>>This keeps me sane

We’ll be the judge of that.

Peak Warming Man said:

>>This keeps me sane

We’ll be the judge of that.

Not with any certainty ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAX_YMFcXDs

feel free to make this a hobbies thread

or guitar thread. your choice

>>feel free to make this a hobbies thread<<

If I wasn’t using my wireless dongle thingy, I’d put up my photos of my bow and arrows. Aren’t you lucky I’m at work!

buffy said:

>>feel free to make this a hobbies thread<<

If I wasn’t using my wireless dongle thingy, I’d put up my photos of my bow and arrows. Aren’t you lucky I’m at work!

archery is my sport :)

I don’t do sport. I do things I like to do. I’m not competitive. Our club head calls my archery Zen archery. I am better at it than i used to be. I can almost think the arrow into the gold now!

(I shoot barebow)

That’s barebow recurve.

:)

buffy said:

I don’t do sport. I do things I like to do. I’m not competitive. Our club head calls my archery Zen archery. I am better at it than i used to be. I can almost think the arrow into the gold now!

(I shoot barebow)

i was being inclusive only. I’m far from competitive. Archery is one rung below sword as an artform or meditative medium for me.

buffy said:

(I shoot barebow)

If it were within my means I would get hold of a Japanese or Mongol cavalry bow and practice horseback archery

My concession to modernity is my carbon fibre arrows. But I have real feather fletches and some of my arrows look like wooden ones (while retaining all the advantages of carbon fibre!)

buffy said:

My concession to modernity is my carbon fibre arrows. But I have real feather fletches and some of my arrows look like wooden ones (while retaining all the advantages of carbon fibre!)

Any idea if bamboo could be processed into a decent shaft?

These are some of my passtimes.

Nothing quite like searching for sunken shipwrecks and treasure!

Sunday afternoon ride through the twisties on the gsx-r.

I’ve never made a guitar, but one of my instruments (rebec fiddle) is featured (top right) in this Spanish Wikipedia entry about rebecs (or as they call them, rabel):

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabel

Which one is you?

stan101 said:

These are some of my passtimes.

Sunday afternoon ride through the twisties on the gsx-r.

Group of three or more.. that’s illegal in Qld now ( sort of).

pommiejohn said:

stan101 said:

These are some of my passtimes.

Sunday afternoon ride through the twisties on the gsx-r.

Group of three or more.. that’s illegal in Qld now ( sort of).

tell it to the judge sonny

Bubblecar said:

Which one is you?

The one wearing the mask.

pommiejohn said:

Group of three or more.. that’s illegal in Qld now ( sort of).

They’ll never take me alive ;P

stan101 said:

pommiejohn said:

Group of three or more.. that’s illegal in Qld now ( sort of).

They’ll never take me alive ;P

Have it your way then.

stan101 said:

pommiejohn said:

Group of three or more.. that’s illegal in Qld now ( sort of).

I’ll be in trouble on Saturday then.
I’m taking part in a protest against the Qld govt’s fire & rescue levy. Not one dollar of which will go the the rural fire service which protects 92% of the state.

They’ll never take me alive ;P

Bubblecar said:

I’ve never made a guitar, but one of my instruments (rebec fiddle) is featured (top right) in this Spanish Wikipedia entry about rebecs (or as they call them, rabel):

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabel

very respectable

Riff-in-Thyme said:

Bubblecar said:

I’ve never made a guitar, but one of my instruments (rebec fiddle) is featured (top right) in this Spanish Wikipedia entry about rebecs (or as they call them, rabel):

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabel

very respectable

So, did you make the one pictured, or was that made by someone else?

Either way, a good job.

My wife insists that I can’t play my guitar, or my “el kabong” as I call it.

I say that I can play – just inordinately badly – and, in any case, el kabong cannot be played by anyone because it’s strings are deceased (or they were until yesterday when I threw some new ones on).

Now I can play much more bad good.

Ian said:

My wife insists that I can’t play my guitar, or my “el kabong” as I call it.

Wow it must be at least 30 years since I last heard the name “El Kabong”

Ian said:

Now I can play much more bad good.

Is that good or bad though?

>So, did you make the one pictured, or was that made by someone else?

I made the one in the picture, yes.

stan101 said:

These are some of my passtimes.

Nothing quite like searching for sunken shipwrecks and treasure!

stan101 is Alexei Sayle?

The Rev Dodgson said:

Ian said:

Now I can play much more bad good.

Is that good or bad though?

