability than the standard ones you can get. I think they might be a good choice for an instrument like this one.

But either way, guitar tuners are so much more easy to use than pegs. I started to learn violin a few years back before my neck and shoulder issues made it difficult and tuning it could be quite frustrating. Simply using the right technique was quite the skill in of itself.

It would also be cool to see some updates on your progress as you make them! Good luck! :-)
 
Thanks!

I was looking at tuning mechanisms at online megastore. I know nothing about them, though. Is there something I should look for in the store description?

Violins are my second favorite instrument. I don't think I could ever learn to play one really well, though.
 
MildredHubble said:
I was looking for some Christmas gift ideas and I saw this on Amazon I think. There's quite a few funny ones like this. I have some T Shirts with similar designs. I just got one that says "Cats make me happy, Humans make my head hurt." 😸
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This is a good one 😸


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TBRS1 said:
Thanks!

I was looking at tuning mechanisms at online megastore. I know nothing about them, though. Is there something I should look for in the store description?

Violins are my second favorite instrument. I don't think I could ever learn to play one really well, though.
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Locking Guitar Tuners - What Are They and Why Do You Need Them? - Andertons Blog

This website explains a little more. You can get inline ones, or you can get them so that you have 3 on the left and 3 on the right. The latter ones will be more chunky and substantial, however, one set of 3 will rotate anticlockwise and the other, clockwise. So you might be better off getting a set of inline ones. To illustrate the inline ones will look like this on a guitar headstock and all tighten in the same direction...

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A 3/3 configuration will look like this...

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Also note the direction that the string should lock around the pin/capstan...

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Essentially they should "Wrap around" the peg on the opposite side to the the tuner head when you tighten.

There would be nothing wrong with using a set of 3/3 but you will need to account for this and place them on the opposite side of the instrument.

Here's a more in-depth diagram of the locking tuner...
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You don't need to get ones with the thumbscrews, you can get ones with blank backs :-) If you shop around you should be able to get a decent set for maybe £40 or equivalent :-)
 
Thank you so much! That helps a lot. I have stuff on order now (including horse hair for strings & bow - "tagel" means "hair," so a tagelharpa is a hair harp :). )
 
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