How-to videos showcasing woodworking, metalworking and foam carving projects designed to inspire viewers to start creating! Throughout I'll add useful tips & tricks and help cut your learning curve whether you want to make one of a kind replica fish carvings from solid wood, or life-size, hyper realistic foam carvings, or traditional woodworking projects.
No work space is too small to dream big in, and this channel, I hope, can help inspire you to get out there and find the projects that matter to you and jump right in!
Great build . Do yourself a favour and if you own an air tool pump , get an air riveter.. best gift to myself ever . Saved so many sore wrists and scratched fingers
Oh man, I 100% know now why everyone I see out there has a Milwaukee cordless riveter. I think I’ve done well over 500 rivets in this project and got a heckva forearm workout. It’s a ton of fun though!
You are well on your way to a great fly fishing boat. Tiny boat Nation is a great resource for Ideas. I'm sure that you find the smoker to be a big improvement over your canoe for Cutthroat fishing.
Looks like it will float!! Hahaha! I can see that it will definitely catch more fish with this modification!! I look forward to part 2! I think you will have to carve your boat when you are done!! Thanks for sharing with us!! You will have to bring it to the east side we can take it out to Deer or Loon Lake and catch some mac's,. Our over to Newman Lake and catch some Muskie!
The fishability of this thing is sooo much better and I was actually just over east (well, center state) with it sweating it out on the Columbia chasing carp with my fly rod. I actually have set the goal of catching a tiger musky with my fly rod for my catch-2-carve series, so they’re totally on the short list of species to find! Thanks for watching!
@RiverbendWoodworks Newman Lake is a great Muskie Lake. I have not tried with my flyrod to catch one because I always run a steel leader to stop bite off. I'd be up for the challenge though! I will have to figure out a way to incorporate it.
I use a product called Ship n’Shore from Daly’s. It’s pretty easy to get ahold of online and a little bit goes a long ways. I use it on all kinds of projects that need a good harder base prior to finish. Basically, once a project is sanded, I apply it and re-sand lightly and you’re ready for any kind of finish.
You know, I don’t actually know if they do. Value is what you hold for something in most cases, so to me anything handcrafted with care holds a great value.
гарно робота. скажіть , чим ви покриваєте фігуру? я зазвичай роблю невеличкими шматками тканини на клею ,але я бачу існує більш швидкий спосіб зробити міцною фігуру
Дякую тобі! Я використовую поролонове пальто під назвою Roscoes Foam coat, хоча є багато компаній, які виробляють подібні продукти. Деякі навіть являють собою суху суміш, до якої ви просто додаєте воду, і в кінцевому результаті виходить гарна поверхня, яку можна шліфувати та фарбувати. Ці покриття зазвичай використовуються для театрального реквізиту.
@@RiverbendWoodworks дякую що відповіли . я як раз працюю в театрі в Україні . але в нас сучасна хімія дуже дорога і здебільшого ми користуємо дуже старі технології нажаль .
Well- it works, my new favorite lure. It’s so much fun to fish with. Almost had a heart attack though. One took me into the weeds-was able to get loose using the boat hook. Thanks again! Can’t figure out how to add photos.
Unfortunately, I don’t at this time. If I had the means to accurately reproduce them (like having a CNC), I would jump into making a few. That may be something I embark on in the future, however.
I have also wondered this very thing! It’s been on my hit list to do a video attempting a full hoop bend and will plan on giving it a shot in the future.
@@RiverbendWoodworks I guess what I’m asking is why can’t you just cut the net frame out of one solid piece of wood. Would it be to brittle as one solid piece without bending any kind of wood? The reason I’m asking is because I want to build a net but don’t have all the tools to do laminating and bending. I was just curious if there was a reason for all of that. I have some nice oak and I want to build one, but I don’t want to waste it if its not going to be strong enough.
@@Sarge43 in that case it comes down to two factors: wood wastage and weakened grain structure. The cost of a 3/4" x X" wide oak board would be very, very expensive, and the cross grain sections would be considerably weaker than the rest of the net. Would it hold up? Most likely, but if any water was introduced to the end grain it would quickly destroy it. I'm considering ripping a 3/4" x 5/8" strip of solid oak and doing a bend with that to see if it can handle the bend radius (not thinking it will no matter how much steam is applied) but seems fun to try!
So glad you like it! I think it'll be great lure for you and bet if you crank it down under the surface it'll be amazing. If you slowly crawl it on the surface the fish will go nuts as well. Good luck out there and share pics!
