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by dawallace45
Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:45 am
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: No one with half a brain would vote Greens would they ?
Replies: 101
Views: 11014

Re: No one with half a brain would vote Greens would they ?

Politics is such a dirty game that it's always been my opinion that any one who really wants to get into it should under no circumstance be allowed to have power

David
by dawallace45
Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:36 am
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: No one with half a brain would vote Greens would they ?
Replies: 101
Views: 11014

Re: No one with half a brain would vote Greens would they ?

All that money spent on a election and no bugger worth voting for , what a waste

David
by dawallace45
Mon Nov 01, 2010 12:37 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Osage Orange seeds
Replies: 42
Views: 6439

Re: Osage Orange seeds

I just followed the instructions that were in the links you posted John , they are doing well , did take some time to germinate though

David
by dawallace45
Sun Oct 31, 2010 4:52 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Prostate
Replies: 17
Views: 2828

Re: Prostate

For some weeks before Micks last PSA test he's been getting serious about his diet and taking stuff like Pomegranate juice and Colloidal silver , his last PSA test dropped to about half what it was , I think it's now about 7, his oncologist is now holding off on the radiation for 6 to 7 weeks to see...
by dawallace45
Sat Oct 30, 2010 12:58 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Prostate
Replies: 17
Views: 2828

Prostate

A good mate of mine has been going through Prostate cancer and for some time didn't tell any one except a few close friends ,he has recently started to talk about it openly in the hope it will encourage men to get the examination , I'd like you to read the following email he wrote to every one he kn...
by dawallace45
Fri Oct 29, 2010 8:14 am
Forum: Traditional Crafts
Topic: What I've been up to
Replies: 33
Views: 6861

Re: What I've been up to

Guys I have done some like that , just didn't like it , always figured there must be a easier way , I'm a lazy bugger , in that I don't mind putting in the work to make things easier for my self in the long run

David
by dawallace45
Fri Oct 29, 2010 7:02 am
Forum: Traditional Crafts
Topic: What I've been up to
Replies: 33
Views: 6861

Re: What I've been up to

However like Jeff I keep my belly lams a constant (mainly to make it easier to form to the riser shape) and adjust my stack with the other core lams. Have been thinking of the same thing recently to as you say make it easier to form to the riser shape and from the bows I've done that were all paral...
by dawallace45
Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:19 pm
Forum: Traditional Crafts
Topic: What I've been up to
Replies: 33
Views: 6861

Re: What I've been up to

Jeff Yes , your reading of it is correct Steve Thickness at mid point on the lam stacks was all the same or at least with in .002" all up, after glue up this had changed to .003 " all up variation , possibly because of some very slight difference in the amount of epoxy , my thoughts were t...
by dawallace45
Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:38 pm
Forum: Hunting & Fishing
Topic: A hunt with Yowie and Spearchucker
Replies: 55
Views: 7631

Re: A hunt with Yowie and Spearchucker

I notice a resemblance , the beards are the same :D

David
by dawallace45
Thu Oct 28, 2010 12:36 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Osage Orange seeds
Replies: 42
Views: 6439

Re: Osage Orange seeds

My seedlings are now about 2" high , just transplanted them into single pots today , 23 of them come up , looking good so far

David
by dawallace45
Thu Oct 28, 2010 9:33 am
Forum: Traditional Crafts
Topic: What I've been up to
Replies: 33
Views: 6861

Re: What I've been up to

Jeff I use Black glass and I figure that with .050" glass a difference of .002" + or - would be pretty normal but for those particular laminations one was .052" and the other .055" , Didn't think to check thickness on the glass from the 4 bows in question , but they did vary by 9...
by dawallace45
Thu Oct 28, 2010 6:52 am
Forum: Traditional Crafts
Topic: What I've been up to
Replies: 33
Views: 6861

Re: What I've been up to

Jeff

Hadn't thought about the glass , did measure the glass for the last bow I built and there was .003" difference between the two pieces , in your opinion what difference could that make to finished bow weight ?

