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• Fly Fishing Rods #5: Redoing the grip - 06-18-2010 03:44 PM | 3 comments

  Well, if you have been following this posting – you’ll noticed that I haven’t p...

• Fly Fishing Rods #4: Turning the handle - 12-05-2009 08:26 AM | 2 comments

  I am back to it and with the goal of completing my first fly rod by Christmas – it’s ...

• Fly Fishing Rods #3: Gluing up the birch bark - 10-06-2009 07:16 AM | 3 comments

  While waiting for some of my rod materials to come in, I started the process of preparing the bir...

• Fly Fishing Rods #2: Cutting out the birch bark - 09-30-2009 08:08 AM | 4 comments

  While waiting for some of the materials I have ordered for my fly rods, I have started to prepare...

• Fly Fishing Rods #1: Starting my fly rod - finding materials including birch bark - 09-13-2009 10:21 PM | 6 comments

  I am setting off to make my first fly rod (sorry, graphite not a bamboo rod – one thing at a time...

• Let's play ball #3: Completed baseball bats - 04-19-2009 05:35 AM | 2 comments

  This is the final entry for the baseball bats I made for my nephews. I understand that little ...

• Let's play ball #2: Painting bats is completed - 04-01-2009 08:32 AM | 1 comment

  Here are the bats after applying four light coats of paint (from a can so sprayed). From Baseba...

• Let's play ball #1: Baseball bat - 03-31-2009 03:32 AM | 1 comment

  A few years ago I helped one of my nephews turn a baseball bat (visiting from Michigan). He̵...

• Cutting Board - in progress - 03-01-2009 12:28 AM | 5 comments

  Here are a few in process pictures of the cutting board. It’s pretty straight forward to b...