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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: JW_Halverson on July 10, 2012, 01:03:25 am

Title: New shop...finally
Post by: JW_Halverson on July 10, 2012, 01:03:25 am
I moved last December and only in the last few weeks was able to clear space and dedicate a little bowmaking space for myself.

(http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo100/JW_Halverson/Rondy%20stuff/Hudsonsbayknives016.jpg)

How many osage bows in various degrees of completion do you find in the above photo? 

Another angle.  Del the Cat will appreciate the tea kettle on the hotplate.  I multitasked by steaming fletching and making a cuppa!

(http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo100/JW_Halverson/Rondy%20stuff/Hudsonsbayknives017.jpg)

Another couple of weeks of shavings on the floor and I will be able to drop wineglasses in there and they won't break!  I ain't sloppy or lazy, I am just making sure my tools have a soft bed to fall on in case they accidently slide off the bench. 
Title: Re: New shop...finally
Post by: osage outlaw on July 10, 2012, 01:15:15 am
Looks like a proper work room to me.  What is the scissor-legged canvas contraption to the right of the shaving horse?
Title: Re: New shop...finally
Post by: JW_Halverson on July 10, 2012, 01:20:51 am
Something you would never recognize, ya dirty heathen.  It's a church pew.  The legs unscissor and the pew back rotates up and over to allow you to lean back and relax whilst prayin'. 

No kidding.  It really is a church pew.  There were 7 others just like it that were built for a wedding at a Muzzleloader Rendezvous. 
Title: Re: New shop...finally
Post by: Gus on July 10, 2012, 01:27:28 am
Nice looking Shop JW!!!

Can't wait to have my own space some day soon.

I see four Osage Bows to be, and one questionable...

So you're saying that foldy canvas thingy is a COT?!?   >:D

-gus
Title: Re: New shop...finally
Post by: JW_Halverson on July 10, 2012, 01:29:14 am
Only if you are only 4 ft tall or really snockered you can sleep on it.  And I'm over 4 ft.   >:D
Title: Re: New shop...finally
Post by: osage outlaw on July 10, 2012, 01:36:21 am
I would have never guessed a church pew  ???   I was thinking you had a handmade log holder  ;D
Title: Re: New shop...finally
Post by: criveraville on July 10, 2012, 01:48:26 am
Congrats on the shop ;)

Cipriano
Title: Re: New shop...finally
Post by: johnston on July 10, 2012, 03:26:53 am
Begs the question, JW why the hell do you have a church pew in the first place
let alone in your shop?
Cool shop though..question...how many potential osage bows do YOU see?

Lane
Title: Re: New shop...finally
Post by: soy on July 10, 2012, 03:54:06 am
Begs the question, JW why the hell do you have a church pew in the first place
let alone in your shop?
Cool shop though..question...how many potential osage bows do YOU see?

Lane


Well he never ruled out snockerd so it could be 2-4x+ the accurate amount ??? Nice shop hope it works well for you ;)
Title: Re: New shop...finally
Post by: Pappy on July 10, 2012, 06:33:56 am
I like it,just needs to be clutered up a little more and it would look just like mine. ;) :)
   Pappy
Title: Re: New shop...finally
Post by: TRACY on July 10, 2012, 08:32:03 am
Is there space dedicated for knapping in the winter?

Looks like a cozy shop to make some bows!

Tracy
Title: Re: New shop...finally
Post by: blackhawk on July 10, 2012, 08:58:56 am
How many various yeller bows in progress do i see?....

The correct answer is....NOT ENOUGH!!!!  ;)
Title: Re: New shop...finally
Post by: cracker on July 10, 2012, 09:06:34 am
How many bows well lets see there are a few that are obvious then there are the boards in the ceiling joists and the boards that the benches and what not are made of and then there is that folding dohickie.  ;D 8) >:D
Title: Re: New shop...finally
Post by: mullet on July 10, 2012, 11:00:34 am
Nice shop, JW, now get to work ;D. I envy your shop right now, mine's 90 dgs and full of mosquitos.
Title: Re: New shop...finally
Post by: Jimbob on July 10, 2012, 11:31:45 am
Nice shop, JW!!  Im sure you will enjoy it.
Title: Re: New shop...finally
Post by: JW_Halverson on July 10, 2012, 12:09:43 pm
How many various yeller bows in progress do i see?....

The correct answer is....NOT ENOUGH!!!!  ;)

And Blackhawk is our winner!

The garage is not heated or cooled.  It's been in the low triple digits in there in the afternoons lately.  I moved all staves out of the garage and have them stacked between the garage and the grape arbor, nice and shady.  They are cooler there so they will not overcook.  As for knapping, I do that on the couch with a pillow under my knees, the remote in my left hand, right hand tucked partially under my belt buckle. 
Title: Re: New shop...finally
Post by: ErictheViking on July 10, 2012, 01:04:55 pm
Nice place to get away JW.  funny though the pictures don't look a digit over 98 degrees  :)