OLAYYEEEE!

Riff-in-Thyme said:

stan101 is Alexei Sayle?

Well you’d be a right little 5 speed gearbox for saying that. And you aren’t the first LOL

stan101 is Alexei Sayle?

“who is that fat bastard?”

ChrispenEvan said:

stan101 is Alexei Sayle?

“who is that fat bastard?”

That’s me – not AS!

Tip casting finished. Tuning pegs will be replaced in time and a black surface will be cast below the amber tip.

I had to add those qhotos because offically as of 4pm today I can say I will be a diving and riding bum for the foreseeable future. As of December 31 I will not have a place of employee and will be wandering the earth for 6 months.

Team I really want to do somethiing of use with my life. And in time I will seek your guideness. I hope I have enough kudos here to get you input.

stan101 said:

I had to add those qhotos because offically as of 4pm today I can say I will be a diving and riding bum for the foreseeable future. As of December 31 I will not have a place of employee and will be wandering the earth for 6 months.

Team I really want to do somethiing of use with my life. And in time I will seek your guideness. I hope I have enough kudos here to get you input.

Yes.

And please expand…

stan101 said:

Team I really want to do somethiing of use with my life.

What do we know? We just post on forums all day ;)

Team I really want to do something of use with my life.
—-
Me too. Dunno what though.

And yes, Stan, you ARE respected.

Divine Angel said:

stan101 said:

Team I really want to do somethiing of use with my life.

What do we know? We just post on forums all day ;)

That’s absolute rubbish. A lot of the time I’m way too busy to post, so I just lurk.

A big warm welcome to all other lurkers out there.

sibeen said:

Divine Angel said:

stan101 said:

Team I really want to do somethiing of use with my life.

What do we know? We just post on forums all day ;)

That’s absolute rubbish. A lot of the time I’m way too busy to post, so I just lurk. And drink

Fixed.

Michael V said:

sibeen said:

Divine Angel said:

What do we know? We just post on forums all day ;)

That’s absolute rubbish. A lot of the time I’m way too busy to post, so I just lurk. And drink

Fixed.

I find no need to add supercilious information.

>>Team I really want to do somethiing of use with my life.

it’s the facial expressions that are of the most concern.

Is there much of a nude Morris dancing scene, PWM?

Bubblecar said:

Is there much of a nude Morris dancing scene, PWM?

There are some Morris Dancing Nature Chapters in Scandinavia Mr Car.
They usually only have one bell though.

stan101 said:

Team I really want to do somethiing of use with my life. And in time I will seek your guideness. I hope I have enough kudos here to get you input.

Are you anywhere near Brissy stan?

Riff-in-Thyme said:

Are you anywhere near Brissy stan?

Riff, I’m currently in beautiful Melbourne – centre of the universe. I’ll be in Brisbane at some stage next year.

Riff, sorry for the hijack.

MIchael. Thanks, :). I’m all good but I just don’t want to waste this opportunity. I’ll start a new thread when I can clarify my thoughts.

Starting to look finished

check out the funky roller saddles you can get from the UK now. always irritated the crap out of me how the old saddles would just chew out

Would my suspicion be correct that these rollers could be set higher and get an effectively lower action than the conventional saddle due to the way the string will bend around the roller rather than sharply as on the fixed saddle?

Riff-in-Thyme said:

check out the funky roller saddles you can get from the UK now. always irritated the crap out of me how the old saddles would just chew out

final cast on headstock(just needs a final polish next string change so it can cure). Strings are cobalt and definitely have their own character

Riff-in-Thyme said:

Standard strings are steel and most will have nickel wound bass end. Cobalt sits between the two elements on the periodic table. It has a lower oxidation rate than it’s neighbors and apparently better magnetic qualities. It is an interesting contrast between cobalt, Fe and Ni as consecutive elements in the table. Nickel is employed with steel strings to soften the tone(plain steel has a harsh/sharp tone) and because steel oxidises quickly. Nickel smooths the tone out on new strings but on nickel wound strings, the steel string in the middle will still rust and lose it’s brighter qualities and the unwound strings die even quicker. If you don’t change an unwound string once it has gone dark you will start carving divets in your frets in no time, as well as your ears.

For musical tone in an electric guitar string, cobalt is to steel as aluminium is to wood in aircraft manufacturing. If you play and haven’t tried them, when you do you won’t look back. Got a set off ebay for 12 so it isn’t like it’s being twice the price of steel is a drama. As they will last longer it will more than make up for it.