Let's play "What is James doing now??"

[Sir James A]

Hint:



Guesses?

[Lord Dane]

Getting ready to prime and paint my car of course.

[Thorsteinn]

Making a very large tea cozy? 

[Sir William]

Well...I see 11 monkey wrenches and two c-clamps holding two sections of wood together that look to be about 6' in length.  It isn't a shield, too narrow to be a scabbard...I have no real idea.

[Sir Vander Linde]

I think I know ( I want to see it finished, a friend of mine on a different forum just made one)

It must be a clamp holder.

[Sir James A]

Well...I see 11 monkey wrenches and two c-clamps holding two sections of wood together that look to be about 6' in length.  It isn't a shield, too narrow to be a scabbard...I have no real idea.

Well, spot on guess - it's indeed 6 feet long! Neither shield nor scabbard.

I think I know ( I want to see it finished, a friend of mine on a different forum just made one)

It must be a clamp holder.

Hmm, aside from clamp holder, which it works wonderfully as, it is an item of medieval context... tune in this weekend to find out what it is!

[Sir Wolf]

are you laminating a bow?

[Sir William]

If he is, it must be before he's shaped it.

[Sir James A]

are you laminating a bow?

Laminating? Yes

Bow? No

[Sir Wolf]

hmmm dont have wood the right size for a pole arm? lol?

hmmmm

[Sir James A]

hmmm dont have wood the right size for a pole arm? lol?

hmmmm

10 points to hufflegriffinpuff!!

Making some 2x2 oak shafts for polearms. Laminating the 1x2. Could not find any 2x2 hardwood anywhere, just the cheap pine, which is warped, and is a soft wood for shafts. Two glued, third one to do tonight - then sanding and shaping. Bringing them down to about 1 1/4" x 1 1/2" overall.

[Sir James A]

Oh, and the oak trim is $1/lf. So a pair of 6 foot pieces to make a 6 foot polearm haft is only $12. One thing of glue is under $5 and was enough to do all 3 pairs. Three 6' long oak polearm hafts for $40. Pretty awesome!

[Sir Wolf]

we used to buy white ash by the board and cut it down. but thats a cool idea

[Sir James A]

we used to buy white ash by the board and cut it down. but thats a cool idea

Where did you find it? I couldn't find ash or oak in 2x sizes at Home Depot or Lowes, only 1x

[Sir William]

Why can you not use the same poles you were telling me about for spears from Lowe's?