I didn't make a bow today.
I didn't work on a bow. I didn't shoot. I didn't take the boat out this morning. I didn't eat lunch today. :dunno:
I finished one last night. Sat down for the final signing and specs and spray the last time with satin. Today I took a couple shots with it I still need to put on the shelf side plate leather. It'll be another day or two. JF
This one was supposed to be first must had fat fingers when I was picking them out. JF
Oops
Damn Flem. Wrong thread so I guess it fits I didn't sign it today I did that yesterday but it did shoot it today. What a messed up day and I didn't build a new string or nothing today JF
I didn't do nothing. :dunno:
Bow looks real nice Jeff :thumbsup: Figures, you did it yesterday :laughing:
Maybe Roy will move it for you :cheesy:
You got me on this one Flem. I should have looked closer. Lol
Quote from: Pat B on July 31, 2021, 06:37:53 PM
I didn't do nothing. :dunno:
So that means ya did something :dunno:
:dunno: :knothead:
I didn't do squat....
After 2 months break of building bows... (changed department in my daytime job from sales to IT... Absolutely no energy left in the evenings...)
Finally, i got the motivation to build the bow, i promised to a friend several months ago.
54" Barracuda Hybrid Longbow, 45#@28"
Micarta riser, ash cores, carbon back, Still Tech belly.
Should be his new all day Roving toy.
Thats nice B-JS, but the question is what didn't you do?
Yes, I'm not the only one 🤣
I didn't do a lot more stuff than I did...
Quote from: Flem on August 01, 2021, 09:08:52 AM
Thats nice B-JS, but the question is what didn't you do?
To much Work and pretty much days away from Home.
Need to tune the Work down to normal.
hill bow :dunno:
oakboard bow :dunno:
vacuum :dunno:
Quote from: Flem on August 01, 2021, 09:08:52 AM
Thats nice B-JS, but the question is what didn't you do?
Dang....
Now i got it. :banghead:
Wrong Thread. :biglaugh:
Quote from: Roy from Pa on August 01, 2021, 06:36:02 AM
I didn't do squat....
Me neither.
Ya might have to close this one! :biglaugh:
I didn't make a bow today.
Even though I looked at that wood, and held pieces together, I didn't start, or finish, that Tang dynasty mulberry/bamboo flat bow.
That sounds interesting Ken :bigsmyl: I would encourage you to not, not do that again :saywhat:
Nuthin. :bigsmyl:
Trying to decide what not to do today. :dunno:
I didn't not go to the gym.
Went to the pond but didn't fish....
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Am on vacation, but didn't relax at all.
Wife wants me to give the balcony a makeover.
New Floor, Moskito-door, Table and furniture.
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I did not strangle a chicken. :scared:
Viking chickens will be forever grateful :laughing:
Bue, it's taking everything I have not to.....
:laughing: :laughing: :wavey:
Poor chickie.... :laughing:
Quote from: Roy from Pa on August 02, 2021, 04:30:42 PM
Bue, it's taking everything I have not to.....
:laughing: :laughing: :wavey:
Dang it Roy!!! He said strangle, not choke.
:laughing:
Norwegian strangled chicken with lots of garlic, butter and lemon.
That's one fat chicken...
I didn't do nuthin...
Shredd -- it's the pot makin' that chicken look fat! :smileystooges:
Bue that picture gonna get ole Kenndy all cranked up for sure:)
Looks dang good ! Now. I'm hungry ...
I didn't eat anything that looks as good as that Chicken and those fresh beans, today.
I didn't get my passport in the mail. Also didn't find any place that in the southern hemisphere that wants any tourists from the Estados Unidos. And I didn't make a bow either.
I did not have a party yesterday on my 75th birthday, but will have it on Saturday.
Good grief, I'm 3/4 century old.
Happy Birthday, Bue. Many happy returns. 3/4 century, OMG that even sounds old. :biglaugh:
Quote from: Pat B on August 05, 2021, 02:40:29 PM
Happy Birthday, Bue. Many happy returns. 3/4 ce :laughing:ntury, OMG that even sounds old.
Happy birthday and welcome to the 3/4 century club. :shaka:
Happy Birthday Bue
Quote from: Buemaker on August 05, 2021, 01:26:30 PM
Good grief, I'm 3/4 century old.
Happy birthday. When you put it like that it sounds really old! :laugh:
Mark
Didn't finish these new string grooves today. JF
Looks like the grain changes direction on that tip? Be curious to see the rest of the bow that you didn't photograph.
