Author Topic: attemting to build a boat. (Read 14989 times)

BowSlayer · « **on:** July 04, 2013, 05:21:24 am »

Hello everyone. I'm working on a project but don't want to say anything incase I can't deliver. But what I will say is that it is me practiceing my woodwork and bushcraft skills. This will be my biggest project yet. So until I upload pictures (probably tonight) it will remain a secret

stickbender · « **Reply #1 on:** July 04, 2013, 10:20:16 pm »

Tease!

Wayne

BowSlayer · « **Reply #2 on:** July 05, 2013, 05:37:09 am »

Alright. Ill give ya guys a clue. ATM Im steam bending a 2 meter piece of pine with 10" of reflex and also cutting lots of 24" long 1/8" thick laminates of pine. And im not making a bow. Can anyone guess? I'll have pics later

Pappy · « **Reply #3 on:** July 05, 2013, 07:04:23 am »

With you, nope, their's no telling.

$:-\$

Pappy

osage outlaw · « **Reply #4 on:** July 05, 2013, 07:43:40 am »

Are you making a racing buggy for your pet unicorn? Or maybe a giant crossbow to kill the fire breathing dragon that lives in the forest behind your house?

Pappy · « **Reply #5 on:** July 05, 2013, 08:38:16 am »

made me spit my coffee.

Pappy

BowSlayer · « **Reply #6 on:** July 05, 2013, 10:13:44 am »

ok here are the pics, the first pics show my steaming setup for steaming the 2 meter length of Pine, feel free to steal it for steaming staves

here is the wood inside the pipe that im using to steam it.

the pipe is held in my old work-bench and supported at the angle by a scrap piece of pine

the other end of the pipe is in an empty BBQ full of water. then i put tin foil over it which directed the steam into the pipe

there is coal under it to heat it up

after 2 hours i took it out and put it along two logs. then i placed paving slabs on top of it to give it some bend.

that is the main piece then i got out my tablesaw and started cutting thin strips of pine. more difficult than it sounds.

here are all the thin strips.

would love to hear some guesses as to what you think it is

after the next 2 seps it's going to be pretty obvious.

Buckeye Guy · « **Reply #7 on:** July 05, 2013, 10:25:37 am »

Well since pine won't even make a decent rocking chair !
I don't know !

StevenT · « **Reply #8 on:** July 05, 2013, 10:52:04 am »

I don't have a clue what you are making either. But I do like your steaming setup. What is your steaming pipe made of? It looks like copper, but from the barbs on the end were it was cut, it looks more like some kind of plastic material.

Roy · « **Reply #9 on:** July 05, 2013, 10:58:17 am »

Your building a live trap to catch that wild imaginary fox that bit your arm and caused you to get imaginary stitches a few months ago:)

BowSlayer · « **Reply #10 on:** July 05, 2013, 11:19:41 am »

Quote from: StevenT on July 05, 2013, 10:52:04 am

I don't have a clue what you are making either. But I do like your steaming setup. What is your steaming pipe made of? It looks like copper, but from the barbs on the end were it was cut, it looks more like some kind of plastic material.

thanks, it's just plain regular pipe that's used for drains.

Quote from: Roy on July 05, 2013, 10:58:17 am

Your building a live trap to catch that wild imaginary fox that bit your arm and caused you to get imaginary stitches a few months ago:)

nope not a trap, intresting idea though.

Marks · « **Reply #11 on:** July 05, 2013, 12:07:07 pm »

a fox rotisserie!!!

BowSlayer · « **Reply #12 on:** July 05, 2013, 12:10:49 pm »

not quite, keep guessing. ill upload more pics on monday-tuesday as i need to wait for the wood to dry out a bit before i take the weights off. so till then keep bouncing ideas round.

Youngboyer2(billyf) · « **Reply #13 on:** July 05, 2013, 01:58:21 pm »

A pine-o-saurus warbow!

BowSlayer · « **Reply #14 on:** July 05, 2013, 02:24:58 pm »

Quote from: Youngboyer2(billyf) on July 05, 2013, 01:58:21 pm

A pine-o-saurus warbow!

Nope. Ok here is anothether clue, the long pice I was bending dried quicker than I expected. (Must be the heat) I went ahed and scut it in half on the tablle saw lengthwise down the middle. Here is another pic to show what I mean. Keep guessing.

Primitive Archer