something about a new RKBA member or when a tank gun is ready to fire i forget which...
Posted on 09/24/2005 11:23:20 AM PDT by creeperdavis
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something about a new RKBA member or when a tank gun is ready to fire i forget which...
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Thanks!
well, the core is sitting in a trough, soaking in water
been there since... oh... 10pm last night?
the wood glue is slowly coming loose
once delamination and clean-up is complete, I shall relaminate the core, with the additional poplar side elements, laid up on the curve template to pre-bend the core.
considering how resistant to soaking this carpenter's glue has proven to be, I am at a loss as to why I should use epoxy...
Thanks!
yer welcome, of course.
Welcome!
You're welcome.
Good luck with te big bow!
Last night, I did something crafty - I painted ceramics. They are supposed to fire it in the kiln during the week, and I can pick it up next weekend. I hope it turns out okay!
firing is always the nailbiting process - best luck to you!
Thanks. I think it will turn out okay, as long as it's fired properly.
well, IIRC, one glazes ceramics after thay have been fired already, so at least you don't have the trapped-air worry... only color fusion and blending.
now - the news: I have acquired a TABLE SAW
This new addition makes cutting long strips of hardwood practical.
I have long harbored a yen to make some fin de siecle style furniture, based (to greater and lesser extents) on some designs by Alphonse Mucha.
Laminating curves is laminating curves, irrespective of application... bows or furniture.
Perhaps I can get the kids in on that, rather than starting them out on trying to make functional torsion-spring weaponry (where newbie flaws in workmanship can be lethally dangerous)
worth thinking about, between now and when the bamboo I shall harvest next month is cured enough to be worked.
I'm also looking into the option of starting them out with Rattan bows, rather than bamboo-and-hardwood.
When Rattan fails, it frays into soft fibers, rather than spitting out hard high-velocity splinters.
Rattan is also relatively easy to work.
I spoke with the mother of some of the kids today. She approves, understands the safety concerns, and is willing to work with me on figuring out the best way to do this.
She is of the opinion that her sons (Will and Christopher), their cousin (Willis), and their friend (Tyree) are in need of serious extracurriculars.
I like what I saw at their home.
The kids OBEY Mama, and Mama appears affable but strict. That is an excellent foundation.
But the advantage is that you don't have to live on the east coast : )
you have bamboo my Liege??? what is the range of their diameter? when i lived on St.Croix i used to make jewerly boxes out of larger diameters by turning it on it's side and lay it on a belt sander to give it a flat spot to lay on. then cut a door out of the other side or simply slice off a large section and mount it on hinges and line them in felt.
out side decoration is limitless.
i also made really nice long stem pipes from the thin stuff.
i had local women sell them on commission to the tourists from the cruise ships.
Why not. "FReep Nouveau furniture".
some of the older growth have diameters exceeding 4" and heights I don't want to guess at.
the stuff I use/shall use for bows must be at least 3.25" diameter at 4' from the roots
I am more and more impressed with bamboo. interesting stuff, for grass on steroids
ah... a konowzer ;)
"art nouveau": yes... "style floreale": NO
LOL. Yup.
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