Well I didn't get to work on the other end of this one bow this morning anyway. Heading up for a fundraiser at mother-in-law's retirement village. I guess there's always another time I can do it.
So yeah I didn't finish it today. JF
Looking good do far. !!
I didn't do this today but I am set up for winter. :thumbsup: ...and there is still more to cut, split and stack.
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Nice, Pat.
Lot of work there..
How's your back feeling?:)
The back is fine, Roy. It's not work that bothers my back, it's sitting around that does it. :dunno:
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I didn't work on my HBO bow. It's only been three years in the making. God I need a vacation. :goldtooth:
I didn't make a bow today. Or yesterday. Or the day before. I did go hiking though, all the smoke blew out for a few days. :pray:
[attachment=1,msg2973041]Didn't ride the bike today. No relief from our smoke. These foothills are about a mile away. :o
Flem, this will probably go on till November.
Nasty. I saw that the smoke from CA was blowing straight west to UT and CO. We have 6000' of prominence about 5mi from the house, hadn't seen it for a month. Our regional fires usually get rain/snowed out early September, but those damn fires in CA keep pumping smoke for another couple months!
I didn't tell Max what he and his buddies might be headed for.
I hope for their sake and mine that the wind shifts or we get some promised rain :pray:
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All those red squares are locations reporting "Unhealthy" air quality, which does not sound good and is in fact very bad for your lungs. Cody is about where the orange arrow is pointing.
I don't worry too much about it.. I smoked for 12 years in my younger days. Built up a whole lot of immunity. :biglaugh: :o
Been a lot of smoky years up here in the Northern Rockies. Have had way more time to think about it than I would like. But just for perspective, if you were a still a smoker, you would need to smoke a cigarette every 15 minutes to achieve the level of particulate pollution that an average person at rest would be inhaling when the air quality is considered "Unhealthy" Thats just the particulate, does not include all of the volatile chemical compounds.
I'm well aware. That's why I quit smoking over 50 years ago.
A few days ago the air here in Denver was rated as the worst in the world that day.
I feel for you guys that are suffering, we had the same thing here on our east coast last year. We left to be safer from the fires, then came back a few days later. Driving into the pic below, I think I only got out to check the animals before we turned around and headed away again. The trees in the distance are about 100m/300' away! There were a whole heap of illnesses etc. that came as a result, even in people in the cities a fair distance away - you can't escape it really, even inside with the doors and windows closed it still gets in.
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On a more positive note, I didn't harvest some exotic (for me :laughing: ) trees that I've passed many times on the side of the road. In one section I have wild plum, black locust and desert ash, plus at least 2 different species of elm not far away. I did stop and do some tyre kicking, but it's right on a busy road and I'm not sure how a bit of handy work with a saw would be received, people get funny about trees even if they are a weed type :dunno:
I did not see the hare today. There is a hare that comes into our yard quite often. Very strange, should be in the forest.
Bue, I can't help thinking you throw these Norwegian metaphors at us and they just blow right over our heads :biglaugh:
It's a rabbit, Flem:)
Norwegian rabbit.
See what I mean! He's messing with us. Bue and his Bowyer buddies are probably howling every time they see us patsy's fall for the bait :biglaugh:
Speaking of hares, i saw this one a few days ago while scouting. Very Very dark. Kind of a smoky color. Hmmmmmm.. :dunno:
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Must be a new adaptation, Rocky Mountain summer camo.
I calculated that I have respirated the equivalent of 4 cartons of cigarettes in the last month. Lung camo to match the landscape.
Here is a picture of it. Wish I could show the video I took.
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I DIDN'T spend much time outside today. This is the rain since midnight til 5pm today. The tropical storm moved right over us. Had 1.5" yesterday and .50 the day before. Nice thing about living in the mountains, it doesn't hang around long. :thumbsup:
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That's a bit much, Pat..
Don't worry Roy. It's almost out of Pat's area, and we'll l get to enjoy it for the next few days.
Yeah, it just blew past us although we'll get a few more showers tonight. It was coming down in buckets at times. At least the wind wasn't too bad.
Roy, you may get some too.
I didn't do sompin right! :biglaugh:
:laughing: :thumbsup:
6" of rain!!! That almost half our yearly total :o
Did you shoot that thing, C-daddy?
