Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: NTD on February 27, 2011, 02:11:02 am
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So my shop got out of control and I decided today was a good day to work on it. I also converted an old piece of crap melamine entertainment center into a decent lil work bench.
Here's a before pic
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l144/NDanforth83/101_2261.jpg)
And an after pic
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l144/NDanforth83/101_2358.jpg)
The GSP pup hung out with me the whole time and wore herself out running around the shop playing with the broom, boxes, and eating snake skin scraps.
Here's the entertainment center after I threw some support on it and made the rack/shelf doo hickey deal.
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l144/NDanforth83/101_2360.jpg)
And here's why I've been nervous to make bows lately. It's not picking up a humidity reading.
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l144/NDanforth83/101_2260.jpg)
Now that the shop is organized and we have a moisture front coming in, I'm ready to start messing it up again ;D I think next week I'm going to start working on a real work bench, that saw horse with the 3 1/2" vice just isn't cutting it anymore.
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I prefer the "before" look :)
How's that pup doin? Got any new pics?? :)
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She's doing awesome. Crazy friggin dog though, tons of energy and stubborn as all hell.
Here's some newer pics of her and Mackenzie.
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l144/NDanforth83/101_2314.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l144/NDanforth83/101_2315.jpg)
Mackenzie is the one who crate trained her ;D
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l144/NDanforth83/101_2323.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l144/NDanforth83/101_2324.jpg)
And a Dad and Mackenzie pic too :)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l144/NDanforth83/101_2290.jpg)
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l144/NDanforth83/101_2281.jpg)
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Dang nice looking dog. and a cute kid too.
Tell
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Hey Tell,
I really do owe ya one man. She is a great dog. And definitely good looking, course she doesn't stay still for very long so it's hard to get pics ;D
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Get her trained up then bring her up and go hunting with us. You could show me some tricks on bowmaking while you are here. ;D
Tell
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I think I'm gonna make that happen! Scott got that nice sweet 16, we'll have to get him out and kill some birds with it ;D
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Sounds good, bird hunting is my favorite hobby!
Tell
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Great clean-up job :)
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And now the timer starts. Looks like a really nice work space Nate.
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And now the timer starts. Looks like a really nice work space Nate.
No kidding. I've got 2 trade bows I'll be starting on, a bow that I'll be sending as a gift to someone, a laminate for myself and the recurve that needs to be finished up, it'll be filled with crap in no time. I've been trying to convince myself that I'll put the tools back and run the shop vac every time I'm done in there....but I don't think that'll happen...it never does.
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Good to see the little one doing well. Cute pup too.
Jeff
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That's awesome man! You having fun with the kiddo - love em now for sure :). As for the shop - well ::)..... I need to do some organizing myself, ha.
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I have that same thermometer Nate! I got it from my buddy Erik (snakeman) he used to use it in his reptile cages and I repurposed it for my heat box. It works great. Nice job on cleaning the shop, I promise myself that I will clean it after every bow but it never gets done. ::)
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Josh,
That thermometer used to sit in a snake cage too ;D
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A neat shop is a sign of a sick mind! :o He who has a neat shop will never know the abject joy of finding something once thought irretrievably lost! ;D
Aside from looking neat, it is also much safer to work in. ;)
Wayne
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Great looking Kid, If I did that to my shop I wouldn't be able to find anything,mine is a cluster
but as long as folks put stuff back where I had it I can find it, No rime or reason to it,I just know where it is. :) Nice bench by the way. :) I got a nice one also,somewhere under all the stuff. ;) ;D ;D Might even have more than one,ant sure. ??? ;D
Pappy
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haha awesome pics.....your daughter reminds me of my youngest....would just as soon me sling her around by her feet, upside down, as she would eat if she was hungry
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NYC nice cleaning job... Where did the snakes go??? Sweet pics.
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haha awesome pics.....your daughter reminds me of my youngest....would just as soon me sling her around by her feet, upside down, as she would eat if she was hungry
I call her my Kamikaze because we'll just be sitting there and she'll suddenly fling herself back. She definitely enjoys being tossed around.
Criverville,
What snakes? you mean the ones my pup was chewing on? They were just the edges that I trim off after the skins are dried. I had 2 10 ft pieces from a big boa I skinned awhile back. They were like big rawhide sticks for her.
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Sorry NTD , on my phone typos are easier.. You have a reptile termometer.. How did the boas work for backings?
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Oh, the thermometer...I have too many cages now and use a Temp gun now to measure temps. Much better too because reptiles care more about surface temps than air temps anyway.
I've back one bow with a boa skin and it was nice. But I send most of my snake skins out in trades and stuff. That big one went to Oneeye. Although I have a special boa skin that I will be using for 2 bows I am making. One of those will be the trade bow and the other for Moi ;D they're gonna be matching bows ;)
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Forget the shop, post more pictures of the "Kamikaze Kid"! That smile is priceless !
Pappy, I am the same way, I know where something is even though it is not visible, and I haven't used it in quite awhile. If I get a wild hair, and clean up, and start tossing stuff I have not used in a few years, within a week, I will suddenly have a need for that very object that I threw out! ::)
Wayne
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Ok. I see.. Thanks.. That boa skin sure is tough.. They are pretty skins. What type of snakes do you raise and do you bread them? I have 5 big reptile tanks and have considered doing that..
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I have Jungle Carpet pythons, Bredli pythons, super dwarf reticulated pythons, Various boas, and a group of rattlesnakes. I have a few odds and ends but those are the types I work with most. I also keep a pair of Gouldi Monitors and a trio of Ackie Monitors.
If you are considering raising snakes for skins it's not worth it cost to feed and house is far too high. I get most of my exotic skins from friends who are in the trade that have animals that die.
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What type of snakes do you raise and do you bread them?
Mmmmm, breaded snakes!
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LOL nice one JW ;D
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NTD, thanks for the info.. Ok.. Yep.. I have an 8 foot red tail boa I'm going to trade.. What could I ask to trade for it??? Haven't a clue..
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Here are a couple of pics of my 1st bench Nathen. Instead of the hollow top like the plans, I used two, 3/4" thick sheets of OSB. I cut them to 32" x 72". Then used the two 16" pieces to make the middle lair of the 3 lair top. The 2nd pic is after I put on some 1by trim.
Bevan R
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That'll work, Thanks Bevan!
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Bevan that table looks handy.. Nice big shop too !!
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criver, I sent you a PM
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I did a similar bench top using 3/4 inch exterior plywood. I glued the layers together and then screwed them together to draw them tight. Once the glue had set I removed the screws. I hate the idea of having metal in the benchtop.
Then I glued and screwed a hickory 1x2 round three sides, and again once the glue was dried I pulled the screws. But with the hardwood facing I drilled and pegged each of the screw holes to make sure everything was 'right and tight'.
This way I can use nails and/or screws with wood blocks as bench dogs. If I should be sawing something and the blade dips into the benchtop I know it will not contact metal and mess up the blade. The whole benchtop gets painted every few months when I wanna cover the pencil notes and math calculations.