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The numbers seem to be based off current days knowledge of old world methods. I'd imagine after spending so much time doing a task, they must have found a way
by swalsh 12y ago
The numbers seem to be based off current days knowledge of old world methods. I'd imagine after spending so much time doing a task, they must have found a way to be at least a bit more efficient at using their own tools to do the job.
- jholman 12y agoYeah, that's the crucial question in the estimating. Here are some other issues. She claims 2 yards of tie-off for every 4 yards of fabric, in both the warp and the weft. You only weave 4 yards before re-warping?!? Bullshit. And you don't use tie-off at all on the weft, as I understand it. So instead of 33% of thread being wasted to tie-off, I think 0% is a close approximation. On the other hand, if I read the post correctly, it claims that there are 72 inches in 6 yards. So increase the thread requirement by 3x!!! If I'm correct about both of these errors, a better figure would be 879 hours. Yikes.