6.68" total for the day. Just another Transylvania County summer squall. :bigsmyl:
Don't feel bad, Crapdaddy, been there, done that. At least your handle fits the pic. :thumbsup:
WOW Pat. That's really sumptin. I live in the mountains also but I do need to head down to town now and then for groceries. With that much rain here I would need scuba gear. :o
Our yearly average over the past 25 years is 70" but 3 years ago we had 140" with 100" the year after and over 100" last year. Our area used to have the 2nd highest rainfall in the continental US, next to the Olympic Peninsula.
I googled Brevard NC flood and I got a lot of hits from many years. I guess you've seen it all before. ;) Stay safe.
~Bob D.
Just another Transylvania County summer squall. :readit:
And we are slowly desiccating out west! I think it's only a matter of time before we have water pipelines, like oil pipelines crossing the country from east to west.
In the future we may use the same pipelines as the oil runs in now. I've wondered that for a while now. We sure would be willing to share our excess water with the drier western states. Most of out water runs into the Mississippi eventually so that gets it half way there. :thumbsup:
Our water use policies here in the west are not environmentally sound. There was a time when boats could navigate up the Colorado river from the gulf. Now a canoe has difficulty.
We have a saying here, "whisky is for drinkin, water is for fightin".
Haven't had enough time today to not do the things that I didn't do yesterday. :) going to try to not do less today if that's a thing.
Need to clean up and organize my workspaces and equipment. Been trying to do too much. Been like an ADD hummingbird.
I did not say #%*+^: when I backed my car into a steel post. (Well maybe a little) Luckily not too much damage and car is insured.
LOL Bue.
I didn't do that today, but remember backing out of a bar parking lot one late night and backing into a flag pole:)
Bue, you can say (or type) whatever you want in Norwegian, cause we won't have a clue what you are saying :laughing:
Woke up this morning and I didn't hear nothing. I heard RAIN!!! We are supposed to get .4" today. We could use a Transylvania County dump, but anything helps! It is enough to possibly end the worst of fire seasoning the northern Rockies, but unfortunately not smoke season. That will last until it rains or snows in CA,OR,WA.
Okay Flem. Next time I will &);:?!' in Norwegian.
Bue, I hope the damage wasn't too bad. Some time ago, I backed my truck into a large rock while trying to squeeze into a tight parking spot.
If I remember correctly, I might have said something in Norwegian at the time...
Dave. 🙂
I didn't use any power tools to joint this log. I could not see any way to get a flat surface without hogging off a lot of wood and slicing across the grain. I think I am going to try and follow the curve when slicing. If there is any curve left after milling, maybe it will act like a pre-stressed design :bigsmyl:
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Flem, if that log ends up being a regular arc, you can use it to cut out a jig that you can clamp onto the bandsaw table and use as a fence. Then you can quickly slice out a bunch of curved lams.
Dave.
Btw, I like that you still do some work the old school way. I still on occasion flatten a big panel with a big jointer. My Dad made one when he was young and it's still in use. I also have one my Grandfather made, but it needs some refurbishment.
Dave.
Flem, thats a nice long English plane you got there. :thumbsup:
Dave, I'm trying to picture the jig. Would it be like a concave fence?
Good to keep the hand tool skills alive :thumbsup: Besides the only time I can think straight is when I'm working or exercising hard.
Sounds like you are at the minimum, a third generation Woodworker
It is a nice one Bob! It takes some inertia to get it moving, but once it's moving it will take some wood with it.
Quote from: Flem on August 28, 2021, 05:00:49 PM
Dave, I'm trying to picture the jig. Would it be like a concave fence?
Yup, make the fence follow the curve of the wood grain. It looks like your log has a pretty regular curve to it. I have made and used curved fences on a big shaper in the past. It will work with your bandsaw as well.
I am a third gen. woodworker. My Dad's tools and the few I have from my grandfather are treasures to me.
Dave.
Quote from: Flem on August 28, 2021, 12:24:05 PM
I think I am going to try and follow the curve when slicing. If there is any curve left after milling, maybe it will act like a pre-stressed design :bigsmyl:
Very nice hand plane, I love the classic hand tools. Can you post pics of how the slicing turns out? I have a hickory board that has taken nearly the same shape as it dried and I have been thinking I am going to try free handing some thickish lams off it on the bandsaw rather than try truing it up and losing a bunch of material.
Mark
I use hand tools because I can't afford all the fancy power tools. My most expensive power tool is probably my Amish finish saw, aka chainsaw :laughing:
Today I let Luna hang out with me. But I DIDN'T let her help with the bow building.
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Luna looks pretty happy to be hanging out in the shop. Thats a sweet mug :)
Luna looks like a good dog.
