The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Mr Ferret 75]

 

[Figgy1]

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{{HUGS}}

 

[SteveBrickNJ]

My wife and I are enjoying a weekend with our daughter in Virginia. Here are my two girls...

 

[SteveBrickNJ]

My wife and I are enjoying a weekend with our daughter in Virginia. Here are my two girls...View attachment 537656

Here is another example of the park we went to. It was about 15 minutes from our daughter's University....

 

[MinnieM123]

Here is another example of the park we went to. It was about 15 minutes from our daughter's University....View attachment 537657

I love parks and all nature areas outdoors.

 

[93boomer]

@ajrwdwgirl how is Brad? I forgot to ask yesterday. Sorry.

 

[93boomer]

Homemade granola

 

[Figgy1]

Fried rice and salmon toast, would have made shrimp toast but dh allergic to shellfish

 

[Willmark]

Homemade granola View attachment 537678

This is all kinds of awesome.

 

[Willmark]

I DO still do woodcarving!

No I get that. I was talking about the fact that yes you still do it but I found a section while searching where you and I discussed bows.

Ohhh...the bow I carved was more just to see if I could do it and if it would work...which it did, but it wasn't nearly as pretty or precise as some of the hand-made longbows that are available out there. I'm sure I could make one that precise and pretty, but where I don't have a lot of experience doing so, it would likely take me ages.

I get it, from what I've read there is a lot of kiln style baking of the wood to get the moisture out, let alone the right wood? In the US I would think Yew is scare? Ash maybe, but not sure what the properties are for a bow.

In general I can do carpentry and some nerd hobbies like scale modeling building but wood carving is a bit outside my area so hats off.

 

[ImperfectPixie]

No I get that. I was talking about the fact that yes you still do it but I found a section while searching where you and I discussed bows.


I get it, from what I've read there is a lot of kiln style baking of the wood to get the moisture out, let alone the right wood? In the US I would think Yew is scare? Ash maybe, but not sure what the properties are for a bow.

In general I can do carpentry and some nerd hobbies like scale modeling building but wood carving is a bit outside my area so hats off.

Thank you...I started super young...I was only 13. Ash works and is what I used for my bow.

I'm about to start playing around with using a torch on some of my pieces...ages and ages ago, I used to use one to char rope carved out of wood and give it the appearance of real rope after a little brushing with a wire brush, but I've got some other ideas for "torching" cooking.

 

[Willmark]

Thank you...I started super young...I was only 13. Ash works and is what I used for my bow.

I'm about to start playing around with using a torch on some of my pieces...ages and ages ago, I used to use one to char rope carved out of wood and give it the appearance of real rope after a little brushing with a wire brush, but I've got some other ideas for "torching" cooking.

How was the force on it?

 

[ImperfectPixie]

How was the force on it?

I used a piece that already had a slight curve to it and strung it against the curve, so it was pretty strong. Using an arrow that I made with an old carving knife that I ground down into a sharpened arrowhead shape, it sank into a tree until the width of the shaft of the arrow stopped it (the part of the "arrowhead" before you reached the shaft of the arrow was probably about an inch long). This was really NOT a pretty bow and arrows, lol...strictly functional, and I probably broke all kinds of "bow-making" rules. The purpose was to see if I could make one that I could hunt with if I had to...I'd say I was successful in creating enough force to hunt...but accuracy was really iffy because each of the arrows I made flew a little differently.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

We bought Raya and the last dragon last night. We absolutely loved it!!!!

we watched it tonight and really enjoyed it. We stopped at a movie theater and bought popcorn there to enjoy while watching Rays at home.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

@ajrwdwgirl how is Brad? I forgot to ask yesterday. Sorry.

No worries, thanks for asking. His second shot went well. He just felt like he was coming down with a cold, the feeling of being tired and out of sorts. But the next day he felt fine.

 

[donaldtoo]

Years ago, I was carving this bear from a block of wood using only one tool I had bought.
I wasn’t done with it, but, when oldest DD saw it, she said she liked it as it was, so I gave it to her...!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

For some reason, I just can’t get my stupid brain to shut off tonight, so can’t get to sleep...my mind isn’t that intelligent, or complicated...so, WTH...???!!!!!

 

[MinnieM123]

we watched it tonight and really enjoyed it. We stopped at a movie theater and bought popcorn there to enjoy while watching Rays at home.

Well, that's a "new normal" right there! (Quickly runs into movie theater and purchases popcorn, and leaves immediately -- goes home and watches a movie there, socially distancing from a crowd.)

 

[Willmark]

I used a piece that already had a slight curve to it and strung it against the curve, so it was pretty strong. Using an arrow that I made with an old carving knife that I ground down into a sharpened arrowhead shape, it sank into a tree until the width of the shaft of the arrow stopped it (the part of the "arrowhead" before you reached the shaft of the arrow was probably about an inch long). This was really NOT a pretty bow and arrows, lol...strictly functional, and I probably broke all kinds of "bow-making" rules. The purpose was to see if I could make one that I could hunt with if I had to...I'd say I was successful in creating enough force to hunt...but accuracy was really iffy because each of the arrows I made flew a little differently.

The arrows are probably more responsible for the accuracy (or lack thereof) in what you are describing imo.

While the bow itself might have something to do with it the flights, how they are arranged, the glue, the straightness of the shaft and the weight (as you probably know all this) likely effected it more.

Somewhat related traditional ones go for around $700 to 1000. Having a hard time getting my head around that. I get that these are works of art but 1k is pretty steep.

 

[FutureCEO]

Fried rice and salmon toast, would have made shrimp toast but dh allergic to shellfish

My dad after 60 plus years decides he likes salmon now. And he thinks it tastes like chicken