September 8 & 9: Makin' Sawdust
It appears I have gotten behind in my journaling so I'll try to catch up. Over the weekend of September 8 & 9 I got a chance to make some boomerangs. Saturday morning I cut out about 2 dozen from 1/4 inch five ply Finland Birch and started shaping them. I managed to get the routing done on all and the sanding done on maybe a dozen. Rob Stewart showed up at the house and we headed to the field. We originally planned to do long distance training but Lehigh U's sports complex was mobbed for the home football opener. Rob and I headed to the local high school and tested all the new booms I had shaped. All but the Columbia Hook were fine. I did some finish sanding on all those.
Early Sunday morning I hit the shop and shaped about eight more boomerangs. I quick headed to the field and tested them, plus the reshaped Columbia Hook. Everything worked great so I went home to shower and go to church. Later I finish sanded those boomerangs and put them all in a bag to take on the road with me and decorate. I ended up with 20 sanded boomerangs as follows:
1 Columbia Hook
2 Sussex Hooks
2 Boomerang Fevers
1 Reverse Boomerangs Fever
1 Boomer Fever Mirrored Lead arm version
1 Boomer Fever Mirrored Dingle arm version
4 Goldfinches
1 Stewart Stretched Goldfinch
2 Reverse Galaxy Omegas
3 Tigaboo Hooks
1 DH-9 (Kendall Davis Dingle Hook)
1 Hook shape from Boomerang Fever scrap
I also got out some G10 and Carbon Fiber and cut 5 long distance boomerangs. 4 are Voyagers and one is a Milas Reaper. Rob Stewart has those and is shaping them.
Dave
Early Sunday morning I hit the shop and shaped about eight more boomerangs. I quick headed to the field and tested them, plus the reshaped Columbia Hook. Everything worked great so I went home to shower and go to church. Later I finish sanded those boomerangs and put them all in a bag to take on the road with me and decorate. I ended up with 20 sanded boomerangs as follows:
1 Columbia Hook
2 Sussex Hooks
2 Boomerang Fevers
1 Reverse Boomerangs Fever
1 Boomer Fever Mirrored Lead arm version
1 Boomer Fever Mirrored Dingle arm version
4 Goldfinches
1 Stewart Stretched Goldfinch
2 Reverse Galaxy Omegas
3 Tigaboo Hooks
1 DH-9 (Kendall Davis Dingle Hook)
1 Hook shape from Boomerang Fever scrap
I also got out some G10 and Carbon Fiber and cut 5 long distance boomerangs. 4 are Voyagers and one is a Milas Reaper. Rob Stewart has those and is shaping them.
Dave
Added on September 17, 2007 by bvdrangs
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