2021 what did you do today?

[smag]

Canned 10 pints of sauerkraut that was in crock since Memorial day. Nothing like home made Patriot Garden Kraut.

Hedge~

[Jeff Freeman]

Mmm homemade Sour Kraut

[wood carver 2]

I went over to my buddy's place and we fired up our sawmill for the first time. It's not quite complete yet, but we put a birch log on it and slabbed it.
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There's some kind of green stain in some of the wood. I've never seen that before.

Now we just need to put the finishing touches on the mill and get to work on the rest of the log pile.😁
Dave.

[Flem]

Fungal infection from bark beetle. We see the same out here with Conifers. Does not seem to compromise the wood.

[Shredd]

   Birch??  I think that is the first time I think I heard it mentioned on the forum... Does anyone use Birch in a bow?? For limbs or risers?? How does it do in limbs??

[Mad Max]

Birch plywood for my forms 

[Jeff Freeman]

I used some red flame Birch in a riser once. I got it from a place in Wisconsin. It was recovered from the bottom of Lake Superior. That place is no longer in business. To bad, they had some nice First ever cut woods from the Northwoods. JF

[Flem]

Yellow Birch makes a decent self bow. I think it would be fine for lams, it's strong like Maple. Don't know about the species other than the yellow.

[Flem]

Made some G-10. Used some heavy 19oz triaxial fiberglass. Has an interesting pattern. Looks kind of like wood grain, after the initial grind.
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Did not use liquid colorant, just candy pearl powder. Going for the "Brunswick" look. This is the cured excess resin.
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[Roy from Pa]

 

[mmattockx]

Glued up a riser block and got the two riser pieces cut and sanded to shape. Lams are done, just need to get pressure strips and then I can glue this one up.




Mark

[Longcruise]

Glued up a riser block and got the two riser pieces cut and sanded to shape. Lams are done, just need to get pressure strips and then I can glue this one up.




Mark

Trying to figure out how those pieces go together 

[Flem]

Me too?

[mmattockx]

Trying to figure out how those pieces go together 

I didn't realize it would be a puzzle. It's a sort of forward handle wood lam bow, so the thin piece is an overlay on the back of the bow and the thick piece is the grip and goes on the belly.


Mark

[Flem]

I think we were confused because you said riser pieces, as in two.

[Roy from Pa]

I had it fuggered out:)

[Mad Max]

That's the same steep ramps you had before??

[mmattockx]

That's the same steep ramps you had before??

No, this is completely different. It is more like a board bow where the handle is glued on the surface and the lams run through the grip area.


Mark

[Mad Max]

 

[Roy from Pa]

Had a call from the bank yesterday that our loan for the new camp and 3 acres in the mountains has been approved:)

We are on cloud 9...

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