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1066vik said:
yes - you cut a rectangular hole in one board 1.5" tall by 5.5 or 6" wide.
you rip a strip off each side of the other 2x12 that's roughly 3" x 33".
the tighter the fit top to bottom, the closer to a 90 degree angle between seat and back when new -- this angle will "relax" over time, so building in a lot of slop is not the best of ideas. (my chair has a short bottom board and has been in use for 16 or so years - that's why it's so comfy.)
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Chameleonbear said:
One more question... Is maple a good choice of wood for this? Is there something that would be a better choice?
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Yes, maple is a really good choice for smoking bacon...so is apple wood or cherry... You were talking about bacon, right?

I haven't done any serious woodworking in years, but if you were going to paint/seal the chair afterwards, I would think maple would work. Lumber is typically pretty straight-grained and sturdy.

I would also think redwood, cypress or red cedar would be good choices with some natural weather resistance. I got some rough cut red cedar at Lowe's to make a raised garden for my wife and that worked quite well. We'll see how it holds up over a few growing seasons.

 
james terrio said:
There's only one way to find out... buy you a knife made of Elmax. :p
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Oh, by the way...

I was wondering what would be the best way to order a knife from you? Potentially thinking an Elmax boning/filet knife with some sort of fancy ("purty") stabilized wood for scales. Suitable for taking hunting to filet out the backstraps of a hog, but nice enough to use at home...something along these lines.
 
Chameleonbear said:
One more question... Is maple a good choice of wood for this? Is there something that would be a better choice?
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maple is fine, just expensive - if you're using maple or another hardwood (oak, ash, hickory, etc...), you can get away with 5/4 stock (true 1" thick boards)
mine is made from cheap pine and red cedar 2x stock -- because those were the scraps I had in the garage at the time.

just remember - the slot in the back only needs to be tall enough to fit the seat board through.


ETA: GSO -- 5/4 cypress is great for outdoor furniture! you can spray it down with the same preservative as your back deck, too.
 
GSO1962 said:
Oh, by the way...

I was wondering what would be the best way to order a knife from you? Potentially thinking an Elmax boning/filet knife with some sort of fancy ("purty") stabilized wood for scales. Suitable for taking hunting to filet out the backstraps of a hog, but nice enough to use at home...something along these lines.
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You pretty much just did :p Shoot me an e-mail with your ideas... pm's fill up too fast and are a pain to copy/paste/archive.
 
tradewater, I am a little concerned that you weakened the structural integrity of that there matchstick.

Nice work, by the way. That knife looks great.:thumbup:
 
GSO1962 said:
Yes, maple is a really good choice for smoking bacon...so is apple wood or cherry... You were talking about bacon, right?

I haven't done any serious woodworking in years, but if you were going to paint/seal the chair afterwards, I would think maple would work. Lumber is typically pretty straight-grained and sturdy.
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I'm just making a chair.

For smoking though I like a mixture of cherry and pecan. Gives it a sweet and slightly nutty flavor. Sometimes I will throw actual pecan husks into the smoking mixture for extra nuttiness :D

1066vik said:
maple is fine, just expensive - if you're using maple or another hardwood (oak, ash, hickory, etc...), you can get away with 5/4 stock (true 1" thick boards)
mine is made from cheap pine and red cedar 2x stock -- because those were the scraps I had in the garage at the time.

just remember - the slot in the back only needs to be tall enough to fit the seat board through.

ETA: GSO -- 5/4 cypress is great for outdoor furniture! you can spray it down with the same preservative as your back deck, too.
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I'll let you know how it goes! I'm excited to do this, I'm supposed to be going camping next month with a group of guys and I really don't want to collapse one of those folding chairs so I figured this is a good compromise.
 
So, AIM surplus has Chinese SKS rifles for $300. Probably wouldn't shoot it much, if at all, since I have an AK.



But I already have a bunch of stripper clips...
 
zzyzzogeton said:
Oh yeah.... we bend rather than break at that age. Of the many escapades I had growing up, the funniest/worst/most expensive was when I was in 5th grade and a friend of mine, Steven and I were racing our bikes back to school after lunch. Up ahead of us, a brand spanking new Cadillac slowed to nearly a stop to cross through a dip. We were racing rather hard, not really looking ahead while pedaling hard. Steven just missed the back end of the car. I didn't. I rear-ended that Caddy doing about 25 mph on a single-speed Western Flyer bike.

Results -
Me - bent wheel on my bike, a "scratch" on my noggin similar to MM, and several scrapes
Caddy - dented rear bumper, crunched in trunk, dented roof, broken wiper blades and a smashed in hood, detached hood ornament (made the skull cut).

And the woman's daughter (also in my class) was pissed at me for literally years.
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I hit an old ladys brand new Cadillac back in fifth grade. I wasn't going too fast but also wasn't paying attention to where I was going. I ended up putting a nice big dent in her hood where my face hit and another where my bars did. That was not a good day.
 
bigghoss said:
So, AIM surplus has Chinese SKS rifles for $300. Probably wouldn't shoot it much, if at all, since I have an AK.



But I already have a bunch of stripper clips...
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Saw those. If I didn't already have a nice Yugo, I might jump on one.
 
