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What's happening in your shop this winter?
- Thread starter Alan Gage
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Nice. I have a bunch of birchbark that I collected years ago and intend to turn into a knife handle. I need more hours in the day.
Jim
Jim
Nice work, I like the combination in the handle
Well things are going to come down to the wire on this one. That coat of varnish went on Saturday night. It's now Tuesday evening and it's still soft, I can gouge it with a thumbnail. Not good. Dry sanding by hand with fine sandpaper and the finish tends to roll off. Wet sanding was ok but the multitude of dust/debris nibs needed something more aggressive. Worried it might not get hard in time so I put 320 grit on the ROS and sanded the whole thing down again. Miraculously it didn't plug the sandpaper very bad.
Waiting for the dust to settle and then I'll go back out to put on another coat, this time decanted from a fresh can. Last chance to get it right. It's got until Saturday morning to be hard enough for transport to the Elk's club for the raffle that evening. I can Watco the gunwales once it's set up at the Elk's.
Alan
That looks great. Playing around with knives and handles is another itch I might need to scratch soon. You guys are giving some good inspiration.
Alan
Nice job on the Safe. Did you do the tin work?
Been nice out so I worked on a couple of hulls outside, a Mad River Winooski 14'6" kevlar and a Mad River Explorer 16' Royalex. The wood gunnels came out nice but I ran out of SS screws for the Explorer. Did some G-flex repairs on the kevlar Winooski.
That Explorer looks great.
Yes it is, very few scratches, it was owned by an older couple and I was fortunate to find it.
I'm liking both right now, but I still remember the nice Winooski you refurbished last year.
who only paddled it to church on Sundays?
I'm waiting on my finish for the canoe, tracking says Wednesday, so I decided to build some lights
A 10 Light Night
A 10 Light Night
The rx explorer and kevlar Winooski have new rails and seats, well I need to wrap one more seat with webbing, but moving right along.
Looks like you've brought those grinders out of the Dark Ages !I'm waiting on my finish for the canoe, tracking says Wednesday, so I decided to build some lights
A 10 Light Night
That Whiskey Barrel Band Chandelier, is a Bright idea also !
Technically not winter nor in the shop. I took advantage of the good weather and Pine Tarred the inside of my Prescott Canoe.
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interesting, pine tar... Never herd of that before, not the pine tar, but pine tar inside of a canoe!!
Did you heat it up passing a torch over it Sweeper?
