/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>215691

You act like he's a Civil.

Unless you're God, make a longbow first. Longbows are easy as hell to make and allows you to get experience. ALSO you can make a bow from wooden boards contrary to what some bowyers will say. Make sure it isn't too dry.

if you do want to make a short bow, make it a nice flatbow and try not to make it too stif-SNAP splinters everywhere.

There's a nice Popular Mechanics how to from 1941 here: http://www.vintageprojects.com/archery/bow-plans.pdf

Because milling machine.

>>199837

Non, et me.

Okay, if you want to know how to do it...go to /k/.

there will be more than one person who knows how to make napalm...or greek fire...like me..

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Geiger counter
gas mask
timber axe
Plastic explosives(don't ask)
150(RELOADABLE :DDDD) 7.62x54R rounds
Moist Nugget
flannel shirts
suspenders
desert canteen
Walker Colt to strap to my hip
fishing line(there are rivers everywhere here)
Maifun noodles
Mess kit
Ramen noodles
sterno
...flint steel...more...

>>199186

DUDE, think about how fast that engine would bur- OH...rubberbands

>>197132

HA sounds like my sister, are all women like that?

>>196945

I've seen your stuff before, it's good.

But I haven't seen any of the semi auto things before, maybe I just missed it.

Have you considered a mortar?

>>196924

I WANT, SO BADLY, MUST RESIST URGE TO GO FIND MY TACKLEBOX IN THE GARAGE.

Ha, the costume was a one night thing only, but I did such a good job on it that it survived several Renaissance fairs. It was nice and thin (which was great for summer), I miss it, I should've taken a picture of it but that was two years ago.

>>196889

I can't find it unfortunately. If you follow the dye instructions you'll be fine...hopefully.

>>196873

>wool
>dye
>not white

I don't know if the dye will show as well since it's not white wool.

Don't over do it trying to get it black, I've put too much powder in a mix and I pulled out something that looked like it was covered in tar.

There was a really nice tutorial around when I had to help my sister with dyeing, I don't know if it's still floating around, I'll look and post if I find it.

>>196858

Oh I read it wrong.

Is the dip all the way to the wick?

What wax are you using?

An army.

Always start there, also I would fucking go Machiavelli on all your asses.

>>196847

And by anneal I mean gradual cool down of the whole thing.

Cool it slowly like you would to anneal steel.

like, get a heater and steel can. Fill the can with concrete and flip it upside down so you can use the steel top as a base, set it next to the heater, put the candle next to the heater on the can and wait. Once melted you turn off the heater, the whole thing slowly cools down and it should be level.

It worked for me, it may be the wax you're using.

>>196787

Ah, in the states it's easier to find fabric I guess, I mean almost every store has fabric at it. Your use of upholstery fabric reminds me of my use of automotive vinyl: I used it to make a "leather" replica of an 1860s army haversack for a friend of mine.

That took forever.

Have you ever had to make something out of a sheet before? (I had to once, I couldn't find any white fabric ANYWHERE so I ripped up a sheet and made a Teutonic knight's uniform(with a steel sword) for my friend for Halloween)

That reminds me of what my sister does, she can never find the right color of fabric so guess who had to teach her how to dye things?

I've yet to make a drying rack for her though...

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OH also where do you get your fabric from?

>>196670

Probably around 400ish +/-50

You can't really, you could get a CB base station, but otherwise you'll have to deal with the FCC.

If you can afford it, replace the sides with cinderblock and pour a concrete foundation.

You have no idea how many buildings I've seen destroyed by tornadoes.

Also for a stove you can use a used oil barrel and make a chimney out of dryer ducting.

I like imperial for fixing things around the house, and cars. However as a mechanical engineering student I love metric when designing things since it makes sense. MAKES SENSE.

From a design stand point metric is amazing, whilst everything else sort of leans toward imperial(I mean inches are easier to use than centimeters because of the fact centimeters are too small partitions of a meter. If decimeters were used that might change something.

Just my two cents.

>>196663

Reminds me of how I used duct-tape and a propane torch to plastic weld my mother's vacuum cleaner together when I was atalented /diy/er

You have to set the flame so low that it's just a little blue bud at the end of the torch, no yellow at all, that will melt the plastic enough for using it for welds.

>>196638
Well, do you have experience sewing? you can make a nice, light tent from a tarp or two, if you make one that suspends from a tree then you don't need to worry about poles and you're set.

Also I've hidden a tomahawk on a school bus when I bought it on a school field trip, they fit nicely into satchel bags...but they suck as pillows(they jam nicely in between vertebrae)

Do you want comfort or do you want to do everything the lightest way?