What did you do today 2014

[Robertfishes]

Spray finished a recurve I'm building for Helens dad. Its hanging in the sprayroom with the dehumidifier on..

[razorback]

Cleaning up the shop and trying to get organized today. Found six bows in progress that I am determined to finish or burn this year. Found a nice little kids hickory bow that just needs some finishing up. Can't even remember who I was building it for. May even have a swap bow half finished already. Feeling enthusiastic about the New Year.

Congrats Ralph, any photo's.

[scrub-buster]

Today I traded this

 


For this, a 6x48 Grizzly belt sander with a 3/4 hp motor

 


Its a little rusty and dusty but it runs like a champ.  I owe him another truck load of fire wood.  I already have it cut and split, just need to bring it to him.  Don't laugh at all my straps.  It needs to withstand the 75 mph ride home.

[fujimo]

you sir, are a thief. go directly to jail   :D  
man thats gotta be the deal of the year!!

[Roy from Pa]

75 mph? Who's gonna tow ya? LOL

[scrub-buster]

He inherited the sander and didn't have room for it.  He wanted to just swap for my benchtop sander but I didn't think that was fair at all.  I threw in a couple of truck loads of seasoned fire wood to even it up a little.  


Roy, I'll be riding the break on that Dodge V-8 all the way home to keep it under 75.

[Roy from Pa]

When did Dodge start making a V-8?

[kennym]

Mid fifties, remember? Then the HEMI , only trouble with them was the breather kept pluggin up..... with Toyotas.....  

[Roy from Pa]

Ok McKenzie, ya just made the top O the list son..  

[kennym]

ALLRIGHT!! Man its been awhile, and I don't even have a Dodge!!

[bigbob2]

           

[fujimo]

   

[Roy from Pa]

Ya don't have a Dodge? Dang, you smarter than I thought ya wuz..  

[kennym]

Nah, would hafta have a Cummins, fuel is way too high, but they will cycle the Toyotas on thru and spit em out along the road...  :D  

Still at the top, buddy?  

[Roy from Pa]

You are at the top of all 3 lists now ole timer..  

[wood carver 2]

I have a similar problem, only they keep getting stuck in my undercarriage. I have to carry a big pry bar to get them out.          
Dave.

[fujimo]

My new pup arrived on a plane today, all the way from S. Carolina.
a Teckle or SWD from awesome working lines. breeders are bow hunters too!
they produce some of the better working dogs out there.
 was the pick of the litter. what a great pup.
   

               

[kennym]

Great lookin dog, you best train him to chase teenage boys tho!  :D

[fujimo]

got me a plan fer that!
a good friend of mine, who had a young daughter a few years ago- had the first boy come a-courting. now he's a great big tough logger 6'6" tall and seems about 6' across the shoulders!! anyway, the kid was driving a banger of a car- well, he just strode out there and put his double bitted axe through the hood!!
the kid left in a hurry, and Kevin had to buy another hood from the wreckers- but he figured that was the cheapest insurance he ever bought- his rep spread like wildfire at the high school

[scrub-buster]

I went for a walk this morning to look at some osage trees.  I had passed through this part of our property in the summer and made a mental note to come back and check it out a little closer.  I'm glad I did.  I found an area with some very straight trees.  I went back to my shop and tried to work on a bow.  I just couldn't focus on it so I headed back to the woods with a chainsaw.  I dropped a tree and got three good sections out of it.  The rings aren't the greatest but they will  work.

This is why I couldn't focus on a bow.  The straight trunk in the middle is the one that I cut
   

   

   


I also cut an osage limb to use as a new mailbox post.  Got it debarked and sealed before I came in for the night.