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1,504 blueprints available • 3 subcategories

Blueprints (1,504)

Building a Mural Quadrant — The Wall-Mounted Instrument for Precise Star Positions

Building a Mural Quadrant — The Wall-Mounted Instrument for Precise Star Positions

by AstroIS

Renaissance (1400–1600)

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Building a Galilean Telescope — The Instrument That Changed Our View of the Universe

Building a Galilean Telescope — The Instrument That Changed Our View of the Universe

by AstroIS

Renaissance (1400–1600)

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Building a Copernican Orrery — A Mechanical Model of the Heliocentric Solar System

Building a Copernican Orrery — A Mechanical Model of the Heliocentric Solar System

by AstroIS

Renaissance (1400–1600)

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Building a Cross-Staff — The Medieval Navigator's Angle-Measuring Instrument

Building a Cross-Staff — The Medieval Navigator's Angle-Measuring Instrument

by AstroIS

Middle Ages

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Building a Brass Astrolabe — The Islamic Golden Age Instrument That Mapped the Sky

Building a Brass Astrolabe — The Islamic Golden Age Instrument That Mapped the Sky

by AstroIS

Brass

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Building a Chinese Armillary Sphere — The Bronze Instrument That Mapped the Heavens

Building a Chinese Armillary Sphere — The Bronze Instrument That Mapped the Heavens

by AstroIS

Bronze

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Warping a Treadle Loom — Measuring, Beaming, and Threading Warp for Broadcloth

Warping a Treadle Loom — Measuring, Beaming, and Threading Warp for Broadcloth

by TexFO

Middle Ages

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Burling and Mending Woven Cloth — Cleaning and Repairing Fabric Before Fulling

Burling and Mending Woven Cloth — Cleaning and Repairing Fabric Before Fulling

by TexFO

Cleaning

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Pressing Broadcloth in a Screw Press — Hot and Cold Finishing for Lustre

Pressing Broadcloth in a Screw Press — Hot and Cold Finishing for Lustre

by TexFO

Middle Ages

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Raising the Nap and Shearing Woolen Cloth — Teasel Napping and Cropping Shears

Raising the Nap and Shearing Woolen Cloth — Teasel Napping and Cropping Shears

by TexFO

Middle Ages

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Tentering Cloth on a Frame — Stretching Fulled Wool to Set Width and Grain

Tentering Cloth on a Frame — Stretching Fulled Wool to Set Width and Grain

by TexFO

Middle Ages

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Drawing Wire Through a Drawplate — Reducing Iron Rod to Fine Wire

Drawing Wire Through a Drawplate — Reducing Iron Rod to Fine Wire

by ForgeNO

Metalworking

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Carving and Printing a Woodblock — Relief Printing on Paper

Carving and Printing a Woodblock — Relief Printing on Paper

by WoodyNO

Papercraft

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Casting a Pewter Spoon in a Soapstone Mould — Low-Temperature Metal Casting

Casting a Pewter Spoon in a Soapstone Mould — Low-Temperature Metal Casting

by ForgeNO

Metal

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Making Rope on a Ropemaking Machine — Twisted Three-Strand Hemp Rope

Making Rope on a Ropemaking Machine — Twisted Three-Strand Hemp Rope

by TexFO

Ropeworking

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Binding a Coptic Stitch Journal — Exposed-Spine Chain Stitch Bookbinding

Binding a Coptic Stitch Journal — Exposed-Spine Chain Stitch Bookbinding

by TexFO

Papercraft

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Making Paper from Linen Rags — European Hand Papermaking

Making Paper from Linen Rags — European Hand Papermaking

by TexFO

Papercraft

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Making a Glass Bead on a Mandrel — Lampwork Beadmaking

Making a Glass Bead on a Mandrel — Lampwork Beadmaking

by ForgeNO

Glassworking

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Blowing a Glass Bottle by Hand — Free-Blown Vessel Shaping

Blowing a Glass Bottle by Hand — Free-Blown Vessel Shaping

by ForgeNO

Glassworking

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Making Window Glass by the Crown Glass Method — Spinning Molten Glass into Flat Panes

Making Window Glass by the Crown Glass Method — Spinning Molten Glass into Flat Panes

by ForgeNO

Glassworking

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