Recent content by Rory McCanuck

Note to Self: Read and understand all of the question before answering! Now go stand in the corner :o :slap: :eek: :sulkoff:

All that pain is from over-using the muscles and tendons. Sounds obvious, I know, but that is what you need to fix. Try to relax the deathgrip on the bow. Vigorous arm movement will make your brain automatically grab on like your life depends on it. Try to see how loose you can hold the bow...

A very good call on the yew, its beautiful. I can certainly see why axe doesn't want to go home.

It seems that everyone has a "smart" hand and a "dumb" hand. The "dumb" hand is the one that always gets in the road of knives, hammers, car doors, hatchets and anything else the "smart" hand is aiming its' way. Smart hand is usually an overconfident bully, nowhere near as smart as it thinks it...

I think you may want to keep the handles "chunky" if you are going to use the nail puller. Pulling the handle sideways will develop a LOT of stress on a stubborn nail. I would think that this sideways stress is why the handle is more of a square profile than rectangular that we usually think of...

Those both look really nice!

If you want a tool that will be of some use after the job is done, you could use Vise-Grips. http://www.irwin.com/irwin/consumer/jhtml/detail.jhtml?prodId=IrwinProd100317 These have a cutter that works well, although it does take some hand strength. Don't scrimp on these. If it isn't Vice-Grip...

Gee, if that's your first attempt, you could have a very profitable career ahead of you. Well done!

Thank you for that JohnBoy. Very well said. My only extrapolation from this is, if he was confident enough to go for 4 days with almost nothing, he probably felt reasonably confident in his abilities. Yes, -12 C can kill you, but here in Canada that is considered a beautiful day for...

Back when I was doing a lot of welding on trailers, I had one recurring repair that involved standing on my head and cutting large parts of the frame apart. Once,after a large pile of slag built up, the cement underneath it exploded. A chunk of something hit my welding mask, broke it, then...

I know what you mean, but methinks he has done this once or twice before ;) Muddypaws: Thank you for a wonderful tutorial! You make it look almost easy. One of the things that really stand out though, is the forked rest for your shave horse. Such a simple idea, but I know I wouldn't have...

Sorry to go off topic Tom, but I have now had a look here http://www.tormek.com/en/ Oooohhh shiney! You'll be using that Nessmuk to shave with soon ;) That birch should look quite nice when you are done

I've been following this thread, eagerly awaiting the finished product. It has turned out just beautifully! You have a lovely, useful tool there Tom. One of the nicest "community made" projects I've ever seen. You should all be proud :You_Rock_

Soaking for a couple of days in a pail of automotive antifreeze will swell it back up. I have done this to a few old axe handles, and it tightens them right up. They don't seem to ever dry out again. Good luck.

That pack looks even better out in the wild. Great job! :You_Rock_