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What Did You Do Today?
Eric Krewson:
I started making gizmos, lots of gizmos. I put out a request for figured scrap wood to make some special gizmos for the TG St Jude Auction. The more figured wood brings more money for the kids. Boy, did I get the wood, some from a bow site and some from a flintlock building site, spectacular stuff, one guy sent me 22# of highly figured gun stock cut offs.
I got a lot of curly maple, walnut, mulberry and spalted wood. The first gizmo I made was a thank-you gizmo for Roy in Pa for his more than generous wood donation.
I think this is curley mulberry, I stained the wood with iron nitrate stain to make the curl pop, blushed the stain with a heat gun and rubbed it back to highlight the color.
Eric Krewson:
A lifetime supply of fancy wood, all destined to charity auction gizmos.
bjrogg:
Very nice Eric. I'm thinking everyone wins in that one. Guys got rid of some scrap they didn't have the heart to throw away. You got a lifetime supply of just what you needed. And best of all some very worthy charities will receive some beautiful donations.
Bjrogg
PS last but not least. The new owners will probably become better bowyers.
Eric Krewson:
Check this one out, figured walnut, another thank you gizmo for one of the donators, his wood.
JW_Halverson:
If that ain't somethin', then nothing is! Nice work, Eric. And for a great cause.
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