What did you do to prepare today?

Kevhog1988

aaakev wrote: »

There is no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes

I have a 3 yr old in tow lol

Kevhog1988

Bought battery charger today, im away a lot so car constantly needs to be jumped. (Dad never starts them when i ask)

Chopped a bit of timber for fires in preparation of few cold nights

aaakev

theemigrant wrote: »

I have a 3 yr old in tow lol

I take it back!! Haha

aaakev

theemigrant wrote: »

Bought battery charger today, im away a lot so car constantly needs to be jumped. (Dad never starts them when i ask)

Chopped a bit of timber for fires in preparation of few cold nights

If your going away disconnect your battery, it will last longer than letting ot go right down then charging it back up every time

Kevhog1988

aaakev wrote: »

If your going away disconnect your battery, it will last longer than letting ot go right down then charging it back up every time

ordered a trickle charger off ebay too

Kevhog1988

Chopped yet more timber.
Got a great set of gloves in aldi todsy. There for fishing but perfect for outdoor work. 7.50

thehippychippy

Today I finished my home made skinning knife (well, nearly!). I started by cutting my shape out of paper. When happy with the shape, I cut the shape out of 18mm ply. Still happy with the shape, I then cut it out of an old table saw blade. Then changed the shape!! Cut the scales out of an old oak floorboard. Ground down the metal till I was really happy with the shape. Heat treated the blade. Re ground the blade and final sharpening. Fixed on the scales with epoxy and pins made out of nails, a copper qualpex insert for a lanyard. Shaped the handle to suit myself and oiled it. All that's left is another bit of oil and a final rub of the blade when the handle is finished. It's sharp enough to slice printer paper at the mo. Just have to make a sheath now.
It's a bit rough in places but as it's my first, I don't mind to much, I learned a lot from this one so the next well be easier, hopefully better too.

thehippychippy

Missed some pics of some steps but here's the finished product so far

Kevhog1988

thehippychippy wrote: »

Missed some pics of some steps but here's the finished product so far

What do you hunt?
Excellent knife btw

lostboy75

Really nice work there, being researching knife making for a little while now, will be attempting it myself at some stage hopefully. By the way b&q sell 1m lengths of silud circular brass bar, 6 & 9mm I think, less than a tenner afaik. also hollow aluminium tubes, Might be an option for the next one ;-)

Kevhog1988

Progressed with application for rifle licence
Made some logs from paper, sawdust and horse dung
Waterproofed new Clark's leather boots I bought

my3cents

I thought this was a brilliant idea: Granulated sugar in a strong resealable plastic bag with a pouring spout, brand: Gem, 500g, €1,19, Dunnes.

The picture stolen from Tesco's website http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=274182053 doesn't show the bag as well as could. The pouring spout is quite substantial. The bag might even make a handy roll up water bottle after the contents have been used up.



You pay double the price for the convenience but as it should store really well I was happy enough to pay the extra.

Tabnabs

Got a Fallkniven D4 sharpener with a handy little leather pouch. Amazon vouchers are a great present



I also established that browsing Boards through their Android app is rubbish, so pretty much a boards free xmas for me.

aaakev

theemigrant wrote: »

Progressed with application for rifle licence

Ah do tell us more!

Kevhog1988

aaakev wrote: »

Ah do tell us more!

Have to do a firearm safety course so have applied for it

aaakev

theemigrant wrote: »

Have to do a firearm safety course so have applied for it

Have ya picked your gun yet?

Kevhog1988

aaakev wrote: »

Have ya picked your gun yet?

Yeah im buying a .177 rim fire from McCarthys in prosperous. I havent picked exact gun so some suggestions would be appreciated

aaakev

theemigrant wrote: »

Yeah im buying a .177 rim fire from McCarthys in prosperous. I havent picked exact gun so some suggestions would be appreciated

Its a .17hmr. Smashing little round! Cheap shooting and its powerful enough for foxes too if your within reasonable range. My first rifle was a marlin 917v in .17hmr and i loved it, sorry i sold it tbh!

Kevhog1988

aaakev wrote: »

Its a .17hmr. Smashing little round! Cheap shooting and its powerful enough for foxes too if your within reasonable range. My first rifle was a marlin 917v in .17hmr and i loved it, sorry i sold it tbh!

Yea your quite correct... The .177 is the air rifle i have here in manchester

Tabnabs

This sounds like an interesting project, something I'd like to see more of.

Emily Duffy from Desmond College, Limerick has designed and built a lightweight sleeping bag suited to homeless people that works well in any conditions and also has many clever safety features.

“I wanted to develop a sleeping bag that would solve some of the problems with existing cloth bags,” said Emily, 15, a third year student who is participating in her third Young Scientist event.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/emily-duffy-15-designs-clever-sleeping-bag-to-help-the-homeless-1.2057762

I'd like to see how it's sealed at the base, as it appears to be just a tube?

Also interesting to see how light, durable and packable it would be.

Kevhog1988

Is there any price on them?
Put together my new mountain bike last night

Tabnabs

Not even in production, it's just a student science project. But I'd love to see one first hand to see if it lives up to the hype.

aaakev

Tabnabs wrote: »

Not even in production, it's just a student science project. But I'd love to see one first hand to see if it lives up to the hype.

Off ya go up to the rds so, her project is in the bt young scientist exhibition at the moment

ShadowFox

A 20 year old in America made one and only employs homeless people to make them http://www.fastcoexist.com/1682418/a-single-coat-design-combats-homelessness-in-detroit-and-beyond

Tabnabs

ShadowFox wrote: »

A 20 year old in America made one and only employs homeless people to make them http://www.fastcoexist.com/1682418/a-single-coat-design-combats-homelessness-in-detroit-and-beyond

Excellent, what a great project.

Kevhog1988

Started to make my logs from waste material. Will post a thread later

my3cents

theemigrant wrote: »

Started to make my logs from waste material. Will post a thread later

I'll take some convincing that you don't burn more calories making those logs than you actually get back from burning them

Kevhog1988

my3cents wrote: »

I'll take some convincing that you don't burn more calories making those logs than you actually get back from burning them

It was just adding waste paper, sawdust from saw and dung to a drum n leaving it to form a mushy mulch. Then 5 minutes made me 10 logs.

my3cents

theemigrant wrote: »

It was just adding waste paper, sawdust from saw and dung to a drum n leaving it to form a mushy mulch. Then 5 minutes made me 10 logs.

A neighbor makes the paper bricks and spends ages moving them about and turning them to get them to dry out. Then seems to have to use extra coal to get them to burn

Kevhog1988

my3cents wrote: »

A neighbor makes the paper bricks and spends ages moving them about and turning them to get them to dry out. Then seems to have to use extra coal to get them to burn

Sure see my method then decide