what floats your boat?

[LadyFish]

Re: what floats your boat?

Winter time, when we're not fishing is usually the time we till the garden and get ready for the February planting, fix up the house and work on landscaping. I also sew everything from boat covers to patio awnings and window treatments and other home decor projects. Sometimes I even get paid for it. I always have a project going.

 

[pjc]

Re: what floats your boat?

Closing up all the little details of million and one small projects around house. <br /><br />-------and--Preparing for, head pounding filling out of-----and filing of------------------------<br /><br />---Fed and State Income Taxes!!!!!!!!!!! <br /><br />Been using Turbo Tax for years--software is way more thorough that I.

 

[DaleT]

Re: what floats your boat?

Well if I can't include thinking about fishing most of my time is spent mindlessly working. Otherthan that I can usually be found playing hockey or messing around with my guitar. My main hobby in the "offseason" is to fashion wooden lures, only bad thing is I've never caught anything on them. Still a fun way to waste some time.

 

[Trent]

Re: what floats your boat?

What "Floats My Boat" Money!

 

[Knightgang]

Re: what floats your boat?

Link:<br /><br />

Now to make a lot of smoke it was brake fluid and ??? <br />

Clorox. Actually the clorine is what causes the chemical reaction.

 

[FSHKPR]

Re: what floats your boat?

I like to do woodworking, i like to hang out in the local saloons maybe play some darts or cribbage. saturday afternoon cribbage tournaments are always alot of fun. and if there is a group going and its a nice day i might do a little ice fishing. but that usually just leads back to number two.

 

[gaugeguy]

Re: what floats your boat?

Ralph, you can find most everything for woodcarving from Sugar Pine. They have videos, books and plans for just about anything you want to carve. As far as tools go, Flex-Cut are really good tools. You can buy beginner sets (which I have) and buy individual tools to complement the set. A good investment would also be a quality sharpening system and leather finger cots (I have cut myself pretty badly a couple times, and it's much better and less painful to cut yourself with a sharp tool.). I just pulled out my catalog and they don't list a website-I'm sure they have one, but the # is 1-800-452-2783. Good Luck.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: what floats your boat?

Originally posted by gaugeguy:<br />Ralph, you can find most everything for woodcarving from Sugar Pine. They have videos, books and plans for just about anything you want to carve. As far as tools go, Flex-Cut are really good tools. You can buy beginner sets (which I have) and buy individual tools to complement the set. A good investment would also be a quality sharpening system and leather finger cots (I have cut myself pretty badly a couple times, and it's much better and less painful to cut yourself with a sharp tool.). I just pulled out my catalog and they don't list a website-I'm sure they have one, but the # is 1-800-452-2783. Good Luck.

Ralph, here ya go.<br /> http://www.sugarpinewoodcarving.com/store.asp

 

[Ralph 123]

Re: what floats your boat?

Perfect! Thanks to both of you.<br /><br />Why do people only seem to carve foul or santas? <br /><br />Gauge - do you have any of these books or videos? Which one should I buy to get started? I do a lot of cutouts with a scrollsaw and singnage with my router so my skills aren't too bad. I just want something that would wlak me thorugh basic hand and machine carving.

 

[Link]

Re: what floats your boat?

Knightgang<br /><br />Thank you very much. I missed your answer when checking earlier today. One of my nieces is coming down tomorrow and this will be fun to play with. Yes it's really me and my wife that want to do this <br /><br />SBN / Ralph / gaugeguy <br /><br />My fishing partner took wood carving up last summer! I'll thank you for him as I just mailed the link to him..

 

[Bassy]

Re: what floats your boat?

I know your definition of cold is harsher than mine(overcast and 57 degrees today), but I spend as much of my time outside as I can gardening,taking walks across the mountain side, pittering around mostly. If it's too chilly I curl up with a good book or come on the computer and see what's new with iboats or find out something new. I love learning about any kind of history and how things work. www.howstuffworks.com is a very interesting site.<br />Bassy

 

[BassMan283]

Re: what floats your boat?

guageguy and Ralph. check out this site. Belongs to my sister and her husband. they are wood carving machines.<br /><br /> web page<br /><br />Incidentally, before you go out and buy a bunch of tools, you might want to visit them and check out their scars.

 

[gaugeguy]

Re: what floats your boat?

Ralph, I never read a book or watched a video on woodcarving. It just evolved over the years, from whittling the end of a stick as a kid to carving fish and fowl now. I have a couple friends who have answered my questions when they pop up. I like to carve fish because they are easy, smooth lines and not a tremendous amount of detail. I've also done a couple duck decoys, but they take too long, way too much detail for me.<br /><br />Look around, get a few tools, pick up a piece of tight grained wood and carve the first thing that comes to your mind. It is addicting.

 

[mellowyellow]

Re: what floats your boat?

US history is another interesting read for me.<br />this link is a good one for "documents of freedom"<br /><br /> http://www.ushistory.org/documents/index.html <br /><br />a good reference for some of the political debates