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Like "How much would I pay to never have to do this again" the above "Viking Re-Purposing" is one of my fundamental techniques when it comes to my inventing/fabricating projects.
Tree Forks As Natural Composite Joints In Architecture | Hackaday
https://hackaday.com/2022/05/06/tree-forks-as-natural-composite-joints-in-architecture/
For example, I can't weld so I will buy an item off Amazon that has the joint or structure I need. I'll cut it out and use it in my project. It is usually far cheaper than having the piece fabricated by a welding shop.
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I remember from my US History classes that, long before American independence, Royal Navy scouts went through the virgin forests of N. America looking for large, tall, straight pine trees to be used for masts on RN ships. They marked these with a straight arrow brand which showed that the tree was property of the navy and could not be harvested by civilians. A hundred years later we would still occasionally find an ancient tree with that mark. Probably the same in Canada.
I also read that 1700's Royal Navy warships were built reusing critical parts of older ships. One part was the great curved timber that came up from the keel to form the bow of a sailing ship since these were in short supply. Said parts might have already been in use for decades in the previous ship. Nobody knew about microscopic spores back then but the recycling of materials would introduce wood rot spores deep into the very structure new ship and was one reason the RN warships did not last as long as American warships (ie USS Constitution) which were made with all virgin timber.
American forests were definitely considered a strategic military resource.
The famous story from Sweden goes something like this (I'm making up the dates, but the idea is the same). In 1788???, the Swedish navy realized that they were facing a serious strategic supply chain issue (as we say today) and so they commissioned the Swedish national forester to plant a forest of trees that would be suitable for ship's masts in 200 years. In 1988???, the forester told the Navy their trees were ready for delivery. The story is recounted in Stewart Brand's book, The Clock of the Long Now.
It turned out that a few things had changed in 200 years.
It's an interesting story on so many levels.
>"Viking Re-Purposing" is one of my fundamental techniques when it comes to my inventing/fabricating projects.
See the 10-inch stainless steel pizza pans?
Nice. I do that sometimes too, but not to that level. Simpler stuff.
The neighbor has a nice welding set up, so now I can ask him for simple welding, especially if the item is portable.