David
by dawallace45
Wed Oct 27, 2010 1:48 pm
Forum: Traditional Crafts
Topic: What I've been up to
Replies: 33
Views: 6861

Re: What I've been up to

Steve The 4 bows I based that statement on were all set out at the same time , the timber was the same and the over all thicknesses the same , the only difference was the thickness of the tapers that went on the belly , thickness of lamination bundle at tips and thickest part all the same , I had se...
by dawallace45
Wed Oct 27, 2010 12:57 pm
Forum: Traditional Crafts
Topic: What I've been up to
Replies: 33
Views: 6861

Re: What I've been up to

Steve

Thanks

I use one taper on the belly , .002" per inch , the rest of my laminations are parallels so while the thickness of the taper may change the rate of taper doesn't

David
by dawallace45
Wed Oct 27, 2010 12:49 pm
Forum: Traditional Crafts
Topic: What I've been up to
Replies: 33
Views: 6861

Re: What I've been up to

Thanks Morton

David
by dawallace45
Tue Oct 26, 2010 1:06 pm
Forum: Traditional Crafts
Topic: What I've been up to
Replies: 33
Views: 6861

Re: What I've been up to

Bill

Thanks , past 25 bows so far and each is a little better , stopped counting at 25

David
by dawallace45
Tue Oct 26, 2010 1:02 pm
Forum: Traditional Crafts
Topic: What I've been up to
Replies: 33
Views: 6861

Re: What I've been up to

Jeff Thanks , Yeah I know the more you experiment with different timbers the more chance there is of being off your target weight and to make matters worse I lost the build notes from almost 20 bows when a wind storm went through my workshop One thing I have found interesting is that even for the sa...
by dawallace45
Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:39 am
Forum: Traditional Crafts
Topic: What I've been up to
Replies: 33
Views: 6861

What I've been up to

Well over the last few weeks I've been busy , I started off building a 54 # bow that turned out at 64# , think that was more to do with the number of laminations of Tulip wood I was using , but the up side of it was a mate turned up a few days later had a look and said great I'll have that and bough...
by dawallace45
Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:27 am
Forum: Traditional Tackle
Topic: made another 1
Replies: 12
Views: 2794

Re: made another 1

Looks good , looks real good

Lovely

David
by dawallace45
Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:26 am
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Trying hard to give up the smokes...open to suggestions
Replies: 103
Views: 10925

Re: Trying hard to give up the smokes...open to suggestions

I gave up smoking about 20 years ago , doc told me that my asthma was so bad that if I didn't give up smoking it wouldn't be a case that I might be dead in a year it would be a certainty , I just put the packet I had in my pocket in the bin and the other half a carton stayed in the cupboard for anot...
by dawallace45
Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:09 am
Forum: The Ozbow Library
Topic: Ozbow DVD "Pass Around" - 'How to make a Holmegaard Bow'
Replies: 93
Views: 48823

Re: Ozbow DVD “Pass Around” – 'How to make a Holmegaard Bow'

Rosce

Thanks , received the DVD yesterday , Finished with it , who wants it next ?

David
by dawallace45
Sat Oct 16, 2010 6:59 am
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Bloody Lizard
Replies: 17
Views: 2788

Re: Bloody Lizard

Lizard has been quiet for the last two nights , buggers probably worn out from all the calling and needs a good rest , will go looking for some mothballs today just in case , Some 16 or 17 years ago when we were moving house a mate come around to help and bought his 4 and a half year old son , son o...
by dawallace45
Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:08 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Bloody Lizard
Replies: 17
Views: 2788

Re: Bloody Lizard

Yep , good one , the mothballs sound like the go , will try and get some tomorrow

Thanks guys

David
by dawallace45
Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:43 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Bloody Lizard
Replies: 17
Views: 2788

Re: Bloody Lizard

Hue

Thanks but I think I'd rather put up with some thing that keeps me awake rather than some thing that gives me night mares

David
by dawallace45
Thu Oct 14, 2010 5:40 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Bloody Lizard
Replies: 17
Views: 2788

Re: Bloody Lizard

Roscoe

If I could spot him I'd do that but he lives in the ceiling and the noise seems to come clearly down the downlight fittings

David
by dawallace45
Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:21 pm
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Bloody Lizard
Replies: 17
Views: 2788

Re: Bloody Lizard

Great , now I've got to turn Pimp for a Gecko ,

David
by dawallace45
Thu Oct 14, 2010 11:36 am
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Bloody Lizard
Replies: 17
Views: 2788

Re: Bloody Lizard

What , you reckon me banging on the ceiling and calling out " Shut up you bloody **** eating lizard " hasn't let him know that already ?

LOL

David
by dawallace45
Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:47 am
Forum: Shooting The Breeze
Topic: Bloody Lizard
Replies: 17
Views: 2788

Re: Bloody Lizard

Gidget Had considered that but I tend to be more sensitive to the spray than the bloody Gecko's , don't really want to move out for a few weeks waiting for the poison to dissipate , don't really have a lot of Geckos here , only ever seen or heard the one and we don't have a problem in the house with...