Snarking On A Tropical Becker Island

[Xr6x]

Thanks Tanker, they don't look like that anymore . I think you'll like the change

 

[DunkEm]

Well at least the hail has stopped for now

 

[Bladite]

ah, walnut, freshly made, i shall know its pleasures soon enough

someone i know gifted me a buttload of walnut stumps if i was willing to cut them myself, and oh yeah, help him get 40,000 lbs of logs resourced lol

so, i got a bandsaw, and then a ripping jig, and time... tried this with one some what seasoned log:

slices

wet and not wet:

wow, the color in that stuff... can't wait

hey, panto router joints

need to make more of those, and ... then everything comes together?

 

[DerekH]

Cripes.
Derek returns from his cave and breaks Snark HARD!
My hat is off to you, sir.
I think we should pin him down and pull on his mustache.
Who wants to go first? (not it!)

That mustache is packed away safe and sound so you hooligans can go pester Vic and his facial hair!

I mowed two days ago and I don't know if it's the allergens or what but it put me down for the last two days. Pollen can go pound sand.

 

[daizee]

You mowed your face and hid your 'stache? Chicken.

Bladite, I do perceive some nice stick tang handles in those curly sections...
It tends to be pretty light when dried. If you can stabilize it once it's dry enough, it would be really versatile.

 

[Tanker 1/66]

ah, walnut, freshly made, i shall know its pleasures soon enough

someone i know gifted me a buttload of walnut stumps if i was willing to cut them myself, and oh yeah, help him get 40,000 lbs of logs resourced lol

so, i got a bandsaw, and then a ripping jig, and time... tried this with one some what seasoned log:

slices

wet and not wet:

wow, the color in that stuff... can't wait

hey, panto router joints

need to make more of those, and ... then everything comes together?

That wood is gorgeous Bladite.

 

[Tanker 1/66]

You mowed your face and hid your 'stache? Chicken.

Bladite, I do perceive some nice stick tang handles in those curly sections...
It tends to be pretty light when dried. If you can stabilize it once it's dry enough, it would be really versatile.

Excellent idea. I'm going to get some scraps from my SIL. I've been wanting to make some scales for this salvaged Kabar on the bottom.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/153781516@N05/

 

[DerekH]

You mowed your face and hid your 'stache? Chicken.

Bladite, I do perceive some nice stick tang handles in those curly sections...
It tends to be pretty light when dried. If you can stabilize it once it's dry enough, it would be really versatile.

No, just hid the 'stache for safekeeping. Vic had a good one last time I saw him though.

 

[Bladite]

so at the local East Gathering, Mad Indian kindly showed us come Shepherd's Slings...

this is what i came up with a couple decades back:

the triangular pattern of holes and strings gives a lot of strength, and self centering too... keeps the knots out of the way

the leather was wet formed and creased around a suitable object...

 

[Bladite]

You mowed your face and hid your 'stache? Chicken.

Bladite, I do perceive some nice stick tang handles in those curly sections...
It tends to be pretty light when dried. If you can stabilize it once it's dry enough, it would be really versatile.

i scored a fair bunch of different things, with different qualities.

some is dark as chocolate, and some has that golden sheen

i'd imagine that it will fairly glow when oiled and planed smooooth.

gotta have a play date with the band saw on occasion and rip rip rip a few bunches so they dry differently

some of the slabs are many feet wide and more tall - i have a kinda of King's Chair in mind someday

 

[Tanker 1/66]

WOW Denarius went All Ronson like an M4 Sherman getting hit with a German 88 and burned the whole city down.

 

[Bladite]

WOW Denarius went All Ronson like an M4 Sherman getting hit with a German 88 and burned the whole city down.

rule #1 of Becker Forums: no spoilers.

if i even, fore a second, discover, this is a spoiler, the literal hell i can deliver to you....

oh my yes. it's going to be quite yummy...

so yes

 

[Tanker 1/66]

[QUOTE"Bladite, post: 19003053, member: 126525"]rule #1 of Becker Forums: nodisrs.

if i even, forafterwardsd, discover, this is a spoiler, the literal hell i can deliver to you....

oh my yes. it's going to be quite yummy...

so yes [/QUOTE]
Rule #1 For Game of Thrones No DVR You must watch It live. Its going to get discussed immediately afterwards

 

[Bladite]

[QUOTE"Bladite, post: 19003053, member: 126525"]rule #1 of Becker Forums: nodisrs.

if i even, forafterwardsd, discover, this is a spoiler, the literal hell i can deliver to you....

oh my yes. it's going to be quite yummy...

so yes

Rule #1 For Game of Thrones No DVR You must watch It live. Its going to get discussed immediately afterwards[/QUOTE]

i'm going to sign up for HBO for a month after the show is alllllll done, then binge. people at work have been yelled at by high management for even saying the shows name "did you watch IT" -- "SHUDDDDUP or i'm calling HR"

lol

 

[GeofS]

GOT last night, one word: wow!

 

[Tanker 1/66]

Bladite No spoilers from me then. I love a good rainy weekend binge

 

[1066vik]

I hope the TV show is better than the books -- they were drier than Tolkien written on a salt lick.

 

[Aikiguy]

I actually enjoyed the books...however the decade-plus wait between them is getting tiring.

 

[Tanker 1/66]

I actually enjoyed the books...however the decade-plus wait between them is getting tiring.

This is the last week we will ever have to wait for the tv series.

 

[Tanker 1/66]

Has anybody read the Casca series. I read one book and it put me on a quest to find all 24 from flea markets and yard sales. They were written by Barry Sadler. Ballad of the Green Berets fame. I passed the series onto my son and now my grandson is reading them.