Made up another chopping board from an old barrel head. I've made a few in the past for ourselves and family, but the bigger ones have always warped badly when drying, so after I glued this one up I put it back into the back into the barrel to dry. It kinda worked, not hugely warped like the others (ended up like a pringle), but still more than I'd like. It's still very usable, I made this one up as a butchers board - big enough to hold a deer leg and not move around because it's quite heavy. Still have to do a couple more coats of oil, but ready to use otherwise. I deliberately left the ends off so I could a) get it back into the barrel and b) so I can have it close to the edge of a table/bench/whatever when cutting up a leg as a full round moves it further away.
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Have been playing around with a few ideas for a pair of shooting sticks that I can pack down and take with me and ended up with a set of spare arrow shafts I had, these have a pair of point inserts back to back with a threaded rod so I can screw them together when needed. They're 34" long, so should be good for most times I'm likely to need it, but I can easily add another pair of sections to get a longer length. Just need to paint/cover the brass sleeve and it's good to go. They weigh SFA, maybe 150gr all up??
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Also bought myself an Aldi rangefinder so hopefully get out for a quick walk this w/e to try the sticks and rangefinder out at the same time. Looks like the first nice few days for a while!!
very pleased with myself
Thank you bigpete 
