First attempts with Red Cedar

Hello <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" longdesc="2"><br><br>It´s been quite a while since i posted a Slingshot here.<br><br>To even that out i got two today <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" longdesc="2"><br><br>My aim was to make very light but solid frames. As i mentioned in one of my latest posts i like the look (and now the smell) of RedCedar a lot and wanted to try that wood.<br>Managed to buy a nice board with red and nearly white/yellow parts in it for maximum contrast.<br><br>The wood is <i>very</i> soft...you can create dents with your fingernails...so a pure boardcut wouldn´t survive strong bands i assume.<br>But since it´s so soft, the wood is very light. Aluminum was the perfect addition for it to create a light yet solid shooter.<br><br><br>The first Slingshot got a solid and thick Plamswell made of nearly perfect black Macassar Ebony. Nice contrast to feel that dense, heavy and solid wood next to the fragile Cedar.<br>Unintentionally the colors on the Backside are matching the German flag. Found that quite funny when i sanded it. So i named it "The German-Shooter"<br><br><br><img src="http://s14.directupload.net/images/121028/vacvblci.jpg" border="0" alt=""><br><br><br><img src="http://s14.directupload.net/images/121028/frmlm9lg.jpg" border="0" alt=""><br><br><br><img src="http://s1.directupload.net/images/121028/ooqvsx7f.jpg" border="0" alt=""><br><br><br>The other one is pure light-build. For the Palmswell i went with <br>Aluminum again. I´m not a Fan of highly polished Aluminum, since it´s <br>too soft to keep that look very long when it´s used so i went for a <br>"brushed" look.<br>It´s also easier to keep the wood clean when you don´t sand it down to 1k grit.<br>For the cutout i tried to place the forktips in the bright parts of the board.<br>Because of the Aluminum Backside i gave it the Name "Silvernugget".<br><br>The<br> Pictures were taken after Sunset...the days are way to short atm for <br>me...i already wish spring would start again next week <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_sad.gif" alt="Sad" longdesc="3"> hope you like <br>them nevertheless <img src="http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_pale.gif" alt="pale" longdesc="26"><br><br><br><img src="http://s14.directupload.net/images/121028/p5fxeevm.jpg" border="0" alt=""><br><br><br><img src="http://s14.directupload.net/images/121028/xpruvj5y.jpg" border="0" alt="">

 

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<tr><td><span class="genmed"><b>theslingshotboy wrote:</b></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="quote">I see why you havent posted anything in a while it must of been alot of work. How long did it take you to make</td></tr>
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<span class="postbody"><br><br>Only because i was too buisy with other stuff, that wood is so soft, you can make one in at least 50% of the time compared to amaranth or stabilized wood.<br><br>I don´t really count the hours...everytime i´d like to work a bit...i just do it...sometimes only 30min a day, sometimes a few hours.</span>