Search:

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06/09/4e6592d330915bb0a286e44a4fd58d72.jpg Getting nearer to completion. Sanded outside up to 2000 grit. One coat of flaxseed oil. Still plastic bagging to slow...

Rotary rasp is a kick ass inexpensive tool! Just grinds up wood to hollow out that bowl. So far, after table saw I've used pocket knife, the drill bit rotary sanding tools, and a simple chisel. Feels...

Got this far tonight using the two drill bits I got today and another sanding disc bit I bought to restore axe heads. The rasp does a decent job inside. I did some chisel work too. Right now it holds...

I'm stuck working with what I have for tools right now. A band saw would have been nice. I just picked up this little drum sander bit and rasp bit for my cordless at Lowes. About $12 total...

Progress on my second birch cup. First is big - 12 ounces for beer. This will be 6-8 for coffee. Different approach from first time where I used only hatchet, pocket knife and fire. This time I'm...

Thanks Dave. I've already had a good success. A major online retailer of camping and survival related equipment was selling an exact copy under a different name. After sharing the fact that it was...

As for being an invention or not; you have one opinion and the USPTO has another.

I'm happy to have been able to protect my idea and prevent it from being stolen on a large scale. No regrets. As for "sharing" few people can claim to have shared as much knowledge as I have with the...

Essentially these aspects did not exist in a survival bracelet. That's why when I first posted about it in 2011 I wrote that I was putting the "survival" in the survival bracelet. I never found...

Great comments and good question mr. Punch. This link is to the application where you can see the protected claims. http://www.google.com/patents/US20130213089

How to Attach Kuksa to Belt or Pack with Paracord & Toggle System

A short while ago, I celebrated the near completion of my first real carving project with a drink from my own birch Kuksa. Kuksa's...

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/08/29/2c4228fb38378689b39296abb0bbb479.jpg
A few years ago, I came up with an idea involving cutting a ferro rod and drilling a hole to make a toggle closure for...

Thanks headshot !

Multi purpose Kuksa http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/31/a8ynu6am.jpg

Thank you my friends. Final capacity 14 ounces. I had planned it around being a big enough for a beer. I still have some minor sanding and finishing, but I wanted to drink!

First drink from my hand made birch Kuksa! It was a piece of firewood last month, now it's a cup full of tequila on the beach :). Hand tools only - hatchet and knife, coals from campfires to burn out...

Got some work in on both the new birch (larger, circular) and the older maple Kuksa (oval, now glued) this weekend. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/23/ejyvu3yh.jpg...

Thanks ^

DIY Breakdown Buck Saw Details – & new original design W.I.P.!

Within the last couple months, I pretty quietly undertook a project to make my first buck saw. I posted pictures of it with a promise...

Focused on roughing out the top view but didn't want all the extra work in the handle are so I roughed out the handle (side view) too. Photos also show the zip lok and sponge to slow drying....

Very tempting to throw it on the chop saw to square it up but I won't cave to the pressure.

Taking more care this time to mark center lines all the way around to help me keep the work symmetrical and the sides/bottom square. This birch is butter compared to the Maple. I'm still using the...

Here are my views clockwise from bottom: top, front, side http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/12/7yqe9upe.jpg
Main bowl is about 3.5" diameter and 3" tall.

Not to be deterred, I drew up a 1:1 scale plan, elevation and front view. I was free handing the first one but figured since I'm starting over I'd do it real nice. I have the PDF which can be printed...

I spoke to soon in my last post about the cracks being under control. I was tapping away with the chisel last night and suddenly -crack- ! Upon inspection it was almost clean through the bowl :...