What did you do today, 2015....

[rmorris]

Not going to get too excited but I found another sawmill up in farmington for about the same price. Good thing I am headed up there tonight like I do every week for school. Will let you all know if this one is in better shape and if I get it.

[Robertfishes]

Good luck rmorris! I just cut 10 olive ash burl veneers, same as the ones in this ILF limb I built earlier this month..Now I'm taking a little break to cut up a wild hog ham for the crock pot and am gonna hammer some flat to fry later tonite..  

[fujimo]

beautiful          

[Robertfishes]

oh man, I gotta full belly..fried wild hog, mashed potatos and gravy, sweet corn for supper tonite...and I have the rest of the ham in my crock pot slow cooking for supper tomorrow night. I got a stack of veneers cut too, 20 Olive Ash Burl, 8 or 10 Rosewood veneers, 6 curly koa, 4 quilted sapele..that should keep me busy for a while.

[bigbob2]

Wow that burl veneers look great!

[halfseminole]

Sounds good!  I bent the last veneer in a complex curve with a heavy cut of hide glue and now I have to wait till morning to remove all the yards of string keeping it curved right.  I pre-sized it with a couple of coats like a composite bow.

The more I use hide glue the more I love it.  The bottle of TBIII will be my last, I feel.  Gonna cook up some moose sinew glue too.  Hard to have enough on hand, says the man with a pound and a half of hide glue.  Fish bladder glue is my next stop.

[fujimo]

where you get all the fish bladders from?

[Roy from Pa]

From fish...

[halfseminole]

The big auction site, when I order them.  There's also premade there, but I just want to do it myself.

[fujimo]

listen here smarty pants....    
wonder if those bladders could be dried and shipped through the post?
we catch a lot of fish here during the summer- i could collect them for you Ed!

[Zradix]

finally got some horn glued to the tips of a bow.
..taking a looong time to finish this one.
15-20mins here and there kinda stinks.

[halfseminole]

Yes they can, and I'd pay you for the privilege and split the glue.  This stuff starts at over $150/kg on the big auction site for just bladders, and the premade glue is probably adulterated with hide/sinew glue.

Fish skins are good for backing, too.  Just remember when pulling bladders to get all the fat off.  It ruins the glue.

[fujimo]

so the bladders we have here are mostly salmon, never noticed much fat on the float bladder before- but i will look for it now, should i leave the air in, while i dry them, and then deflate afterwards, or is the membrane thin enough- that i can just dry them flat.

[halfseminole]

Just dry em flat.

Got my sirdan points in today, only to find they have a narrow shoulder.  Makes me wonder about arrow longevity with them.  I need to get someone to make me real points, but that takes money I spent on a new bow.

[rmorris]

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She is all mine! More capacity , 40' of track, and I was able to call the manufacturer and get a quote on replacing all the worn out parts.

[Trux Turning]

Nice score!!

[fujimo]

very cool, now we all gotta buy one!   :D

[Zradix]

sweet man!

[Zradix]

I learnt something t-nite.....
maple makes for a darn stiff core...
...may have to narrow the profile a touch...sheesh
   

[canopyboy]

Nice Ralph. I'm jealous.