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Title: Resurrected riser
Post by: Bodork on November 18, 2013, 09:33:00 PM
Here are a few pics of a lamp I just finished for my nephew. He recently rented his first house and his theme is camo.
The riser is from a bow I was making. My air hose deflated and the belly veneers had a gap top and bottom on the riser fades. I cut the limbs off and shaped the riser as usual. Added an old shed and mounted them on a rock. It actually came out better than I expected!

   (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/mikebaker/100_2099_zps30b2b771.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikebaker/media/100_2099_zps30b2b771.jpg.html)

   (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/mikebaker/100_2101_zpsb993d744.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikebaker/media/100_2101_zpsb993d744.jpg.html)
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Post by: larry on November 18, 2013, 09:39:00 PM
:thumbsup:
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Post by: kuch on November 18, 2013, 09:46:00 PM
super cool
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Post by: Bowitis on November 18, 2013, 09:48:00 PM
Great idea!
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Post by: Gen273 on November 18, 2013, 09:49:00 PM
I love it, nice work!!!
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Post by: ron w on November 18, 2013, 10:08:00 PM
That's really nice......well done!!   :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:    :notworthy:
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Post by: MR BILL SHORTY on November 19, 2013, 12:45:00 AM
:thumbsup:    :archer:
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Post by: MR BILL SHORTY on November 19, 2013, 12:46:00 AM
:thumbsup:    :archer:
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Post by: Lin Rhea on November 19, 2013, 09:15:00 AM
That some creativity! I love it! Nice work.
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Post by: JamesKerr on November 19, 2013, 09:16:00 AM
Cool idea!
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Post by: NBK on November 19, 2013, 09:22:00 AM
Really cool idea and looks awesome!
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Post by: KSshrewman on November 19, 2013, 03:10:00 PM
I think you could sell those.
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Post by: DarkTimber on November 19, 2013, 03:25:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by KSshrewman:
I think you could sell those.
I'd buy one.  Would look great in the cabin!
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Post by: joe vt on November 19, 2013, 03:57:00 PM
I think that looks awesome!


Can you explain what you did with the power cord?
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Post by: Burnsie on November 19, 2013, 04:32:00 PM
Good reason to hang on to those old, broken, or delaminated garage sale bows.
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Post by: Bodork on November 19, 2013, 10:29:00 PM
Thanks guys! Joe, I drilled a hole through the riser and rock. I used a 1/4" drill bit 12" long. I rotated the table on my drill press vertical and clamped the riser to it. I centered the bit in the limb and carefully started to drill. I could only drill a few inches because that's all the travel I had with the table so low. I then drilled as far as I could using the hole as a pilot and pushing the riser up with my hands. Then I reclamped the riser other end up on the table. I used a laser line to line the bit up with the hole I just drilled the best I could. To my surprise, the holes lined up the first try!
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Post by: Rick Moss on November 20, 2013, 12:04:00 AM
AWESOME, ABSOLUTELY AWESOME! I love it, looks great. I want a pair, lol.
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Post by: joe vt on November 20, 2013, 07:00:00 AM
Mike, that sounds like quite the process of drilling. You did a bang up job. Next riser you mess up give me a call  :)
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Post by: imskippy on November 20, 2013, 04:07:00 PM
Nicely done.
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Post by: Timbuck2 on November 20, 2013, 05:37:00 PM
Great job.    :thumbsup:  
I like that.
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