Kyratshooter has a good tutorial on making an oilskin, I went with tentsmiths because I don't have the skill to make something as nice as this tarp lol I love mine
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Kyratshooter has a good tutorial on making an oilskin, I went with tentsmiths because I don't have the skill to make something as nice as this tarp lol I love mine
I used a canvas 6x8 tarp for a few years, bought it at Menards for 25 bucks i think. Used a Military shelter half for before that, small tarps leave something to be desired though and rectangle tarps...
Couldn't find the pictures of the ones we made but here is a pic from the interwebs like the ones we made.
http://www.rlocman.ru/i/Image/2009/11/03/12.jpg
Our testing found that our turbine was...
We did this in my high school engineering class except we made the blades out of ripped down pieces of pvc pipe and used a modified car alternator for the generator, ill try and find pics. Cool...
I got a couple for sure places to pick it up here in southern Indiana but there prolly a good ways out of the way on your route to Florida...
I don't think i could think of a more bad a** handle material lol Awesome knife as always crash
I've never had anything like this hit this close to home, I had the fortune to know the victim of the shooting during my time at Purdue. For those of you that don't know, an armed man (haven't heard...
For waterproofing a canvas pack you may want to look into waxing it, I have a canvas possibles bag I've been wanting to wax. If you search "how to wax canvas" on YouTube there are a few good videos....
Will Do, if he wants I'm going to try and make some pants for it so ill get some picks of that as well (viewer discretion is advised as it may scare women and children, never made a sheath before)
A guy I know that works at the railroad requested me to make him a railroad spike knife, this is the first knife I've made to sell so I poured my heart and soul into trying to make it perfect. I like...
Thought I'd share some of my latest finished and in the work projects.
A few knifes ready for and edge and heat treat.
Top: Trade knife inspired full tang knife, 6" x 1/4" blade
Middle: Patch...
Some fiends of mine from Purdue and I go camping every fall on some private ground in Kingman. Thought I'd share some pics of this years camp.
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Made a big difference, I could stand on these. The third one I made was a little sloppy, I was getting tired lol
It is an awesome property, the pine forest part of it looks like I imagine...
Lol Ken, I could post a thread on how to clean squirrel and cook them just for you :devil2:
Thought I'd share some pics of my outing last weekend, we hiked for about 20 min to the back side of 60 acres my family farm owns which is mostly large pine but the back corner is large hardwoods and...
That's awesome!
That should be a world wide law...
So much tool porn O.o lol
I got my second one made, this one is a lot shorter and will fit nicely in my bushcraft kit.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-NvnyrX9l1bg/UgF902UYpMI/AAAAAAAAA_k/-tsUo0NvchA/w226-h557/photo.jpg
I may be paraphrasing a little here but I believe Thomas Edison said "I didn't fail to make a light bulb 3,000 times, I learned how not to make a light bulb 3,000 times"
Those are some nice augers...
I picked up a new bit at the local hardware store today, they didn't have any 1" bits but they had a 15/16" bit the length I wanted for $12. I figured I would sacrifice a 1/16" to keep my business...
Howdy from the Hoosier state
Thanks for the tips rick, I found the Irwin scotch eyed augers but they are much longer than I'm wanting (18" I believe) I'm wanting a 8"-10" auger. This one is longer than I would like but as I...
Here is some cool camp furniture made with the eyed auger that puts my 10 min stool to shame.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7WMdYpbH58
After hours of searching the internet looking for an eyed auger I couldn't find any ware to buy one. So I decided to make my own, this one is just a prototype. I plan to buy a 1" diameter 8" long...