It's a fun bit of wood work making a hollow & tapered shaft.
Fortunately, we don't have a "big" hog problem here where we live, at least not like this. Must be too cold up here, better in the low lands & bottoms of greener areas in the states.
noseoil wrote:Tony, I really have no idea about the hollowing, it just seemed like a good idea, since I was using some left-over wood & red oak is pretty heavy in general. Figured I could reduce weight & maintain strength with this method. This was the last board left over from our build. I was using oak for the "hard points" to take fasteners better than soft wood. It's around the hatch, solar panel, fan I in another couple of places where I didn't want the screws to loosen over time. So far, so good.
The red oak is strong, tough & fairly stringy, so having it a bit less in weight makes the thrown velocity higher. I guess you could say tapering helps with the ballistic coefficient, but hollowing lessens sectional density of the projectile. Not so sure my shoulder is up to a hard throw now, but you never know.
Fortunately, we don't have a "big" hog problem here where we live, at least not like this. Must be too cold up here, better in the low lands & bottoms of greener areas in the states.
dbhosttexas wrote:
...FWIW, I have 3 vehicles:
1) An 01 Saturn SL2 I despise. Too small, too low to the ground. Painful to get in and out of for me.Planning on selling the Saturn as is for cheap. It needs work but can be made a decent car for not a lot of money. It would be a good High School / College car for someone.
2) '04 F150 engine rebuild in progress. Suffered from the typical 5.4L 3V Variable Timing System had massively failed, oil pump failed.
3) '06 Chevy Malibu 3.5L with the ECT / Charging system failure. Will get the Malibu up and running again, once we get a replacement vehicle, will put it up for sale. I've put on 100K + since I bought it and I am tired of it....
I am tired of it... Not feeling it today.
working on it wrote:dbhosttexas wrote:
...FWIW, I have 3 vehicles:
1) An 01 Saturn SL2 I despise. Too small, too low to the ground. Painful to get in and out of for me.Planning on selling the Saturn as is for cheap. It needs work but can be made a decent car for not a lot of money. It would be a good High School / College car for someone.
2) '04 F150 engine rebuild in progress. Suffered from the typical 5.4L 3V Variable Timing System had massively failed, oil pump failed.
3) '06 Chevy Malibu 3.5L with the ECT / Charging system failure. Will get the Malibu up and running again, once we get a replacement vehicle, will put it up for sale. I've put on 100K + since I bought it and I am tired of it....
* I've got some vehicles somewhat akin to your collection, and share similar feelings towards a couple, and lately they've taken all my time maintaining/servicing/modifying them, instead of working on or using my trailer. I thought my fleet was set and stable for my post-retirement years, since they were put in great shape as soon as I had time to actually work on them, once retired. My much-younger wife may not agree with my viewpoint, but so it goes. My current fleet consists of:
- 1) '08 Cobalt coupe, with 120k miles, my wife's car, which I (like you) despise and can't get in and out easily. Recently developed ABS/Master cylinder problem, which I haven't resolved yet (new pads & rotors done, brakes bled & adjusted, brake pedal spongy and sinks: car on stands awaiting cooler weather to replace MC and power-bleed the ABS (after pulling the fusebox). I have the parts & tools, but not the desire to do the work.
I am tired of it... Not feeling it today.- 2) '98 GMC Sierra extended cab, with 190k miles, my wife's truck (though we both use it for transporting extra passengers in the rear seat...which the Cobalt has but it's too cramped, my truck and HHR Panel only have two seats), in great running condition after replacing A/C controls, starter, distributor, alternator, headlights in the last five years since retirement. I don't want to sell it, but the wife wants a new one, w/o the big$$ for one. I can fix this one more easily than the others, too.
- 3) '04 Chevy 2500HD regular cab, my truck, with 130k miles, perfect running condition, beefed-up for towing/hauling/camping. I've got it set-up as my camp truck, with the bed filled with gear year-'round (just in case); I need to empty the bed so it can be used more than 3-4 times a year, if I'm going to keep it (with her approval). I love this truck.
- 4) '09 HHR Panel, my old daily driver, now used by the wife for her "flitting-about", 170k miles, great condition, super-versatile (grocery-shopping, light hauling in the rain), but only a two-seater. The wife wants to replace it with a bigger truck, as stated before, but I say keep it as it has little trade value, and saves gas while doing so. 34 degree A/C, too.
- 5) '01 BMW X5 SAV, my vehicle (I swapped my old Chevelle for it, so it's MINE), 210k miles. It has been rebuilt/restored/refreshed in most all respects prior to the swap, by my neighbor, who bought it specifically for the swap, at my request. I've modified the interior, replaced the mechanical fan (with a high-powered electric fan), and built a roof rack for it in the 3 months I've had it, and haven't driven it but 35 miles, so far. It will be my bad weather/all-purpose/back-up vehicle from here forward, since everything works and it has more seating than the other vehicles. The wife didn't approve of it, thinking that I should've parted-out my Chevelle for more $$, but I wanted my (much younger) friend/neighbor to put it back on the street.
* Since my income is <20% what it was, I think maintaining my fleet is my best choice until my last years (at 71 this month, it's probably in my near future, as my family rarely gets to their late 70's), and paring down the fleet of five will be cheaper than a massive loss to depreciation getting a new vehicle. I plan to reduce the fleet to three, and once I can't drive, to two. After that, my wife can do what she wants.
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