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I think I will try the fulcrum first, since initial cuts are going to be swarf.
I did check the curve on the log, its not too rad. I might try Dave's method if I start making wonky cuts!
[attachment=2]I don't know if anybody has seen or uses one of these Adjustable Spline gauges. Its pretty cool for transferring contours to make templates among it's countless other uses. It's just a bunch of plastic interlocking strips that have enough friction to deform to and hold a shape.
Quote from: Flem on August 29, 2021, 01:21:54 PM
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I think I will try the fulcrum first, since initial cuts are going to be swarf.
So that is clamped at a fixed distance from the blade and then you work the piece through freehand, trying to keep the cut consistently the same width? Any tricks to making one?
Mark
Making one is simple, making it work correctly is the challenge. Dave's recommendation to use a curved fence is probably the best method. I can usually get a decent cut, but I need reference lines on the top of the log. Which means I need two parallel surfaces. I tend to make a wider slat when free handing to have more meat to deal with later
If you're using a fulcrum, it might help if you draw the arc you want to follow on the saw table before and after the blade. It will give you a visual reference that helps you cut more accurately. I used to use this method to thickness sand big curved pieces before running them on the shaper.
I had a foreman who really thought outside the box and we came up with some pretty crazy jigs for the shaper. One time I was building dormers for some houses and we came up with a jig that arced over the shaper to make eyebrow moldings for the windows. Pretty scary to look at, but did it ever work!
That machine was the only woodworking machine that made me nervous. It had removable rings that went around the cutterhead and they had some deep gouges in them. Someone who worked there before me must have started it without tightening the blades enough. 😳
I never ran that monster at full speed and I always stayed below the table when I started it .
Dave.
Quote from: Flem on August 29, 2021, 08:08:22 PM
Making one is simple, making it work correctly is the challenge. Dave's recommendation to use a curved fence is probably the best method. I can usually get a decent cut, but I need reference lines on the top of the log. Which means I need two parallel surfaces. I tend to make a wider slat when free handing to have more meat to deal with later
With my piece being a board adding a reference line will not be hard and I had planned to do that. I will need all the help I can get to keep the cut consistent. I am definitely not going to try to get close to finished thickness, the board is mostly useless to me at the moment and even if I salvage 1/3 as many lams as I should get from it that would be a win in my books.
Mark
I have to say that I Don't do this the easy way. But it works. I spokeshave a a flat strip along the top and take the dividers with the sharpie and mark the line. Its a pain because I might have to stop and re-shave the top a few times, in addition to striking a new line for each cut.
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I didn't go out for first day of Elk season. Supposed to be in the 80's today and I am way too out of shape to try to hump a few hundred pounds of critter out of the woods before it starts to spoil. Assuming I could even get to them :help:
I didn't want to do anything today, but the Mrs. Warden made me go to the church building sale flea market sale.
And we came home with 2 like brand new couches for $30.00 that are going to our new camp.
So it saved me $500.00 in the long run:)
:biglaugh: :thumbsup:
Quote from: Flem on September 04, 2021, 11:12:53 AM
I didn't go out for first day of Elk season. Supposed to be in the 80's today and I am way too out of shape to try to hump a few hundred pounds of critter out of the woods before it starts to spoil. Assuming I could even get to them :help:
I could come out and be your elk hunting partner and help you hump one out :goldtooth:
I went to check out a garage sale late yesterday afternoon, they had some interesting looking machinery posted on CR. Unfortunately I Didn't look at the date :banghead: I was two weeks late!
I did get my lazy a$$ out in the morning and took my bow for a hike. I was thinking about how lame I was for whining about not wanting to go out and look for Elk, especially since a lot of guys don't have that luxury and might not ever get the chance. So I got my lame self up and out. Didn't see or hear anything, it's so dry here that it sounds like you are walking on tortilla chips. It was smoky and warm, but it was still good to be a prowler :cheesy:
I didn't cut up my lams like normal folks would.
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I cut and carry a lot of small logs. The challenge is to maximize your effort by wasting as little wood as possible.
Still have not decided how these will be oriented to become limbs.
Flem,
It looks like you have banana shaped lams, is that right? Got a picture looking down the long way of the stack?
Mark
I didn't hit the bullseye today. let alone the 8 ring... lol
Yes, I have Banana lams :tongue:
I have done twisty, curvy and now Banana! They have not been a problem, yet. I find by the time they are milled down and tapered, the defects become irrelevant.
I didn't make a bow today.
It sounds like a confession. I do feel better now.