Posts: 1,244 Location: New Glarus, WI
Thu 06 Oct, 2005 5:20 pm
Mac, your links were both interesting and informative. Here's a summary of the points I picked up, at least for what I believe I want...
19 inch diameter circle, 1/2 inch thick - made from 2 layers of poplar, laminated 90 degrees, and pinned.
deerskin back (assuming I can find such... not an immediate hit with my usual sources...)
8-9 oz veg-tanned leather for the front
high-domed brass tacks (2-3 sizes, probably, and worth ordering online from somewhere like Matoska if I can figure out the arrangement and design first, and order what I will need, with some langiappe...
dye (which I already have an assortment of)
brass sheet if I decide to put any plates in or decide to make any bosses (bosses would require some additional tooling and a lot more effort...)
3/8 rod if I decide to make a spike, plus some form of something or other to attach it with...
I think I can forego the straw padding / lining, but may put a couple of layers of felt in instead - won't rot or crumble...
any leather tools and stamps that I need, should I decide to do any carving...
Throw all that together with a bundle of hours of spare time, and I think I just might be able to pull something off... ;)