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It's a great little plinker and the wood is very nice. I like it a lot.
I think I'm sending this one off to Melvin who likes small forks. He has made me two beautiful board cuts and doesn't own a natural yet. Hope he likes it.
Thanks for looking.
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Ash forks from The Gopher
06 February 2012 - 10:36 AM
I recently did a trade with The Gopher for some nice little ash forks in the raw. Ash is my favorite wood. This is how the smallest of the three he sent came out.
It's a great little plinker and the wood is very nice. I like it a lot.
I think I'm sending this one off to Melvin who likes small forks. He has made me two beautiful board cuts and doesn't own a natural yet. Hope he likes it.
Thanks for looking.
It's a great little plinker and the wood is very nice. I like it a lot.
I think I'm sending this one off to Melvin who likes small forks. He has made me two beautiful board cuts and doesn't own a natural yet. Hope he likes it.
Thanks for looking.
What happened to the swaps and trades forum?
06 February 2012 - 09:49 AM
Didn't there used to be a forum on here for trades? I can't find it.Anyways, I just made this dark walnut-stained slingshot. It is very big, 7" high by 4-1/4" wide, and 2" between the forks. It is made out of 3/4" thick plywood. Right now it has only one coat of spar varnish on it. I plan to give it 3 more coats.
If you like big slingshots and have some extra TBG on hand you can have this one for enough TBG to make two single-layered bandsets. (A piece approximately ten inches long by 4 inches wide.)
Anybody out there with big hands and some Gold TheraBand?
Thanks for looking.
Martin's Avatar
01 February 2012 - 01:17 PM
Hello everybody. A friend sent me a one-inch thick red oak board. This is what I made with it. It is my impression of the slingshot in Martin's avatar, which I have been admiring for ever.
This is a real hunter. If I get out after some rabbits this winter, it's what I will definitely use. I have it armed with some tapered 0.040 latex. With some .44 cal. lead I won't have any trouble getting a kill. Man this is a sweet shooter!
It is finished like a user, not a piece of furniture, i.e., raw linseed oil and beeswax. This will be no drawer queen, that's for sure.
I did ask Martin's permission before posting this -- thanks, man. And thanks to MXRed for the great piece of lumber.
This is a real hunter. If I get out after some rabbits this winter, it's what I will definitely use. I have it armed with some tapered 0.040 latex. With some .44 cal. lead I won't have any trouble getting a kill. Man this is a sweet shooter!
It is finished like a user, not a piece of furniture, i.e., raw linseed oil and beeswax. This will be no drawer queen, that's for sure.
I did ask Martin's permission before posting this -- thanks, man. And thanks to MXRed for the great piece of lumber.
A gift of true art
31 January 2012 - 12:26 PM
I received this in the mail from our friend from Italy, Mr. Bob Fionda.
This beautifully carved and lovingly -- no, exquisitely -- finished slingshot belongs in the stratosphere of slingshot art. It is very impressive once you actually get it in your hands-- and it fits mine to a tee!
Bob included a perfectly made set of TBG target bands and a super-light pouch. Needless to say, I banded it right up and went to cutting a soda can in half in minutes.
This beautiful Blackthorn sculpture will be a treasured part of my collection and I feel honored to have been gifted with such a piece.
Thank you, Bob! I really love this piece and appreciate the work that you have put into it.
This beautifully carved and lovingly -- no, exquisitely -- finished slingshot belongs in the stratosphere of slingshot art. It is very impressive once you actually get it in your hands-- and it fits mine to a tee!
Bob included a perfectly made set of TBG target bands and a super-light pouch. Needless to say, I banded it right up and went to cutting a soda can in half in minutes.
This beautiful Blackthorn sculpture will be a treasured part of my collection and I feel honored to have been gifted with such a piece.
Thank you, Bob! I really love this piece and appreciate the work that you have put into it.
