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  1. jojo

    An update on the building of our boat

    Yes, I will Hugh. It may be a bit hit and miss at times though. It is a big boat indeed. But on the other hand it is also a very simple hull to build. I use standard, off the shelf plywood sizes, full, 1/2 and 1/4 sheets, standards sized timber and so on. It's all flat and square. Indeed, you...
  2. jojo

    A couple of small carving projects

    Hello Hugh. Good to hear from you. Not too bad at all, I am pretty much back to "normal" now. I just have to learn to live with angina, particularl6y when it's cold and windy, cold wind being the worst for starting it off. I may still have to have a stent put in though sometimes. (and I am sure...
  3. jojo

    A couple of small carving projects

    There you go, weeks without any posts from me and now, two come at once... just like buses!:) I have carved a walking stick over a few weeks. I found the pattern fro the carving in a book by Shawn Cipa, on gargoyles. The handle carving is mahogany, laminated and with the addition of a 6mm...
  4. jojo

    An update on the building of our boat

    Hello everyone! Long time, no post from me...:o Here is an update on the progress so far. Building the boat is time consuming, to say the list. A couple of pictures. Both sides are at the same stage now, this picture was taken a couple of days before I filleted the left hand side...
  5. jojo

    A bit of leather work... oh, and a bit of paperwork too

    Thanks BR. The recovery is proceeding steadily. The first two weeks, I was so knackered I spent a lot of time sleeping. Now, I do walk quite a bit, despite the easterly wind! Still off work for the time being. So yes, much better today and some tests at the hospital Friday. Thanks Mary...
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    A bit of leather work... oh, and a bit of paperwork too

    As I can't work on my boat, and my workshop is a frozen hell hole, I am doing a bit of leatherwork in my warm kitchen! I know...not very buscrafty, but hey! I have taken to doing a bit of bookbinding recently. This skechbook one is my first one, and it's got a good home already...:rolleyes...
  7. jojo

    Boat building

    A quick update on the boat. First the good news: This is the stage I reached, despite the cold weather. One side of the boat ready to turn over for finishing the outside: doubling of the bottom part of the side, so at the water line the hull will be 36mm thick, plus the fibreglass. Those bits of...
  8. jojo

    Bushcraft boats

    To me, the "ultimate" Bushcraft boat has to be a birchbark canoe. Sadly, birch bark, if available at all, is only available at exorbitant prices. So the next best thing will be a birch plywood canoe. These pictures show what a bit of imagination in use of material can produce. This one as to...
  9. jojo

    Boat building

    Thank you BR. Will do. The drills will certainly work overtime. I drilled dozens of screws holes yesterday, and that was on only one side...I have thought of starting a photo blog, it's just getting around to doing it! It is indeed bloody cold out there, maybe not arctic weather as the...
  10. jojo

    Boat building

    A little wile back, I posted a message where I mentioned I was building a boat. Someone said: no pictures? It's not happening....or words to that effect. So...I'm building a boat, and here are some pics! The boat will be 36 ft long by 10 ft wide. She ain't no fine yacht though. She's a...
  11. jojo

    This is doing my head in

    HeHe! It's not me who worked it out, just Googled it! I think what's happening is that the figures all loose a small amount of height each and wthey all get added together to make a 13th figure. I think they are all shorter by 1/12th and the 12 1/12th make up the thirtenth figure, because they...
  12. jojo

    This is doing my head in

    It was easy.... 1) go to Google 2) type : solution 13 into 12 men puzzle (or something of the sort) 3) choose your answer 4) copy and paste. Et voila! As I said: Easy!
  13. jojo

    This is doing my head in

    Ok, it's so easy, I sorted it for you.....:rolleyes: AN EXPLANATION OF rxtraman.gif I did not create this GIF, nor do I know who the creator is - if the author should happen to see this, or someone knows who the creator is, please send me an email so I can give proper credit - one...
  14. jojo

    I thought I'd stick my head out and say hello!

    Thank you ladies and gentlemen. Your comments are much appreciated. It's been a really hard time, and it's not over yet,another 2 sessions of chemotherapy to come. Afterthat, it will be an anxious time waiting for each check up, hoping the cancer is not coming back. But we decided this is not...
  15. jojo

    I thought I'd stick my head out and say hello!

    Well, hello! :) I haven't been around the forum a long while now. I am still around though, looking in once in a while. Since my wife was diagnosed with cancer, and received treatment, (stiil receiving chemo) I have rather concentrated on other things than bushcraft. I am sure many new member...
  16. jojo

    Bullwhip?

    Hello peeps! Sorry, I haven't been on the forum for a while, I rather lost interest following my wife's illness and haven't done much worth showing. But, well, I made this one some while back: http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=77310&highlight=bullwhip
  17. jojo

    My new carving knives

    Thanks for the comments gents. Laburnum? Thanks for letting me know. It's nice wood to carev and nicer to look at! Nope! All nice and dry...and hard! I have used a wet stone grinder before and i can't say I was too happy with it. I am too impatient! So I used the belt sander and lots of...
  18. jojo

    My new carving knives

    Since I seem to be getting back into wood carving recently, I have made the first 4 of a set of wood carving knives. Truly handmade the handles are handcarved and only lightly sanded with 400 grade, so you can see and feel the carving cuts on the wood. I like the patterns on the wood and it's...
  19. jojo

    Selling on e-bay

    I think Etsy is going to be a good place to sell knives, there are at least a couple of sellers I have seen recently. I am going to put some of my wood carving knives on there and see. Coincidently, I was looking on Ebay just this morning for wood carving knives, there were a couple of "spoon...
  20. jojo

    Shoe Polish as a Wood Finish.

    I do sometimes use shoe polish, black or dark brown, it does what I want, which is to "age" a wood object. It does not, at least for me, apply as evenly on wood as it does on leather, and tends to accumulate in the nooks and crannies. It may well be that if you use light colour polish on your...