Winter Projects

[Meriwether]

I've pulled the vehicle photos as they do not fit the description of what goes in this forum.

 

[Nessmuck56]

Well ...that was one of my winter projects ....just saying

 

[Carbon 6]

Not a winter project, but they did have cars in the 18th century, (or at least one)

This is an old engraving depicting the 1771 crash of Nicolas Joseph Cugnot’s steam-powered car into a stone wall.

I guess brakes hadn't been invented yet.

 

[Robby]

One of my all time favorites!!!!!
Robby

Seein's how I'm left without a picture to attach my quote to, let me just say, I like old Goats.
Robby

 

[Zonie]

Let's get off the car discussion. This forum is for talking about things that are suited for stuff that existed before 1866 (and that doesn't include steam powered cars) so lets keep it that way.
Thanks.

 

[Nessmuck56]

Someone piss in your coffee this morning ? There are other ways to deliver a message....

 

[user 31257]

Jerry,
I just pulled up that site, really nice stuff !!
I was wondering if anybody had examples of their own flies to show off

What time period are you looking for flies from?

 

[Sicilian Hunter]

What time period are you looking for flies from?

Quinn,
I was thinking of 1760s to 1770s.
I don't know enough about flies as to whether they are regional or not but in case they are I'd be looking for something from the North East approximately the NY frontier

 

[Huntschool]

Too many projects to list between gun work and building new bags I'll be lucky to find my butt by spring.....

 

[user 31257]

Quinn,
I was thinking of 1760s to 1770s.
I don't know enough about flies as to whether they are regional or not but in case they are I'd be looking for something from the North East approximately the NY frontier

I think that’s really too early for fly fishing in America. It was more an 1800’s sport and probably peaked in the late 1800’s. Flies are definitely regional, and NY had famous fly fishing rivers such as the Beaver Kill, but I think later than what you’re looking for.

 

[MtnWolf]

Think I'll be trying to cast some round ball this winter. Have never done that. Was given close to 400 lbs of lead that is easily scratched with my thumbnail, and if it melts without a lot of impurities showing up I'll be giving it a try. I know it wasn't wheel weights so my hopes are high.

 

[jackley]

Fly fishing as such with a fly rod, reel and horse hair or silk line. Is a mostly 1800's sport. But fishing with a fly made from feathers, wool or what ever for bait has been around since the 2nd century.

 

[Sicilian Hunter]

Think I'll be trying to cast some round ball this winter. Have never done that. Was given close to 400 lbs of lead that is easily scratched with my thumbnail, and if it melts without a lot of impurities showing up I'll be giving it a try. I know it wasn't wheel weights so my hopes are high.

Wolf,
Dang, that's quite a bit to fall into!!
Where did come upon that much?
A plumber I know gifted quite a bunch from an x-ray room remodel but not quite that much!!

The Sicilian

 

[Sicilian Hunter]

Fly fishing as such with a fly rod, reel and horse hair or silk line. Is a mostly 1800's sport. But fishing with a fly made from feathers, wool or what ever for bait has been around since the 2nd century.

Jerry,
Is there any evidence of them using a winder attached to the rod?
Did the rods tend to be longer without a reel to offer a longer cast with a shorter line ?

 

[Sicilian Hunter]

Too many projects to list between gun work and building new bags I'll be lucky to find my butt by spring.....

Hunt,
What are you working on those guns? Mods? Builds?
What kind of bags? Patterns to share?

The Sicilian

 

[jackley]

Dapping goes back along time ago also. A long rod with a short line. But for most of America only the well to do would of had a reel and a commercial rod. Most people would of used what was available. Cane or willow or anything for a pole, or Most times they would have a flat piece of wood or winder to wind there line on.
Jerry

 

[MtnWolf]

Wolf,
Dang, that's quite a bit to fall into!!
Where did come upon that much?
A plumber I know gifted quite a bunch from an x-ray room remodel but not quite that much!!

The Sicilian

It came from a Lake Tahoe casino tear down of many years ago. It is in 3/4" thick 16"X16" sheets.

 

[Sicilian Hunter]

Dapping goes back along time ago also. A long rod with a short line. But for most of America only the well to do would of had a reel and a commercial rod. Most people would of used what was available. Cane or willow or anything for a pole, or Most times they would have a flat piece of wood or winder to wind there line on.
Jerry

Jerry,
Its tough to find anything in NM that is long enough and flexible enough to fit the bill.
There's plenty of river cane but its too thin and brittle to handle much and then there's salt cedar that grows on the banks but its hard to find any longer than 5-6'.
I miss the East sometimes in cases like this...

 

[tightgroup1]

Think I'll be trying to cast some round ball this winter. Have never done that. Was given close to 400 lbs of lead that is easily scratched with my thumbnail, and if it melts without a lot of impurities showing up I'll be giving it a try. I know it wasn't wheel weights so my hopes are high.

 

[tightgroup1]

pure lead is the only way to go. wheel weights are too hard. make sure your melted lead and mold are hot enough, around 695-700 degrees. purchase a thermometer that will read that high. add some bees wax to your melted lead. keep ladle in melted lead to keep it hot enough. do your casting in a WELL ventilated area.
hope this helps some.