I love crafting everything I can do here's some tablets I made for tablet weaving! I cut them out and then drilled the holes, and I tried wood burning them to make the edges smooth and look cool! I'm excited to see how they work!
#Wood tablets
plush horizon
zinc breach
Look great! What did you make them from?
clear escarp
What wood is that? Thin plywood? Looks a bit thick. How big are they? Planning to make a couple dozen more, I am guessing. With the burns, I would worry the smoke tar and/or charcoal would rub off on your warp threads, discoloring them. Interested to hear what you discover in that regard.
clear escarp
The tablets found in the Oseburg ship burial were about 43mm (1-11/16”) on a side and 1-2mm (1/16”+/-) thick and maple (if I recall correctly). Most modern tablets are larger and reasonably so since we modern folk likely have larger hands. If you make them any thicker though, you are liable to end up with a deck thick enough to be unwieldy.
When I hand made some tablets and handed them out for folks to try the feedback I got back included complaint that the holes didn’t line up perfectly square with each other so you will probably want to do everything you can to minimize that. Good luck!
plush horizon
Look great! What did you make them from?
Just thin plywood, it took me forever to find it though and I'm still keeping an eye out for thinner stuff. But it seems like it'll work for smaller projects!
plush horizon
What wood is that? Thin plywood? Looks a bit thick. How big are they? Planni...
I suspect it'll rub off at first but probably get better over time IDK how much it'll discolor tho, I'm interested in seeing!
Just checked and they're 1/8in thick
clear escarp
Cotton swabs and common rubbing alcohol can be used to remove smoke tar. Light buffing with scotchbrite will remove any loose charcoal; at least on surfaces it can get to. You will loose a bit of the burned look, but be more assured of keeping your work fibers clean.
plush horizon
Thanks for the advice I'll definitely try that!
red field
I'm sry but what are those used for and would them being 3d printed help?
zinc breach
They're used for tablet weaving. You probably could 3d print them, but they really need to be very smooth to work for purpose, so you'd need to sand down any layer lines. And your printer would need to be pretty well dialed in, given the thickness involved and that any warping would make them not really work
red field
Just watched a video abt table weaving and I can get 3d prints with unnoticeable layer lines plus perfectly flat ....just need some dimensions
zinc breach
The tablets found in the Oseburg ship burial were about 43mm (1-11/16”) on a sid...
Some sample dimensions here, but tablets were literally "we made them with what we had" throughout thousands of years of history, even them being square isnt a set requirement. Heck, the process is also called "card weaving" because when they were recording it in the 1900s they literally saw some groups cutting up playing cards to make their "tablets"