I use a few different things including heavy duty braided fishing line (a great choice and you'll have a ton on a spool), or heavy waxed line for leatherwork (available at craft stores in smaller 50' spools), or you can use woven decoy line for duck decoys. I also have been using a lot of Fish Pond brand net baskets lately which are awesome because they include a length of tie-in line and large threading needle.
Thanks for watching and I really do hope you give it a shot. The feeling of catching a fish on your own handcarved piece is hard to describe and so worth the effort.
It wakes beautifully on a slow retrieve but honestly I think it works best as a shallow crank-down. Dives to about 1’ on a medium retrieve. Lots of knocking sound from the wood, too 👌 hoping the epoxy coat holds up with how much knocking there is…
Although I enjoy instructional explanation of the build process, I know enough about it to follow. This is exactly what I look for on RU-vid every day! I enjoy making and watching lures be made. Excellent looking lure, however, this video needs a water based functional test to be complete.
Man, I hear ya. I wish I could’ve grabbed some on the water shots before this bait headed out to my friend, but stay tuned for some monster bass pictures here on my Posts and on my Instagram page, @riverbend_woodworks.
It’s so much better than I even expected and it’s now with my friend catching some dandy bass in eastern Washington! Figured it would work best where there is actually rattlesnakes.
I used Roscoe’s Foam Coat for this one, and it’s a great alternative to fiberglassing (and it doesn’t smell). The foam coat sands easy and is flame resistant, but you can’t stand on it or really abuse the carving like you can with fiberglass. I do use the Roscoe’s as a base layer as well if I am fiberglassing to avoid potentially melting the foam underneath due to the fiberglass heat reaction. I totally recommend the Roscoe’s though. Great stuff.
Awesome! You’re going to have a blast. The router bit is from a website called: Nets that honor the fish. If you google that it’ll turn up the site and it’s in their products section. Totally worth every penny! Good luck on your net build!
i love that you make use of stuff that you would be making anyway! not a seal pup necessarily, but you would be making something anyway, so why not make something that is needed!
That’s the fun part about my random little shop 😁 I make videos and projects because they’re interesting to me personally and love to share them because they can range all over the board. Keeps things interesting and years from now when people ask what I like to do I can refer to any number of awesome projects! Never a dull moment!
If you ever have to fur something again a really helpful method is covering the object in duct tape and using that to get pattern pieces. Ive used it for plushies! Also most dollar stores have these silicone finger tips that can help prevent those nasty hot glue burns
I just bought the WEN model 3417. From all my research and the price point I wanted to stay in, it looked like ALL of the "brand name" models were pretty much the same, so guessing all made in maybe 1 or 2 factories, only different names. I like Grizzly, I have their table saw, but the WEN was cheaper for me. About 25 years or more ago, I build my own out of 1/2 inch plywood. Used 2 pre-filters in front, the 3 chamber bag filter in middle, then on the exhaust side, another filter. The blower was twice the size of these today, and moved a HUGE amount of air. Spent less than $300 total for it. Today, it's cheaper to buy one made.
You’re totally right that the Wen and the Grizzly are essentially the same product, just different paint. It’s pretty wild how many wood and metalworking machines for different companies are actually made in the same factory-from bandsaws to table saws and planers. Often, it comes down to paint or a slightly different stamp for the body shell. The rest is basically 1:1 and parts are even interchangeable.
Ha! Unfortunately, it probably tics a pretty small algorithm box here on RU-vid, but I’m happy for every view it gets and appreciate you watching and glad it helps!
your art is amazing mate you deserve so many more subs and viewers i think its almost criminal you haven't been shown much love by the RU-vid algorithm ... makes me quite sad as your very likable too. i am probably going to attempt this one myself, i can 3d model stuff but i would really like to do try something like this for my sons wall he has autism but he is dinosaur mad he would go bonkers for something like this. thank you bro
Oh man, thank you so much for the kind words. I love tackling projects like this, especially the ones that I know folks will stop and scratch their head wondering how it was done or at least appreciate the size of the real animal. It’s actually easier than you think to pull this kind of project off for your kiddo. If you jump into it, please share pics with me on Instagram: @riverbend_woodworks
@@RiverbendWoodworks 100% buddy I can 3d model, so it would be a great 1st project to try the same thing in the real world with my hands.. I think I can do it maybe not as good as you on my first try but that don't matter baby steps. It will probably be the first project I start when I build my shed in the summer as I don't think the mrs would appreciate me doing that in the house You are a artist mate and you don't even know it you are very humble.. I am not impressed easily but you impressed me. Top bloke
