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Drinking challenge

Postby MattS » 08 Feb 2017, 08:25

Has anyone seen the Axminster video entitled "Drinking challenge" in which they make a tankard with an Arbortech? It's popped up in my Facebook feed a few times recently.

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I got a wooden tankard from my wife for Christmas, it's suprising how nice it is to drink out of, plus you feel a bit like a pirate or from a medieval banquet when you use it! It's now my vessel of choice over glass or pewter.

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Re: Drinking challenge

Postby TrimTheKing » 08 Feb 2017, 08:30

Yeah seen that. Bit rough and ready but good fun.

Not sure I would want to drink out of that particular one though.

Yours looks ace Matt. Can you take some closer up pics of the construction and inside?

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Re: Drinking challenge

Postby MattS » 08 Feb 2017, 08:46

Yes will do tonight - the quality is really high but I'm not sure how it's constructed because the outside grain doesn't seem to match the rest of the faces which seem to be oak.
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Re: Drinking challenge

Postby Mike G » 08 Feb 2017, 09:01

How is the handle held on? Is it just glued?
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Re: Drinking challenge

Postby Pinch » 08 Feb 2017, 09:53

Very nice Matt - I like that a lot! 8-)

Is all you need now is an oak blob!

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Could be my next little home project - only without a lathe. Perhaps a bit of small coopering. 8-)

Hmmmmm... I likey.

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Re: Drinking challenge

Postby TrimTheKing » 08 Feb 2017, 10:56

Looking at the inside of Matt's pic Pinch it looks like it is coopered...

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Re: Drinking challenge

Postby Woodbloke » 08 Feb 2017, 18:23

TrimTheKing wrote:Yeah seen that. Bit rough and ready but good fun.

Not sure I would want to drink out of that particular one though.

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A lot of on line flack generated over that vid, not sure if it's the cleverest thing we've ever done, but the main point was to show the effectiveness of the kit, rather than the finished product. I got hold of it last week in the Skill Centre and it it a bit rufftytuffty :( - Rob
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Re: Drinking challenge

Postby TrimTheKing » 08 Feb 2017, 18:26

Woodbloke wrote:
TrimTheKing wrote:Yeah seen that. Bit rough and ready but good fun.

Not sure I would want to drink out of that particular one though.

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A lot of on line flack generated over that vid, not sure if it's the cleverest thing we've ever done, but the main point was to show the effectiveness of the kit, rather than the finished product. I got hold of it last week in the Skill Centre and it it a bit rufftytuffty :( - Rob


Yeah I've seen some of it, bit unfair IMO. It was obviously just a demo and not meant to be a finished product.

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Re: Drinking challenge

Postby Woodster » 08 Feb 2017, 22:34

I'm not keen on the Tankard shape, in wood at least. Traditional Kuksa though can look very nice.
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Re: Drinking challenge

Postby MattS » 08 Feb 2017, 23:21

As promised, a few more pictures. It appears to be coopered, no idea if handle is just glued on. Was made in Eastern Europe, Latvia I think.

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Re: Drinking challenge

Postby Pinch » 09 Feb 2017, 08:10

You have firkin good eyesight there Markus! :lol:

On a closer inspection and with Matt's recent piccie, I can indeed see a nice bit of coopering going on there. I didn't look at the Axminster link yesterday, but seen it now. I agree, great kit but shame about the demo's end product - a bit ruftytufty as Rob writes 8-)

The handle and the handle's stave could be one piece wood.

Very lovely tankard. 8-)
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