May Workbench
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jode hillman
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Haha, thanks Will.
KThompson
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Completely NDR but showing an alternate use for spar urethane I finally got 10 pairs of turkey spurs cut, defleshed, dried (salt then borax bath for 1-2wks), and then dipped in 2 coats of spar urethane... ready to add to my leather string spur collection... well, two pairs for my cousin I've had on to-do list since last season. Next up, a few fan mounts, maybe ready for June's workbench.
KThompson
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Do you have a post of the finished project? For now, it strikes me as a toenail collection.....
Very good point! First pic shows what finished spurs look like... after that, lots of misc projects to display. There's a mount I did using spurs, beard, and fan, as well as I have cpl leather strings hanging with spurs... also I have a 6 yr old son who has made multiple necklaces with leather string and beads... he always wants sharp spurs but I keep giving him blunt ones for fear he will seriously hurt himself ha
Bill Embacher
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Bufflehead drake pair I recently completed...
Bill Clark
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Kyle. that is a great fan mount, what did you use for mounting board?
KThompson
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Bill - I wish I could say that's some old barnwood I pulled myself but have to admit I did a fan mount for a buddy and his return gift to me was a new "faux barnwood full fan display" (think that's the name) from McKenzie Taxidermy Supply... I found the nails for string attachment from my grandparents 70+ yr old barn, old leather shoelace for string, and used the brass from the shell I killed bird with for the beard. I love the plaque design however and have plans of making similar ones for a cpl of fans/beard/spurs I currently have laying on all the flat surfaces of my man room.
jode hillman
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Kyle that's Cool! We had a decent season here, (with a week left) I tagged two nice Toms and still trying to get the kids on one.
An addition to my turkey pack this year, field grass Pickleweed Decoys.
An addition to my turkey pack this year, field grass Pickleweed Decoys.
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bob Petritsch
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Finally figured how to post so here are the projects I've been working on this spring.
The broadbill are foam,on plywood belly boards. Heads are plastic,maybe 40 years old, leftover from making cork decoys. The corrkers were made exactly like the foamers, except for two coats of resstle coat on the foamers.cant re,member name of head mftr.
The scoter solids are also foam on belly boards. Heads are doweled wood/blue foam.
The scoter sleds are made with plastic "sign board". The material you see made into political signs and stuck into the ground. Both scoters were made as large as the material would allow. I intend to add then to the back of last years rig for better visibility.
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The broadbill are foam,on plywood belly boards. Heads are plastic,maybe 40 years old, leftover from making cork decoys. The corrkers were made exactly like the foamers, except for two coats of resstle coat on the foamers.cant re,member name of head mftr.
The scoter solids are also foam on belly boards. Heads are doweled wood/blue foam.
The scoter sleds are made with plastic "sign board". The material you see made into political signs and stuck into the ground. Both scoters were made as large as the material would allow. I intend to add then to the back of last years rig for better visibility.
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MLBob Furia
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[size 4] Now those are pretty neat, Jode!
Very practical.
Very practical.
KThompson
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Jode - Love those! Would be great for late season when all the winter food plots (i.e. what folks planted for deer season) are tall / overgrown... seems that all I look for later in season when scanning the few fields I have access to hunt is a head and dark transition to neck feathers as everything else is covered up.
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jode hillman
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Thanks Bob, a lot easier than carrying a whole hen
jode hillman
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Thanks , exactly how I came up with the idea !
Steve Sanford
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Bob~
Here are some restorations of older birds for a good friend on Long Island.
This George Roberts (Bellport, LI, 1880 - 1957) Canada Goose had been repaired previously but came to me with a big chunk missing from its neck. The owner wanted it repaired but not returned to original "new" condition.
I glued a "dutchman" into its neck. I had to sacrifice the original nail that had been used for the repair so I could get everything apart. I used a different - but still old and rusty - nail for my repair. I also did not want to hide my repair completely. So, I kept an obvious seam on the port side.
Here is the finished port side.
And here is the starboard side.
I also covered up some of the obvious re-painting - especially the grey splotches on the back and sides.
These 2 old Broadbill met these heads for the first time in 2016, I believe. My job was to mate them to the bodies and yet make all the pieces look like they had enjoyed many gunning seasons together.
All the best,
SJS
Here are some restorations of older birds for a good friend on Long Island.
This George Roberts (Bellport, LI, 1880 - 1957) Canada Goose had been repaired previously but came to me with a big chunk missing from its neck. The owner wanted it repaired but not returned to original "new" condition.
I glued a "dutchman" into its neck. I had to sacrifice the original nail that had been used for the repair so I could get everything apart. I used a different - but still old and rusty - nail for my repair. I also did not want to hide my repair completely. So, I kept an obvious seam on the port side.
Here is the finished port side.
And here is the starboard side.
I also covered up some of the obvious re-painting - especially the grey splotches on the back and sides.
These 2 old Broadbill met these heads for the first time in 2016, I believe. My job was to mate them to the bodies and yet make all the pieces look like they had enjoyed many gunning seasons together.
All the best,
SJS
MLBob Furia
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[size 4]Steve,
Fantastic bit of restoration all-round!
The recipients should be delighted.
Fantastic bit of restoration all-round!
The recipients should be delighted.
Cody Williams
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Fantastic stuff from everyone as usual! My big project this month wasn't directly duck related but it will be in the future-my garage/workshop was in desperate need of some TLC. Whoever originally built it powered the whole shop with a single piece of 14/2 romex run out from the house-totally not to code and totally unsafe! I decided to update the wiring and everything else. I ran a new #6/3 cable from my main house panel out to the garage, feeding a new subpanel that I installed, along with a new ground rod system outside the garage. Then I split the garage/shop wiring into 4 new circuits, updated all the wiring, and replaced several old duplex outlets with GCFI's. Next came new sheetrock all around, a new coat of paint, and a massive rearrangement of everything else. I built some new cabinets as well, it will be nice to store all my tools out of sight. Here's the finished product:
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Note the nice big stack of Okoume and Meranti panels just waiting for my next project to start....can't wait!
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Here's the back part of the shop with motor/decoy storage. I Texas rig all my decoys so I can hang them in species groups and grab what I want as I need it during the season. It was tons of work but totally worth it!
Note the nice big stack of Okoume and Meranti panels just waiting for my next project to start....can't wait!
Here's the back part of the shop with motor/decoy storage. I Texas rig all my decoys so I can hang them in species groups and grab what I want as I need it during the season. It was tons of work but totally worth it!