Rat Rod Blades Challenge 2021 - Build thread

[us56456712]

Rabbit poo, balsam pitch and powered charcoal for the Indian glue.

 

[us56456712]

How's the artificial deer poop coming?

I’m trying rabbit poop.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Rabbit poo, balsam pitch and powered charcoal for the Indian glue.View attachment 152020

Lol two ends of the blade spectrum

 

[Verrt]

You know it's funny. Five hundred years ago there your average rat rodder probably exactly what kind of poop to use for which adhesive job.

 

[us56456712]

You know it's funny. Five hundred years ago there your average rat rodder probably exactly what kind of poop to use for which adhesive job.

I think the best is Elk and moose Dung. Larger chunks of fiber. Rabbit poo fiber is minuscule, they chew it too well.

 

[Duchess]

Hm, it might work a little better if you could get a first-dropped rabbit pellet. Because rabbits have inefficient digestive systems, they eat the initial results of their recent meal to extract more nutrients the second time around. Once it comes out again, they leave it. How to tell, I don't know. On second thought, maybe stick with the large ruminants.

 

[us56456712]

Rabbit poo, balsam pitch and powered charcoal for the Indian glue.View attachment 152020

I’m soaking a dog treat rawhide to get it soft enough to cut into binding strips.

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

I'm learning things here that I'm not sure I want to learn.

 

[Swampthing]

Friction Folder
Ya know, you probably shouldn’t sharpen a blade before the job is complete.
but now that I found my copper and hope to finish assembling it tomorrow,

this baby will be blood tempered.

 

[Oak Tree]

@Swampthing
Yes sir. Knives and blood do go together. Great pic. Hope you recovered.

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

ouch.

 

[us56456712]

I’m soaking a dog treat rawhide to get it soft enough to cut into binding strips.View attachment 152059

The dog treat has finally gotten soft and is ready to be cut in binding strips. Your supposed to chew it as saliva makes a chemical reaction that makes the hide more sticky but who knows how the hide was processed. I’m not chewing it. Rabbit poo is ok but you gotta draw the the line somewhere.

 

[OddJob]

The dog treat has finally gotten soft and is ready to be cut in binding strips. Your supposed to chew it as saliva makes a chemical reaction that makes the hide more sticky but who knows how the hide was processed. I’m not chewing it. Rabbit poo is ok but you gotta draw the the line somewhere.View attachment 152143

Could you simulate a teeth chewing using a vise grips on the rawhide? Might be worth a try. For those of us who have successfully won a tug of war pulling one of those away from our dog, we can testify to that stickiness that results from mastication.

 

[Verrt]

I feel like there's a chewing solution if you own either a dog or dentures

 

[us56456712]

I’m soaking a dog treat rawhide to get it soft enough to cut into binding strips.View attachment 152059

The dog treat has finally gotten soft and is ready to be cut in binding strips. Your supposed to chew it as saliva makes a chemical reaction that makes the hide more sticky but who knows how the hide was processed. I’m not chewing it. Rabbit poo is ok but you gotta draw the the line somewhere. My wife doesn’t care for me using her fine culinary rasp thingy to pulverize poop and charcoal so I took a tuna can and pounded a nail through the top to make a grater. Worked great.

 

[us56456712]

Could you simulate a teeth chewing using a vise grips on the rawhide? Might be worth a try. For those of us who have successfully won a tug of war pulling one of those away from our dog, we can testify to that stickiness that results from mastication.

Good idea, I’ll spit on it and work it in with players. Your a genius.

 

[Oak Tree]

Your supposed to chew it....
Are you reading directions somewhere? This is the second time I have had this question. I think the first time was after something like “ your supposed to use deer poop...”
Where are you getting these “supposed to’s”??

 

[Swampthing]

Yoopers know stuff.
It’s in the water.

 

[us56456712]

Your supposed to chew it....
Are you reading directions somewhere? This is the second time I have had this question. I think the first time was after something like “ your supposed to use deer poop...”
Where are you getting these “supposed to’s”??

The net and from a symposium I went to years ago.

 

[us56456712]

I broke down and chewed the binding, tastes like chicken. I used a double constrictor knot. There is rabbit poo glue comming off and staining the binding. I’m done.