Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => HowTo's and Build-a-longs => Topic started by: BowSlayer on September 16, 2013, 07:25:54 pm
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im' going to see my girlfriend on wednesday and it's the first time im going to see her in a month so i decided to make her something that would show how much i care about her. but what?... i looked around the workshop and saw some scraps of yew. after a few muinets of thinking i came up with the idea of making a ring. I took lots of pictures after each stage so ill let them do the talking.
(http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t614/bowslayerjez/20130916_153704_zps8e0ac62d.jpg) (http://s1316.photobucket.com/user/bowslayerjez/media/20130916_153704_zps8e0ac62d.jpg.html)
(http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t614/bowslayerjez/20130916_153720_zps3617457d.jpg) (http://s1316.photobucket.com/user/bowslayerjez/media/20130916_153720_zps3617457d.jpg.html)
the disk is 10mm wide
(http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t614/bowslayerjez/20130916_153852_zps3c92b54f.jpg) (http://s1316.photobucket.com/user/bowslayerjez/media/20130916_153852_zps3c92b54f.jpg.html)
this is a 3/4" drill bit
(http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t614/bowslayerjez/20130916_154131_zpscbb678e6.jpg) (http://s1316.photobucket.com/user/bowslayerjez/media/20130916_154131_zpscbb678e6.jpg.html)
drilling the hole
(http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t614/bowslayerjez/20130916_154227_zps09d76a5a.jpg) (http://s1316.photobucket.com/user/bowslayerjez/media/20130916_154227_zps09d76a5a.jpg.html)
there was already a hole in the workbench
(http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t614/bowslayerjez/20130916_154314_zps9d02fedb.jpg) (http://s1316.photobucket.com/user/bowslayerjez/media/20130916_154314_zps9d02fedb.jpg.html)
then it broke :(
(http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t614/bowslayerjez/20130916_164112_zps9cbe23d7.jpg) (http://s1316.photobucket.com/user/bowslayerjez/media/20130916_164112_zps9cbe23d7.jpg.html)
so i made another one the same way, but nearer to the centre
(http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t614/bowslayerjez/20130916_164118_zpsb3b08b0e.jpg) (http://s1316.photobucket.com/user/bowslayerjez/media/20130916_164118_zpsb3b08b0e.jpg.html)
(http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t614/bowslayerjez/20130916_164337_zpsea009228.jpg) (http://s1316.photobucket.com/user/bowslayerjez/media/20130916_164337_zpsea009228.jpg.html)
i clamped the rasp upside down
(http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t614/bowslayerjez/20130916_164345_zps453297f6.jpg) (http://s1316.photobucket.com/user/bowslayerjez/media/20130916_164345_zps453297f6.jpg.html)
then i dragged the ring across the rasp to remove wood. slow but safe, kinda.
(http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t614/bowslayerjez/20130916_165924_zpsf6c1e82c.jpg) (http://s1316.photobucket.com/user/bowslayerjez/media/20130916_165924_zpsf6c1e82c.jpg.html)
getting there...
(http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t614/bowslayerjez/20130916_170622_zpsb906fbd6.jpg) (http://s1316.photobucket.com/user/bowslayerjez/media/20130916_170622_zpsb906fbd6.jpg.html)
ouch, i hate rasps but i alsoo love them.
(http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t614/bowslayerjez/20130916_172046_zpsaccf4a17.jpg) (http://s1316.photobucket.com/user/bowslayerjez/media/20130916_172046_zpsaccf4a17.jpg.html)
roughed out but lots of hard edges and tool marks. where's that sand paper?
(http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t614/bowslayerjez/20130916_172647_zpsa97c1723.jpg) (http://s1316.photobucket.com/user/bowslayerjez/media/20130916_172647_zpsa97c1723.jpg.html)
30mins of sanding later
(http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t614/bowslayerjez/20130916_183307_zps8306fc98.jpg) (http://s1316.photobucket.com/user/bowslayerjez/media/20130916_183307_zps8306fc98.jpg.html)
i then used a wood burning pen to burn the words "I <3 YEW" into the wood.
(http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t614/bowslayerjez/20130916_183834_zpsa749948a.jpg) (http://s1316.photobucket.com/user/bowslayerjez/media/20130916_183834_zpsa749948a.jpg.html)
time for some varnish
(http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t614/bowslayerjez/20130916_222103_zpse8afa45e.jpg) (http://s1316.photobucket.com/user/bowslayerjez/media/20130916_222103_zpse8afa45e.jpg.html)
and the final piece. there is three layers of varnish on the outside and one on the inside.
thanks everyone for looking
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That's pretty cool. I might have to try something like that sometime. I don't have a wood burner thought, so I may have to write the message when I rasp my knuckles...just need a a quill pen. Much more primitive that way. ;)
Or not, that seems kinda creepy, LOL.
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That's pretty cool. I might have to try something like that sometime. I don't have a wood burner thought, so I may have to write the message when I rasp my knuckles...just need a a quill pen. Much more primitive that way. ;)
Or not, that seems kinda creepy, LOL.
if you don't have a wood burner you can use a soldering iorn. if that fails then any kind of metal point that is hot will work maybe try heating the end of a knife with a stove and using that.
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Yea, I was thinking about heating up a nail on my BBQ grill.
Or I could try tossing it onto a volcano and see if I could get Sauron to inscribe it for me...I've always wanted to rule the world. <insert maniacal laughter here>
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Nothing says ruler of the world like a ring with a love message on it >:D
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Ttt for valentines day ;)