A slater’s axe can also be called a sax, slate cleaver, slate trimmer, saxe, or zax. It’s a cutting tool designed to be used in conjunction with a bench iron (also called a slater’s anvil), or a similar solid surface, to trim sheets of natural slate to size. Individual slater’s axes will either be left or right handed, as the blade is offset from the handle to protect the users hand from chips of slate. They also have a spike protruding from the butt of the blade which can be used to punch holes in slate.

A typical Scottish build up ; Sarking boards (fixed to joists),cross batten, breathable membrane, counter batten, and slate roof tiles Seppä, H. and Birks, H.J.B., 2001. July mean temperature and annual precipitation trends during the Holocene in the Fennoscandian tree-line area: pollen-based climate reconstructions. The Holocene, 11(5), pp.527-539. Fully waterproof. Submerge it all day every day and you'll only ever need to lube / replace the bearingsIt's probably not entirely right, but close enough. Yes, they're proprietary, but that's because nothing else works - not even other HW brushless stuff. While "making money" of course would be a consideration in their decisions, the FOC system actually might be the next "thing". To put it in my clumsy terms, it's less a "sensored" brushless system, than a "field orientation controlled" brushless system. If that makes sense. For further information on how to cut slate read our blog on slate cutting methods. Get your Roof Slate Tiles from Burton Roofing today well as the title states. I'll be getting something new soon-ish, not entirely decided what Kit it'll be, but i know i'd like a brushless setup in the garage. I know that brushed motors are fine, i do have multiple Trailmasters in the garage already, but it's a nice system to have. Now, at these pricepoints, i'd like to not make the mistake and buy the wrong one. From the limited research i did, i can tell that the Mamba X is the more "open source" variant, with the Hobbywing having a proprietary motor connector. The Mamba X also can run brushed motors, which is a boon because due to the price, it might be less painful to get the Mamba X first, and run it with a Trailmaster until the waters have settled and i can approach my wife again for something new that i absolutely need and can't live without. That being said, if the Axe is just plain better, that point would be moot. Concerning the "vintage" quality, There's evidence that some ancient cultures really did use ground slate knives like this, rather than (or possibly in conjunction with) knapped knives.

Yes, in the sense that they're the only ones offering the motors required to run the Axe system. No, because they're based on a different technology, it's not just that the plug is different, a Mamba X for example wouldn't be able to run Xerun Axe motors either. I'm not saying it's good, or bad - i'm just saying it's actually not a ripoff like Traxxas or Apple likes to pull, these motors/ESCs/signals are physically different from what other brushless systems do. Normal brushless sensored systems use Hall sensors to determine position, the Xerun Axe motors do not have those - they use something called "Field oriented Control".The creative adaptation of previous bow building experience to suit the Neolithic toolkit and material processing techniques also played an important role. By far the most useful and versatile tool made was a wedge of green slate, chipped and then ground on a large flat granite slab (See Figure 2, 4th from left, bottom). Initially, a miniature polished stone axehead was envisaged. However, after days of grinding the primary bevel, it became clear that it was more important to have a functional tool, than a beautiful polished stone axe. Thus, the secondary bevel was ground and the hafting and polishing abandoned. A slate scraper, roughly equivalent to a drawknife was also ground (See Figure 2, 2nd from right). This proved to be of less use, but was still good for de-barking and removing small amounts of wood. Finally, the twig technology quote. I like how it over-simplifies what a huge development tools were for us primates. I admit that it doesn't mesh perfectly with the topic, but it was just too funny for me to get out of my head. It's a great little book, but it's really about conservation, not evolution or anthropology. Three single strands of tendon were used to bind the fletchings, as well as dots of tar at either end (See Figure 10). The radial three veined method was used, placing the feathers at equidistant points, naturally parallel at 120° from each other (Sarich, 2011, p.23). The resultant arrow was 76cm long, ⌀10.5mm and weighed 44g (See Figure 11). Production of the Bow