The Old English form of beech is bēce, from Germanic *bōk-jōn, "beech tree," because the early Germanic peoples used strips of beech wood to write on. A similar semantic development occurred in Latin. The Latin word for book is liber, whence library. Liber, however, originally meant ...
After making a Chess pieces I needed to make the board. Luckily there are very few differences between making a chessboard and a cutting board, with the exception of the square size. The techniques are basically the same. Supplies Maple Wood Walnut Wood Wood Glue Clamps Thickness Planer Table ...
The curd is now broken with the hand into small lumps, and salt is added at the rate of 1 oz to 4 pounds of curd. Line the chessit with clean muslin or cheese-cloth, pack in the curd, cover and add a 7 lb. weight on the top. In 1 hour's time, take out and turn; then -...
For Crystal Heroes (CH), I can say the two (2) most influential games were Chess and The Duke. As for the Dice mechanic ... It's a bit (tiny) like Settlers of Catan (Roll 2D6s). Instead in CH you roll 3 Custom D6s, two (2) White and one (1) Black. Sometimes you can ...
Putting a jigsaw (拼图) together is a fun activity and making your own jigsaw is even more fun. You can make a jigsaw from wood, or you can make a simpler jigsaw with cardboard (硬纸板). Friends and family will love putting together your handmade jigsaws!
My invention relates to the making of corrugated vegetable-fiber board, and has for its principal object the provision of an apparatus for converting flat sheets of vegetable-fiber board Into sheets with permanent corrugations. Other objects are obvious or appear in connection with the following......
During the fifteenth century, a method of producing cards using wooden blocks as printing templates was introduced in Germany. These decks were quickly exported throughout Europe. The next significant advance in card manufacture was the replacement of wood blocking and hand coloring with copper plate...
They don’t look like much now, but they still have the nails that held the leather to the wood. Oh…I almost forgot! We can’t leave without one more orthodox church. One of the interesting things about the Church of St. Mary was the outside columns which were topped with carvings ...
Unfortunately, you can’t stay under water long enough to break wood. Start by raiding the loot chests and then from the surface mine the masts of the shipwreck. We lucked out and found iron and coal in the loot chests. From that we could make torches and put a roof over our heads ...
You had the idea of taking used coffee grounds from all the big coffee companies, such as colossal cafe chains, and turning them into briquettes to burn in wood-burning stoves. Tell us how that came about. Arthur Kay: Well, credit goes to you, Bex, because you were the first person ev...