Rocky Mountain High Woodwork

[RockyMtnHigh]

Finished up my own net, plus another one similar to the one I did for Rob, for my wife's boss.

The one on the left is mine, the handle is curly walnut, the frame is 3 layers, light shade of ash, walnut and a darker shade of ash. The one on the right's handle is curly maple, 3 layers make up it's frame, walnut and the lighter and darker shades of ash.
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj234/RockyMtnHigh_2008/Net%20pics/Nets34.jpg

Some close ups of the handles:
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj234/RockyMtnHigh_2008/Net%20pics/Net3Handle.jpg
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj234/RockyMtnHigh_2008/Net%20pics/Net4Handle.jpg

[Aaron]

Those are cool!!! By the way, when will you start selling oysters?

[RockyMtnHigh]

when will you start selling oysters?

You know they make little blue pills for that now, no need to mess with cracking shells! :lmao:

Seriously, WTF are you talking about? :confused:

[Aaron]

Then you could start a thread called Rocky Mountain Oysters...

[Aaron]

You know... fried bull balls.

[RockyMtnHigh]

Yeah it took me a bit and I figured it out! :lmao:

[CR]

Very nice work. I love the curly type woods. Have you ever worked with lacewood?

[RockyMtnHigh]

Very nice work. I love the curly type woods. Have you ever worked with lacewood?

Thanks and no, I haven't worked with it, I did see some of it in the racks at Paxton Lumber the other day and I almost bought some. I may do the larger net handles out of it or spalted maple.

[CR]

Nice! That will look really sharp.
I made a really cool jewelry box out of lacewood for my wife and stained it a cherry. I'll see if i can dig up a pic. It was roasted with the rest of our stuff.

[RockyMtnHigh]

Then you could start a thread called Rocky Mountain Oysters...

I did change the thread title so you're not reminded of balls, Aaron! :lmao:

[MelloYello]

Wow. Those are great. Nice work! Are you making some to sell?

[Brody]

Wow...only on Front Range will you get a thread starting off with some sweet woodwork that goes downhill at the speed of thought, finding a low level that starts discussing the merits of bull balls and Viagra....I am not sure what that says about us....

Sad...really sad. I, however, remain above such lowly discussions, will always remain on topic and will never digress....And I never fib....:lmao:

[Popsgarage]

X2 on what Pete said! And Jock, those are absolutely B E A U tiful, man. Really good stuff.

[Heather]

Holy crap. Are those actually for USE, as opposed to being displayed as art? Gorgeous!

[RockyMtnHigh]

Thank you everyone! :thumb:


Are you making some to sell?

That wasn't the intention, most of the nets sold at the big box stores are crap, most of their expense goes to the bag/net and the frames suck and fall apart. The ones that aren't crap at the fly shops for this size can run $130 and up, I wasn't about to pay that for something I could do myself. So I started doing them, while I was at it, I figured I would do some for friends too. I took Rob's into the fly shop a while back to find the right size bag for it and there was a comment about contracting me out for them, but I shrugged it off as I have been down that road before doing something I love and turning it into a business. Considering how long it takes to do one and being able to do other things while glue dries etc, I may make a couple and throw them out on Craigslist to see how it goes. Worst case, I end up with a couple back-ups.


Holy crap. Are those actually for USE, as opposed to being displayed as art? Gorgeous!

They better get used and used a lot <cough>Reese<cough> :lmao:

My wife's boss is a doctor, female too boot (I think that's so cool), who also fly fishes and goes to places like New Zealand, Patagonia, Canada and Alaska (all the places I dream of). I look forward to seeing pictures of that net landing trout in those places!

[Popsgarage]

I'd buy one, Jock! Maybe two! OK, three! But that's it!:D Seriously though, I'd buy at least one!

[glacierpaul]

Really nice Jock!! I have an interest in one myself....

[Java]

the woods blend soooo well. very, very nice, Jock, I don't think you could buy anything better. Do you have pics of the process?

[RockyMtnHigh]

Do you have pics of the process?

I took a few of the glue up stages, first, second and third layers of the frame going together and then one after hitting it with the low angle block plane. From there it's a lot of back and forth to spindle sander, router table and then hand sanding which I didn't take pics of.

First layer glued to the handle:
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj234/RockyMtnHigh_2008/Net%20pics/1.jpg

Second layer glued to the first:
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj234/RockyMtnHigh_2008/Net%20pics/2.jpg

Third layer glued to the second:
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj234/RockyMtnHigh_2008/Net%20pics/3.jpg

Block planing:
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj234/RockyMtnHigh_2008/Net%20pics/4.jpg

[Cr33p3r]

Jock those are really nice, how long does it take to make one and what type of glue are you using? If I can get out to do some fishing this year I would be interested in one too!

[Roo]

They better get used and used a lot if I could just learn how to catch fish.


Fixed it!:Jock:

[Popsgarage]

Meant to ask you the other day, Do you have stock in Pony and Irwin?:D

[Heather]

I think Nick (skfnick) might want one, if you ever have a surplus to sell...

[Shamrock]

I really like the curly grain on those nets. What did you use to finish the wood? It looks great!

[RockyMtnHigh]

Thanks again everyone, if a surplus becomes available, I will post them here first! :thumb:


Jock those are really nice, how long does it take to make one and what type of glue are you using?

I haven't kept track of the actual time spent on them, but I can have one done in about 5 days, that's between glue and finish drying time.

The glue I use is Titebond III.


Fixed it!:Jock:

The gods frown upon the guy who fishes once a year, after being so gracious to him when he started! :lmao:


Meant to ask you the other day, Do you have stock in Pony and Irwin?:D

:lmao: No!


What did you use to finish the wood? It looks great!

It's a urethane, oil mix made by General Finishes.

[Java]

proof that you can never have too many clamps!! great work! :bowdown: titebond III is my favorite too.

[Brody]

proof that you can never have too many clamps!! great work! titebond III is my favorite too.

It is pretty good stuff. We used all of Bren's clamps as well as all of my clamps on that recent cabinet job and we were still juggling clamps. I think we had a total of 100 clamps in use.....I was happy that I had thought to bring all of mine. I originally thought"Oh, Bren has a mess of them at his shop, we probably don't need more." Then tossed all of mine in anyway. We used all of them. Yeah, you can never have too many.....

Bren has also been working a lot with solid bamboo and loves it. You might explore this at some point. I have done some bamboo cabinets as well as bamboo flooring and it is a 'fun' wood to work with and looks really sharp.

[Bunyon & Babe]

very nice nets !

[Popsgarage]

Meant to ask you if you soak each layer in water to make it a little bit more pliable.

[RockyMtnHigh]

Meant to ask you if you soak each layer in water to make it a little bit more pliable.

No. According to what I read, heat is what makes it pliable, the reason steam is used is to keep the wood from burning. Each strip is in there for 12 minutes before I bend it around the form.

[Popsgarage]

Roger that.