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    Nice knives spsurfer. What steel do you use for the blades? Another nice knife gin. Did you make the sheaf?
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    Fantastic Truther, not a hijack at all, my intention was that others would add to the thread with their own home made kit. Your furnace is right up my street made from what is to hand and recycled/adapted materials first class keep 'em coming.
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    Thanks truther, if i did it again i would put a light coat of wax on before building to stop the cement sticking to the face,save so much elbow grease getting them clean. Tried oil on some off cuts but it really blackened up the flag stone. Live & learn
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    Shot that apple off my boys head at 30 yards. ................. Seriously though with no sights it's not that good for long range, probably 6 inch grouping at 12 feet maybe a bit better depends on the bolts, that one in the pic is pretty good- bamboo shaft, feather fletch, spring steel broad-head. So unless you want to hunt mice at 6 feet it is only good for impressing your mates. It would be interesting to put a chrony on it as it is unbelievably quick, at close range(6feet) you hear the thwack of impact at the same time as puling the trigger. You also hear impact at the same time you feel t
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    Thought this might come back round to making a "tool" to complete the job. The stone had a bit of cementy film despite being as careful as i could to wash it down wile building. Thought a scrub brush to go in the drill would be just the thing so went on line cheapest 75mm one i could find was £12 and thought i would need more than one , time to think outside the box again . local hardware store had a decent scrubbing brush head for 2.99 and i had a hole saw A cheap 6mm bolt through the middle. 3 75mm drill brushes for £1each Just need some abrasive cleaning cream....a tro
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    Made a mini x bow as a kid as per my previous thread http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/337863-mini-x-bow/
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    These guys seem to have success using traditional bows, yew seems a favorite among them. http://www.taoregon.com/huntpics.html
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    Timber form holds the stone in place while back-filled with good soupy mortar. Did over two days so as to re-use the timber forms higher up.
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    Got a couple of yew branches with just that in mind but not got round to it yet.
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    Looking forward to getting them built in place at the weekend, sneak preview of how it will work. I cannibalized the old cast iron fire place with the angle grinder as i like the border frame and it will give a good stop to build the stone facing to. Stone comes right out to cover the timber studding/plasterboard to give maximum fire proofing.
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    Been working away on this but not had time to put up pics. Also a bit of head scratching going on. I wanted natural stone surrounding the stove but the existing stone is shot, burnt/ cracked etc and it doesn't reach the front of the stud/drywall. If i build in new stone in the conventional way it will reduce the opening too much. After a bit of experimentation came up with thin layer of flag stones all recycled cuttings from work. The appearance strait off the grinder looked too artificial so have chipped out the edges to give a more realistic natural 3d stone look. First rough register
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    Interested in the night vision, planning to build one but that would save me time. will pm.
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    Looks alright natural but if you want to stain you would need to either cut through the Danish oil or get something that will stick on top. A nice natural way to darken wood is soak wire wool in vinegar overnight then rub it into the wood. It reacts with the tannin in the wood and darkens the wood itself rather then a coat on the surface, leaving no brush marks etc. Can oil/wax etc on top. If you rub it in with the wire wool it will cut through the Danish oil. Only caution- i have taken oak nearly black with a couple of coats, don't know about hazle, may darken at a different rate
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    Well done. Nice natural look. The shapes on the two woods flow nicely together.
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    As suspected a bit of chop & weld to get things positioned how i wanted, ok so could have bought fittings but where is the fun in that. Had a rake in the pille of discsrded flue bits i had saved from dumpster diving. First up an adapter from the 7" flue to the 5" stove outlet, then and off set atapter to get it to line up with the final stove position i want. Off-set bend. Not the neatest welding but functional. Motley assortment of adapted fittings prior to installation. Adapter and off-set in place. The grey putty looking stuff is a complete experi
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    "The Big Chief" Would be your man.
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    Glad you are enjoying the thread. If it inspires others to have a go at hacking things together from what is lying about then mission accomplished! YouTube definitely opens doors to a far wider catchment with it's step by step tutorials allowing people of all different abilities to have a go at making things for themselves. Always intended doing a bit of "back yard foundry" myself, just never got round to it. I have unintentionally melted aluminium in the shed stove (old door handles etc) so quite possible without fancy kit.
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    Often better than the bought tools as can be made/ shaped for a specific application and more satisfaction in using a tool you have made, post up a pic if you have any.
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    Will try and not disappoint.
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    Slight diversion from making tools (although there will be lots of bodging and adapting and using re-claimed materials as per usual) anyway the latest project on the go is fitting a re-claimed stove in place of my fireplace which while well loved and used was needing some attention and to be honest is a drafty hole. Old fireplace has to go Ah the bodging commences............flexible conduit you say......no need i have an outlet pipe from a washing machine that will do nicely. Just need some clips to fix it in place then...........better still this cutting of copper water cylind
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    Daughter has been doing a bit of flower pressing but complained the bought press she has is too small and only does a few flowers at a time. A rummage in the threaded rod department of the shed and a tad of welding later we came up with this solution. Takes A4 card and paper. Three weeks later.............. No shortage of pressed flowers now for her cards & crafts!
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    Quick jig rattled together in 10 minutes to surface the chopping boards my lad made over on the other thread. Simple but effective. Work clamped to bench, jig slides on bench, router slides in jig. Take more or less off by adjusting height of router up & down. So as long as the work fits between the jig rails (make it any size you want) and on the bench then it can be surfaced as flat as the top of the bench you are working on. Use a large surfacing cutter in the router for best finish. Oh and a bonus, the router came off the skip at work. £38 posted for a new armature from China and
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    Thanks lads, proud of him myself, pleased the kids have taken an interest in "hacking" things together with whatever is to hand. Can't find his works in progress pictures so heres one of what's left of the blank he started with to give an idea of how it's done. Glued up contrasting strips of wood then cut out rings with the band-saw (table set at 45 degrees) the rings stack one on top of other with very little waste. Couple more pics in my hand to give idea of completed size.
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    And another one from my boy, bit of wood turning this time. Got pictures on the other camera of work in progress, will try and get them up later.
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