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SLING-N-SHOT · 2023-03-14T07:14:00-0400

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Here's a style I haven't made for a while , borals NLS at 90 mm out of cherry and shedua View attachment 385170 View attachment 385171 View attachment 385172

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SLING-N-SHOT · 2023-03-14T07:18:30-0400

Working on a new Magnolia ergo natty that’ll have a nice butt cap of contrasting wood, maybe some blue G10 spacers.

I love working Magnolia as it usually has amazing and crazy grain patterns, only bad thing is it STINKS, lol.

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SLING-N-SHOT · 2023-03-15T09:52:59-0400

Another of my little PPS ( Perfect Pocket Shooter ) frames started this morning out of a very symmetrical 85mm fork spread, Crepe Myrtle natty.

It is kind of small, but will attempt a butt cap and maybe some wood-burning as decoration.

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Mudbug42 · 2023-03-15T12:21:35-0400

How long have you let the Myrtle dry ?

cromag · 2023-03-15T16:18:11-0400

More standard fare , mule in cherry with walnut scales,,,,,,,kinda dusty

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Sandstorm · 2023-03-15T16:35:05-0400

SLING-N-SHOT said:
Another of my little PPS ( Perfect Pocket Shooter ) frames started this morning out of a very symmetrical 85mm fork spread, Crepe Myrtle natty.

It is kind of small, but will attempt a butt cap and maybe some wood-burning as decoration.

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Hadn’t seen the PPS in a while! Glad they’re still in the lineup! There’s also the chance I wasn’t paying attention 😝

SLING-N-SHOT · 2023-03-16T09:11:21-0400

Mudbug42 said:
How long have you let the Myrtle dry ?

That one was still green when I stripped the bark off of it yesterday morning, but I popped it in the microwave for 3 sessions of approximately 1 minute each, letting it cool between sessions.

I then let it sit on my desk at work in front of a little heater I have, and by lunch time it was dry enough to sand and work……and the heat felt GOOD, as it’s been back down in the high 20’s in Georgia the last couple of mornings…..Brrrrrrr

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SLING-N-SHOT · 2023-03-16T09:17:50-0400

Sandstorm said:
Hadn’t seen the PPS in a while! Glad they’re still in the lineup! There’s also the chance I wasn’t paying attention

Always a PPS or 10 working Ryan, LOL……I’ve probably got 20-30 of them ready for butt caps, just need to hit Lowe’s up for some more 1/4” dowel rods as I’m totally out.

I need to make me a cutter for them that I can rip oversized blanks down from 2 x 4’s and make my own by chucking the blanks in my drill and running them thru the cutter.

They don’t need to be perfectly round ( as in store bought) as their just a means to an end so I can attach butt caps.

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SLING-N-SHOT · 2023-03-16T09:55:23-0400

Started on this one early this morning out of Japanese Elm I believe.

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Tree Man · 2023-03-16T10:03:37-0400

SLING-N-SHOT said:
Started on this one early this morning out of Japanese Elm I believe.
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Is that sweet cherry? ( prunus avium)

Mudbug42 · 2023-03-16T10:04:13-0400

SLING-N-SHOT said:
That one was still green when I stripped the bark off of it yesterday morning, but I popped it in the microwave for 3 sessions of approximately 1 minute each, letting it cool between sessions.

I then let it sit on my desk at work in front of a little heater I have, and by lunch time it was dry enough to sand and work……and the heat felt GOOD, as it’s been back down in the high 20’s in Georgia the last couple of mornings…..Brrrrrrr

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Thank you. And the microwave treatment sounds interesting. Same here with the cold mornings but beautiful full sun. I have had a fork sitting in the sun for a few days bringing it in at setting it under my shop bench light.

cromag · 2023-03-16T19:51:50-0400

Another NLS in cherry and shedua

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cromag · 2023-03-18T17:16:29-0400

I made this original style chalice for an anticipated trip to Georgia in the future. Canarywood with zebra scales

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SLING-N-SHOT · 2023-03-20T07:55:13-0400

SLING-N-SHOT said:
Working on a new Magnolia ergo natty that’ll have a nice butt cap of contrasting wood, maybe some blue G10 spacers.

I love working Magnolia as it usually has amazing and crazy grain patterns, only bad thing is it STINKS, lol.

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Getting ready to attach the butt cap to this one…..gonna have blue G10, copper, [mention]Jcharmin92 [/mention] scrap, copper, blue G10, then a chunk of some kind of tropical hardwood to cap it off.
I’m not sure what the hardwood is as it came off of a pallet, but it smokes when I cut it…..hard as hell whatever it is.

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SLING-N-SHOT · 2023-03-20T07:58:14-0400

Tree Man said:
Is that sweet cherry? ( prunus avium)

I don’t think so Chris….. I know the bark looks like Cherry, but the grain doesn’t

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SLING-N-SHOT · 2023-03-20T07:59:54-0400

cromag said:
I made this original style chalice for an anticipated trip to Georgia in the future. Canarywood with zebra scales View attachment 385357 View attachment 385358

Sweet

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SLING-N-SHOT · 2023-03-20T08:02:16-0400

Mudbug42 said:
Thank you. And the microwave treatment sounds interesting. Same here with the cold mornings but beautiful full sun. I have had a fork sitting in the sun for a few days bringing it in at setting it under my shop bench light.

Another good option for drying forks is also what I do, but I keep a 5 gallon bucket of them in the back of my truck in the summer inside the cab, and the heat really dries them out quick

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Tree Man · 2023-03-20T10:47:25-0400

SLING-N-SHOT said:
I don’t think so Chris….. I know the bark looks like Cherry, but the grain doesn’t

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Got any pics of the end grain? Not to be a pest, but trees are kinda my thing. Lol

SlingScott · 2023-03-20T11:08:38-0400

I finished this Spring Breaker Twist and canted the forks. It doesn't have an Oak core any more because one of the sides popped off (probably becasue it was 19 outside when I was shooting it), but it's way more comfortable to shoot now and the epoxy left a really cool satin pattern on the wood (you can kind of see it in the photo).

SLING-N-SHOT · 2023-03-20T12:52:15-0400

Tree Man said:
Got any pics of the end grain? Not to be a pest, but trees are kinda my thing. Lol

I can get that for you off the bigger cross section I have at home later on tonight Chris

……IF I don’t forget that is,

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