Recent content by cruben

Great work and very professional finish. When ~I started in Canadians 37 years ago I wouldn't have considered going out without a spraydeck, thats a complete cover. They are wonderful, they keep the rain and splashes out and keep the heat in and you finish with everything nice and dry. I cannot...

You will find those chisles good for fine detail but they usualy come roughly ground and will need sharpened and polished so they will cut the wood instead of tearing it. Try a few different grades of wet and dry sandpaper from 80 to 400.Just use them as they are no water needed, you can fold...

The earlery cultures may have had a more abuntant and readly avalible food source so did'nt need complicated technology. The inuit did'nt have too much surplus to their requirement.

Hi Alan lovely and very practial bit of work.I like the rivets, my sewn cover it starting to cut at the stiching with use. the quick relese fixing loop is great too. I like

Hi I'm no expert but just an observation , it looks like the tiller is'nt in the middle of the stave , would this have an effect on the uneven bend of the lims making one lim stiffer than the other?

Hi sounds like this could be good, where where you thinking of having it cruben

I've read in a newzealand bone carving book to steep cow bone in warm water for a short time to make it easier to scrape off fat etc, if fat is left in the bone it can lead to staining. Hope this helps

Here in newcastle county down there is a fish trap similar to the one mentioned earlier. Its more curved and I would think that the walls where much higher than they are now. I have wanted for a long time to try making a trap in a river estuary with a bundle of straight sticks. you would push...

Hi I've been out and about a bit with some friends mostly in canoes.Let me know where and when your thinking of. cruben fermanagh