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    Dyeing threads

    I need to make a string for my son's bow that is getting ready. I'm using linen thread and looking at a 3-strand Flemish twist string (bow will be about 10lbs and the thread's breaking strain is 26lbs). We'll be making the string together at a Tudor farm on Sunday and I want to make one of the...
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    Ethical dilemma

    Round the corner from my house (less than half a mile) is a hedge by the main road with loads of elm in it. I reckon I could get all the staves I ever want out of there, although in fact two or three would do me nicely. Looking at the ground the policy of the council seems to be when Dutch Elm...
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