2021 what did you do today?

[Longcruise]

Cool Shredd, you get Roy's "Camp Salami" loin cloth.

I looked at the Fiebings SDS sheets and the alcohol dye is aniline. Wonder why they use an alcohol base rater than water?

Drys faster??

[garyschuler]

Hey Shredd, I see you were a Covid Longhauler too!!
We had it 3 + months also and damn near killed me. But then again, i am to ornery or ugly to croak.

[Pat B]

Alcohol evaporates quickly without adversely affecting the leather where water would. With wood the water would raise the grain, alcohol won't.

[Flem]

Tanneries don't use alcohol in their dye bath?

[Appalachian Hillbilly]

Most commercial leather tanneries use a process called "chrome tanning".

All your car leather seats, sofas etc are chrome tanned

[B-JS]

Testing new 60" Hybrid-Longbow Form for an other bow-building-kit.
Plus an other glue, that may be more suitable for curingbat room temperature.

So two unnown influences.

Hope it will come out the way i planned.

[Buemaker]

Looks good. Is that a Cocobolo riser?

[Longcruise]

Nice fit.

[Bvas]

Stared at a dogs butt most of the day.

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Got home and got overlays ready to glue up on limb butts.

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[Shredd]

Hey Shredd, I see you were a Covid Longhauler too!!
We had it 3 + months also and damn near killed me. But then again, i am to ornery or ugly to croak.

   Glad you made it through...  The sickness wasn't so bad it was the after effects...

   At least my pool game went up a notch or two...  Played 2 to 3 hours every day... 

   We got any other pool players out there??

[B-JS]

Looks good. Is that a Cocobolo riser?

No, thats Saraifo "Rosewood".

[KenH]

B-JS -- nice to see someone else around here who uses open-top rubberband forms.  Nice looking build you've got going there...

[B-JS]

That's how i started.
And that's whats best for a Starter Kit to build your first laminated Bow.

Still good and decent for dozends and hundreds of bows, but i'm to lazy to wrestle with EVERY single bow, i have to glue up. 

The bows, i sell, are pressed with a hose and full form with heat stripes.

[B-JS]

Bow-Kit Prototype works.

No Handshock, decent Performance, stable, and Not tooo ugly.

And the glue also does it's Job.

[wood carver 2]

I made finger veneer with my wood slicer... 🤕🤬☹️
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Not one of my best moments.
Dave.

[Pat B]

Dave, your handle is woodcarver not finger carver. Looks like something I'd do. 

[Buemaker]

OUCH, that looks painfull. Was it the bandsaw?

[wood carver 2]

No wood carving for a few days now. I was cutting a bevel using the bandsaw and I forgot that the blade is exposed because of the angle.
Those wood slicers really are sharp, even after a ton of use. Take my word for it.
I don't know if I hit the bone in my middle finger, but it feels like its clamped in a vice.
Dave.

[wood carver 2]

Bue, it's only the second time that I have been bitten by a bandsaw. The last time I had a beautiful woman on my mind. 😍
You better believe it hurts!
Dave.

[Buemaker]

Dreaming of beautiful women when using sharp tools is a no no.