Winter Projects

[Man of Tanith]

If I get chance to go up my permission and have a work crew with me I hope to clear a few more spots for use.
I also hope to fell one tree and get some stools bowstaves and a shave horse out of it.
Indoors projects ive a few knives in various states of built I need to finish (or start)
I also want to practice my feather sticks a lot cause A I'm rubbish at em and B I'm hopefully doing a course where I reckon they'll be pretty important (more news on this if it comes through)

Course main project is as always jake

 

[Geoff Guy]

Built some old fashioned pheasant and partridge live catch traps with my students this week and over the next couple of months I'll be coppicing willow, making hurdles, rearing 500 quail, finishing off some fungi collecting baskets, Chinese Water Deer and Fallow cull and as much else as I can fit in.

 

[MacFeegle]

Learning how to use a sewing machine and making a Toddy shirt.
Got a couple of blades to handle and sheath for when the weather turns if I can get a nice bit of yew for the Nessie.
Going to have a go at a couple more thumbsticks as the last stag one turned out better than expected and try and harvest a few shanks I've got my eye on in mid winter.
Any other free time available the long haired CO has a list of jobs for me as long as her arm .

 

[Monikieman]

Handmade rope with my new (old) rope maker and lots of jute twine.

Continue to build my stock of purse nets.
Toddy bushshirt.
More sporrans and leather stuff.

Try making a fid with copper and wooden handle.

 

[Stamp]

I have a Waney Edge coffee table to make for the inlaws Xmas present, some turning projects and Ray Mears new book to read.
plus I want to get a camp out every month through the winter, something I have not managed in previous years. I camped out in every month of the year but not all in one year.

 

[dwardo]

Always like to make a few wreathes later in the year. Mostly just the same stuff I do all year

 

[oldtimer]

I'm told my project will be to put up the bookshelves that were last winter's project.

 

[Skaukraft]

To be honset my winterprojects are more or less the same as last winter.
I will continue re-building my kit, searching for good bits'n pieces.
I have a shave horse and a saddlemakers wise on the go, hopefully I will get time to start to build those.
And of course theres a few leather and birch bark projects on the go.

 

[ozzy1977]

The only thing on the list to make at the mo is Toddy shirt but I am learning archery

 

[Two Socks]

I have some tools to restore and rehandle here. Also some Mora`s to rehandle, and some kuksas and spoos that I want to make.

Now that I read all the things others will do I got inspired to do other things as well. I will not be bored.

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

Bumpety Bumpety

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

Looks like we will get a 3D Printer or Laser Cutter/Engraver for school. Would prefer a 3D Printer. So lots of wee projects !

Although just got some freecycled 1mm stainless sheet so may have a play about with a hobo/bush stove flatpack.

 

[SCOMAN]

Leather methinks. I need to make a few overdue gifts, moleskine covers and something like this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370938533628?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Not very bushy but I'm hoping for inspiration along the way, I bought a deer skin a while ago and haven't got a specific plan for it.

 

[HHazeldean]

Looks like we will get a 3D Printer or Laser Cutter/Engraver for school.

It'd be awesome to have access to a 3D Printer! What do you plan to use it for?

 

[udamiano]

Im going to make some snow shoes, my last pair (bought types, make of alu) died just before the Jokkmokk trip. I've got some patterns of the type i like. got an old steam wallpaper stripper and some metal waste pipes to make a steamer out off for bending the wood, just need to lock myself away in the shed now, and of course need some descent snow to try them out.

 

[Buggane]

I'm underway with my tafl project. I'm currently playing the Ard Ri and Bran dubh. I got the clay today to start making the pieces, still working on the design but hopefully I can incorporate some chess ones too so I can have two different games. The board i'll be making when I go back home from uni after the 20th with the Tafl board on one side and a Chess on the other. I really want to put runes on the side that say something profound and relative to a strategy game so a bit of googling a reading history books is on the cards for me.

Other than that it's writing a dissertation

 

[mereside]

finish mary's shirt.
done a new full size stove for the lavvu pics to follow.
make a fire grill for clousten88
finish my hind cull
start a new stainless woodstove for backpacking.
finish my stainless larder
and i really must finish the picture frames for all my work last year as my wife is nagging me but i have far too many intersting things to do than that,atb wayne

 

[Seadog]

Inspired by you lot on here...
When I was in my early 20's I used to do all sorts of craft stuff including leather work.. When I am down at my mothers for Christmas I am going to look out my old tools. I know that 30 years of not doing any saddle stitching is going to hurt but looking forward to some new projects

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

It'd be awesome to have access to a 3D Printer! What do you plan to use it for?

The kids use Autodesk Inventor so any 3d model, or assembly can be 3d printed. Most will be small eg keyrings, jewelery, foid packging or containers. But I'll be making bigger stuff.

If a bit of plastic equipment breaks, just print a new one !

 

[Falcn]

Another compact parang handle (maybe the knife handle to go with it)
Folding bow saw and and centre thwart combo
Sailing rig for my open canoe

oh and a motorised time lapse panning rail for my gopro camera