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Recent content by jvmorton2002

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    Pocket knives.

    I've always been big on the leatherman(I don't go camping without a couple of them) as for my pocket knife it's either my 4" junglee or my benchmade automatic- they're really handy, easy to open one-handed, and hold an edge very well. I also carry my sharpening kit with me camping for my friends...
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    Camping Lantern.

    Has me rethinking my coleman exponent lantern, I love it's compact size, but the heat it gives off can be problematic if things aren't going quite right...
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    Pictures of my first build

    I added a few more pictures... I've added some pictures to the slide show of my build... soon as the monsoons clear up this week, I'm going to get her wet!(hopefully, I'll have some with fish flopping about in the bottom!)
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    Old fishing reels

    One of my friends came by my workshop today with a box of old reels today- Does anybody here collect reels? He asked me to put them on ebay for him, but I thought it would be better to give the folks here first crack at having one or all of them... http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c365/ ...
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    No fishing partner?

    No way I'd fish in a crowd like that- but, part of me might enjoy watching the carnage from a safe distance... say, a hundred yards or so.
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    Missouri Trout fishing

    Heck, the trees and rocks in the way are what make fly fishing challenging... If I hadn't figured out how to roll cast I'd be out of luck at most of the places I fish... just wish I could catch trout- the fish and wildlife people put about a thousand of them in every 2 weeks and I can't get on...
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    Pictures of my first build

    Yes, I built that too, along with several others- I'm not doing that anymore I kind of burned out on it and am working on the tooling to build more practical bikes, for hauling cargo (fishing gear, towing pirogues) I'm trying to leave as small a foot print as possible. here's a link to a slide...
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    Pictures of my first build

    I used lap joints on the ribs, since they're easier to make with the tools I have to work with(and my limited wood working skills) and thanks to all for the compliments and encouragement!
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    Pictures of my first build

    Considering that I've been building this thing from studying the pictures and postings that other folks have been putting up on this board, I've had surprisingly few"oh my, what did I do?"moments and have been able to figure out how to make things work out... Anyway here's the link to a...