Rigs are built. Just need to rid of this damn head cold and find some bait.

Catfish rigs. Okuma Avenger 65a's on 8' Shakespeare Ugly Stick "CATFISH" rods.

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Surf cast rigs. Okuma Avenger 80a's on 11' Okuma Longitude surf rods.

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Guyon said:
Saw those. If I didn't already have a nice Yugo, I might jump on one.
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Yeah. I've had three, I think they were all chinese, I know the first one was. The last one had a bunch of bubba junk on it, told the guy it didn't feed 100% and I still got $275 for it. If nothing else it'll go up in value at a decent enough rate.
 
james terrio said:
You pretty much just did :p Shoot me an e-mail with your ideas... pm's fill up too fast and are a pain to copy/paste/archive.
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E-mail sent...mostly incoherent ramblings...

bigghoss said:
So, AIM surplus has Chinese SKS rifles for $300. Probably wouldn't shoot it much, if at all, since I have an AK.



But I already have a bunch of stripper clips...
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I suppose I should get with the program. I've got two Yugo SKS's and no AK's. Just got 200 stripper clips in my last shipment o' gun stuff, but sold two packs of 20. Still, 160 stripper clips holds 1,600 rounds of ammo. That should last a while when the zombies attack. I have to confess, shooting the SKS is most fun I've had with my clothes on and not involving my wife in a very long time... A friend from work (former Army Ranger who blew out his knees on a jump..technically, it was the landing...) declared that the SKS is a "rifleman's rifle" for intermediate range.
 
I'm looking at either a Mosin or a 10/22. I want a fun little plinker rifle. Something that isn't going to be terrible to shoot, or get me into trouble.

PimpBiscuit, those sticks definitely live up to their name. But should be pretty good anyway. I've heard nothing but good things about the ugly stick. But like I've reiterated numerous times, I'm not a fisher for real. I might cast some bait, but I'm definitely not a master bait thrower or anything.
 
Guyon said:
Rigs are built. Just need to rid of this damn head cold and find some bait.

Catfish rigs. Okuma Avenger 65a's on 8' Shakespeare Ugly Stick "CATFISH" rods.

Surf cast rigs. Okuma Avenger 80a's on 11' Okuma Longitude surf rods.
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Growing up in Missouri, we got a bunch of chicken gizzards from the grocery store and let them season for a bit out in the sun so they got good and "aromatic". Mostly used them on trot lines and jug lines to try to get rid of the bullhead catfish that had gotten into the pond from the neighbor's lake when it overflowed. Caught quite a few catfish heads, plus the occasional snapping turtle that wasn't smart enough to stop eating before it got to the pointy barbed part of the catfish dinner. Snapping turtle stew is pretty decent eats.

Edit: Had a good friend at work when I was stationed in Oklahoma that always went catfishing at the "O"-shaped cooling pond of the local electric plant (his brother worked there). He always used surf cast rigs and caught some pretty serious catfish that way.
 
Chameleonbear said:
I'm looking at either a Mosin or a 10/22. I want a fun little plinker rifle. Something that isn't going to be terrible to shoot, or get me into trouble.

PimpBiscuit, those sticks definitely live up to their name. But should be pretty good anyway. I've heard nothing but good things about the ugly stick. But like I've reiterated numerous times, I'm not a fisher for real. I might cast some bait, but I'm definitely not a master bait thrower or anything.
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Are you implying that the Biscuit is a master baiter?
 
GSO1962 said:
Growing up in Missouri, we got a bunch of chicken gizzards from the grocery store and let them season for a bit out in the sun so they got good and "aromatic". Mostly used them on trot lines and jug lines to try to get rid of the bullhead catfish that had gotten into the pond from the neighbor's lake when it overflowed. Caught quite a few catfish heads, plus the occasional snapping turtle that wasn't smart enough to stop eating before it got to the pointy barbed part of the catfish dinner. Snapping turtle stew is pretty decent eats.

Edit: Had a good friend at work when I was stationed in Oklahoma that always went catfishing at the "O"-shaped cooling pond of the local electric plant (his brother worked there). He always used surf cast rigs and caught some pretty serious catfish that way.
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Yeah, growing up, I always used livers, but gizzards stay on the hook better.

I figure the surfcast rigs will work for the cats too, but I also go down to the Gulf once or twice a year and fish. Use to live down there and would surf cast regularly at Santa Rosa Island.
 
Chameleonbear said:
PimpBiscuit, those sticks definitely live up to their name. But should be pretty good anyway. I've heard nothing but good things about the ugly stick. But like I've reiterated numerous times, I'm not a fisher for real. I might cast some bait, but I'm definitely not a master bait thrower or anything.
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In the past, I was never all that partial to the glass Ugly Sticks. Actions are too slow for my taste, though they have plenty of backbone.
However, I have a graphite Ugly Stick paired with a Shimano Baitrunner that I like a lot.

That said, these catfish rods are glass, and they have the slow action, but from what I've been reading on a couple of catfish boards, that's actually a plus, especially with circle hooks.
The Ugly Sticks keep coming up on those boards as good rods for the $$, so I'm going to give them a go.
 
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