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Offline Dan Landis

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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #420 on: March 11, 2014, 05:24:00 PM »
Put two red fox and a mink hide in a tanning solution to soak for a week or two, were given to me by a friend. I will probably use them for string silencers.  Another friend gave me 3 beaver tails that will be used for handle wraps, need to skin and flesh them after dinner tonight.  I think I'll use one on my trade bow.
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #421 on: March 11, 2014, 05:50:00 PM »
Nothing finer than mink hide for string silencers....
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #422 on: March 11, 2014, 06:05:00 PM »
Ben are you saying that tb3 puts moisture into the wood?  haven't used it on a bow but that never occurred to me.
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #423 on: March 11, 2014, 06:44:00 PM »
It does.  I like the bond it gives (more general carpentry work) but it puts a little moisture in there.  With the RH here it's not such a big deal, though.  Still prefer it to most other glues, except hide glue-I try to use that for any bow work.
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #424 on: March 11, 2014, 07:17:00 PM »
Dan, I'd like to know how the hides turn out when you're finished. I have a red fox hide in the freezer that I'd like to use as string silencer material. (It was messed up from my pitiful skinning job but would work well for silencers.)
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Offline Dan Landis

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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #425 on: March 11, 2014, 09:22:00 PM »
Roy, never used mink before, but sure is a nice dense fur so I think it should do really well.

Red, I've never tanned a fox hide before.  I've done several deer and they turned out ok, not as good as a professional job though.  Fox should be a lot easier to work, so I expect it to be fairly easy to get a decent looking job.  Don't have to be perfect for silencers any way.  I'll let you know how they turn out.
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #426 on: March 11, 2014, 10:21:00 PM »
Cooked down another two or so pounds of pine rosin.  I added it to the other two hanging out in the fridge.  Still have another maybe five pounds to melt and strain.  And more to gather from that tree.  Planning on making string wax from most of it.  That will make a LOT of wax, I tell ya.
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #427 on: March 12, 2014, 10:21:00 PM »
Got home with about 5 min of light left. Grabbed my glass bow and 1 arrow. Took 1 shot at 23 yrds.    I've learned to quit while I'm ahead! Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while!
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #428 on: March 12, 2014, 10:29:00 PM »
Dan, mink is special stuff....
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #429 on: March 12, 2014, 11:45:00 PM »
nice shot.

I made a caul.
heat bent some osage for the first time.
seemed to work out...quite a bit easier than I thought it would be...or I just got lucky...
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #430 on: March 13, 2014, 02:02:00 PM »
Did a dry run on tri 2.
Went well.
Hopefully get some glue on it tonight...
 
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #431 on: March 13, 2014, 02:40:00 PM »
Looks nice, John...

Be sure to clamp it every two inches and pad the back and belly with something so the clamps don't mar the wood.
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #432 on: March 13, 2014, 02:45:00 PM »
Thanks Roy.
They're hard to see but there are some pads in there...some dude in PA told me to do that once...
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #433 on: March 13, 2014, 06:30:00 PM »
starting to worry about my swap bow, been 8 days since it left here and its gone by courier. Might have got frozen to the spot once it arrived over there!
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #434 on: March 13, 2014, 07:50:00 PM »
Been checking my porch Bob, not here yet.
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #435 on: March 13, 2014, 08:30:00 PM »
that's a wicked lookin dust sucker in the backround john!!!
a guy would have to keep his belt cinched up tight around that puppy!!ha!
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #436 on: March 13, 2014, 08:48:00 PM »
lol...

Yeah, it's kinda slapped together..but it works.
Those black tubes lead down to a box/cover that goes over a 4 gang dado saw. Used it for cutting slots in the "logs" for a product we used to make and sell called Megalogs. Kinda like great big Lincoln logs. The dados cut an appx 1.75" wide .25" deep slot in a 1.75" wide pine "log"...4 slots at a time.

Pushing those through by hand....lol...it wasn't the dust/chip collector I was worried about. Every now and then a log would basically explode in the cutter.....I kept spare underwear around...


We haven't made them in a few years, but here's what they looked like...

 http://www.shelbygemfactory.com/Megalogs_ep_35-1.html
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #437 on: March 13, 2014, 09:02:00 PM »
john
  been a while since I did production work ['70s]
but when you do thousands of wood parts in a week [wood playground elements]its amazing how much stuff would "come apart!!"--wood and tools!!I've seen a couple blood trails leaving the shop too!!
I had a boss he just said "pay attention!"
he must have had nerves of steel putting us teen age meatheads on those big shapers!!HA!
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #438 on: March 13, 2014, 09:23:00 PM »
I hear ya...lol

Reminds me of a summer I spent doing roofing..mostly shingle.
Boss said " Guys..I just want you to know...the second both your feet leave the roof..you're fired!"
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Re: What did you do today 2014
« Reply #439 on: March 13, 2014, 10:57:00 PM »
see ya in a day or two....

 
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