Innovative Ideas Mans Club

[yellow door 1]

Originally Posted by matthewsiow

Why the man burned the stick before turning it into a spear? is that easier to bent it?

I'm no pro in this department as I have never done it. So my reply is not to be trusted

But as I understand it - when you heat wood that has just been cut - there are lots of resins, moisture and fibres that become more flexible and stretchy. The wood can be bent and if you hold it in that position, it will reset as it cools.
A naked flame takes moisture out of the wood which causes it to harden aswell.

If wood cant be bent into shape at room temperature, you can use steam, friction or fire.

But as I mentioned earlier - I dont know exactly what I'm talking about

[yellow door 1]

If you're a "Rugged Outdoor Adventurer/Lateral Thinking Innovative Ideas Man" like myself - these American TV series will be covering old ground. But if you're new to the game - They might be worth checking out

"Dual Survival" - Put 2 dudes out in a survival situation - Both have different backgrounds in how to survive - let them argue about how to get back to safety.

"Dude You're screwed" - If you can get over the over the top personalities, theres some interesting footage. You have 5 survival experts. Each week, one gets captured, blind folded and dropped somewhere nasty. They have 100 hours to make it back to civilization.

[yellow door 1]

And if you're a dirty perve - there's this offering

[yellow door 1]

Did your old esky lid fall off because it was just held in place with small self tappers - time for the wall plug upgrade.

[sucker]

i dont know how to post pics but is this something that was saved me a lot of coin over the years,its a long piece of ally pipe with a piece of flat ally screwed to it with a v in the end, if ya stuck tight just use the v pole to run down ya line in the v and bang... lures off!!! can also be used to trim mangroves when possum fishing.

[jb2020]

backyard engineering wouldn't be complete without dabbling in electronics.....Heres a compact power pack for kayak sounders that I put together a while back.....much lighter than traditional SLA batteries - only 500g, dimensions 188 x 113 x 47mm

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The chinese 'blue brick' Lion battery has stated capacity of 9800ma/h but this is not true at 12V (probably closer to half or 2/3). Still I reckon I could get 10-12 hrs runtime on my lowrance elite 4 HDI, which is more than enough for my day trips.
The whole setup, batt + charger, case, connectors cost me about $50.

[Bear]

Few more pallet projects. First up a decent work bench I can move around.

[Bear]

Bench seat. Always wanted one with a high back.

[stella fella]

Originally Posted by Bear

Bench seat. Always wanted one with a high back.

More a fan of horizontal slats. Vertical make me look fat

[jb2020]

the innovations seem to have dried up lately......cold weather keeping blokes out of their man caves?
anyway heres a winter innovation i knocked up recently - brake drum wood heater (one for the fire lovers)

helps if you can get all your steel & laser cutting for free and know someone with a mig welder!

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and a log holder:

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[yellow door 1]

Originally Posted by sucker

i dont know how to post pics but is this something that was saved me a lot of coin over the years,its a long piece of ally pipe with a piece of flat ally screwed to it with a v in the end, if ya stuck tight just use the v pole to run down ya line in the v and bang... lures off!!! can also be used to trim mangroves when possum fishing.

Sounds like the only thing missing from that pole is a camera mount to capture the action

[yellow door 1]

Originally Posted by jb2020

backyard engineering wouldn't be complete without dabbling in electronics.....Heres a compact power pack for kayak sounders that I put together a while back.....much lighter than traditional SLA batteries - only 500g, dimensions 188 x 113 x 47mm

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The chinese 'blue brick' Lion battery has stated capacity of 9800ma/h but this is not true at 12V (probably closer to half or 2/3). Still I reckon I could get 10-12 hrs runtime on my lowrance elite 4 HDI, which is more than enough for my day trips.
The whole setup, batt + charger, case, connectors cost me about $50.

Originally Posted by Bear

Few more pallet projects. First up a decent work bench I can move around.

Originally Posted by jb2020

the innovations seem to have dried up lately......cold weather keeping blokes out of their man caves?
anyway heres a winter innovation i knocked up recently - brake drum wood heater (one for the fire lovers)

helps if you can get all your steel & laser cutting for free and know someone with a mig welder!


and a log holder:

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I've noticed a disturbing trend in this thread of blokes actually producing incredibly functional and high quality items.....

So here's a portable heater made from the innards of a gas heater with a jerry rigged base made from metal lattice woven into the bottom with coat hanger wire

[sexton]

Originally Posted by jb2020

the innovations seem to have dried up lately......cold weather keeping blokes out of their man caves?
anyway heres a winter innovation i knocked up recently - brake drum wood heater (one for the fire lovers)

helps if you can get all your steel & laser cutting for free and know someone with a mig welder!

and a log holder:

That is frickin awesome!

[yellow door 1]

Steersy isnt the only innovator copping a hiding from copy cats this week.

If you take a look at my rod from 12 years ago and this recent AFTA entry. You'll be sure to spot some similarities.

Admittedly I stole the idea for cutting up a fisheries ruler sticker from Nicko but he hasnt got any 12 year old photos - so I'm claiming it

[Juzza]

cover up some scratches