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Thank you, I hear that! I think its human nature to want to create. I come from a family that has always made /built /created in some form. Mom an excellent seamstress, dad a mechanic always with more time than money lol always enforced our creative nature. i cant afford a quality built one and wont buy a chinamo brand piece of junk that i would have to re build anyway lol. A lathe and mill would be friggin awesome!!!!!!!

I used to love the water sports lol had an old town canoe and a nice kayak. Before that our high school fun was inner tubing on the river with a cooler full o suds . Now they arrest kids for having that type of good old fashioned enjoyment.

the earlier pictures dont show the slots in the blade where the holes are drilled

I may when i get the bugs worked out and prettied up.

Thank you. the two long bolts are for height /thickness. the two bolts on the back are for setting the blade fore or aft of top center via the angle piece, it sets behind the blade. the two pairs on top hold the top plate and blade in place they aren't in slots in the top plate it is for holding the blade in place the blade is slotted underneath to allow for adjustment fore and aft. Under the roller shaft are two more bolts with springs under them in holes in the wood they add tension upward to the roller they also have a nut on each so the tension is adjustable also. I'll see what i can do lol.

lol mine is an electric ice cream maker with rice.

thank you Fred i appreciate that.

class 4 sorry

dang that does sound fun i woulda jumped on it back in the day lol. I chose a kayak for my death defying water stunts back in the day. class 5 rapids are a kick You can eddy out then run back up into a rapid pointing upstream and surf them the same way. then paddle hard up stream and the water will stand your kayak straight up on end spin you around and spit you back out.

the creeps here wont let you recycle. i have plenty rr spikes lol, You need to look for old treadmills they have heavy duty variable speed motors and electronics in those babies.

hopefully it will be lol I hate skiving by hand. Thanks it helps to have a yard full of mad scientist junk to play with LOl you should see me when i get the forge warmed up.

thank you.

inletting a stock takes a lot of precise work.

i would buy a plain gunstock from Boyds for the particular fire arm. Walnut is the wood of choice but they have laminates as well. https://www.boydsgunstocks.com/

thank you.

Been working on this in my spare time. I finally got the blade finished. The hardest part was finding a suitable roller. The roller is made from the guts of three old shocks from my truck. This is one of those i think i can projects lol. I haven't finished but it worked so i couldn't wait to post a few pics. I still need to do some tinkering and adjusting and will add an oak base to it to be bolted down lol.

you may have to peruse the you tube. i have watched many really good videos on the subject. i was going to try it one time but ended up not getting to.

i like that !! a lot of uses for a small burnisher!!

beautiful color and design work !!

yup! we've been many a mile together. I reconditioned all the leather about a year ago

Damn that water is coooold in the spring time up high !!!! LOL

here ya go it has my sluice and three pans it would be super easy for any good leather worker to add more pockets or just strap loops on the outside for more stuff, its an internal frame and is tougher than nails!

might look at these https://www.pcsoutdoors.com/ausablebrandtrappershardwoodveneerpackbasket20.aspx or this https://loadup.com/swiss-salt-pepper-rucksack-backpack-large.html or this https://www.armysurplusworld.com/new-us-gi-duffle-bag-genuine-us-military-surplus-duffel My claim was about a mile from any road with just a game trail, my setup worked well. I have the salt and pepper rucksack it is a tank and will hold up for years if you want i can put my pans and one of my small sluices and shoot in it and shoot some pics so you can tell if it would work.

if you are doing a lot you should consider a cheap drill press and drill your holes with a drill bit, many folks do that, when set up its much faster and a lot easier. 2mm hole punches are hard to clear because of their small size more than anything.

now that bacon is about 10 bucks a pound i will be making and smoking my own again too, I use the butt roast and or the loin they both make fine bacon saw a fresh side at the store the other day almost 100 bucks for it.