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Not up for writing this all again.

www.authentic-campaigner.com/forum/showthread.php?5668-Define-quot-hot-dipped-quot-tin-plate

Most of the names are covered above. Probably another half dozen that deal primarily with other time frames but do some CW cross over.

www.fugawee.com/brogans.htm

If you go to the web site page, the top two images are the same shoe style just rough or smooth out. Move the image so you see the back of the shoe on both and notice...

Before this thread gets hijacked, I will throw my two cents in on the topic. From a repair stand point, peg shoes are on the bottom (more penetrations less likely repair), Mckay shoe (sewn from...

I came up with an 1896 broadside yesterday for Barbour Flax Thread, standard image on their product line. Words below talk about linen thread not flax on the same broadside. Looks like...

Unless I am wrong, flax is a plant that when processed produces long fibers that when spun together create linen thread. Guess I learned wrong at Old Sturbridge Village when I learned to make shoes.

First of year is here, this is the heads up to all the reenactors out there. Now is the time to look at your shoes for the upcoming season. Turn around times are quick this time of year and you...

Not much variation between mid 19th C brooms and modern equivalents.Broom corn fiber, wire wrapped to handle, cotton stitching, flat in shape. Most are commercially produced in the period but there...

Email me an address and I will send you some wire in the morning. doofendugel@frontier.com

Actually any supplier produces "museum quality" reproductions. Museum standards vary as much as reenactors standards. Just my pet peeve.

Could just email images of the problems.

Forgot the metal lathe and milling machine to get the dies made up and the circle cutter to make up the blanks.

Other than the one I make up, which I have seen two originals in person and two in books, the larger variety out there that are on the market have no supporting documentation that I am aware of. I...

Pretty much so, any acid or caustic will affect tin. Not to mention what abrasives do since tin is a soft metal.

Smooth in, rough out is common for brogans during and prior to the time period. Can't specify on military issue shoes. By putting smooth side in there is no need for secondary linings inside the...

That is not the only pair I have had to deal with, just one example of what has come in my shop for repair. The problem is two fold: the nail itself rust up in the shank over time expanding the...

Check out the fine damage hobnails can do,

http://media.tripod.lycos.com/preview/2239365/1024x1024-937218.jpg

The work needed to fix the damage
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Crabby forgot to mention, this is my one time out a year at an event. I will have a basic tool kit with me and will be doing field repairs on sheet metal wares for free (to the aggravation of Mrs....

Reproduction, adaptation, imitation, original design. Need to not classify products according to consumer groups and classify them according to standards that compare to originals artifacts, in my...

Sorry Bill, but I still make the WVM stuff. All the stock is dipped as flat sheet stock from which parts are cut and assembled, not dipped after the fact.

Seems to me that if the product is...

Acually tin pepper (shakers) boxes were around, Dover Stamping Catalogue is a period reference. Glass casters with tin screw lids for salt and pepper were part of the Milligan patent mess kettle, so...

Tom is right in that the EPA doesn't regulate tin as a pollutant. I had my conversations with the EPA years ago which is why I have dipping vats sitting in my yard. ;)

http://www.geocities.com/madisontin/Tinplate.html

Try this for the basics of tinplate manufacturing.

Pat Cunningham

I'll stay away from the construction and variation of historic cans vs. modern ones here. More than likely what you are buying is a tin can. Most paint cans are electroplated tinplate with maybe an...

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