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Elderberry Float Making


If the task is to create a series of high-quality floats, then an ideal and most easily accessible material for these purposes will be a tree such as elderberry. It is very common and it is difficult to be in such a forest where it would be impossible to meet such a plant. A distinctive feature of this plant over others is that the elderberry stalks are full, they are filled with something like a soft foam, which can be very easily removed. The result is a hollow tube that is great for creating floats. In addition, elderberry is also very light wood after drying, and it lends itself very well to processing.

Materials and tools for the manufacture of floats:
- smooth branches of elderberry;
- knife;
- sandpaper;
- a hacksaw for metal;
- wire to create loops (the author uses pins);
- wood to create plugs (pine, birch, etc.);
- paint, glue, varnish and accessories for painting.
Elderberry Float Making

The manufacturing process of floats:

Step one. We stock up on material
First you need to find the elderberry bush and cut the blanks to create floats. You can use both already dry branches and raw ones, but the latter will need to be well dried before painting. Dry branches need to be watched, because they are already too brittle and brittle to create a float. As for the diameter of the barrel, it all depends on the needs of the fisherman. The most important condition is that the stems are even and without knots.


Step Two We create blanks for floats
First you need to find on the branches those stems that have no knots and are even. They need to be cut as long as you want to create a float. Next, you need to remove the bark from the workpieces and dry them thoroughly. Drying should occur smoothly, gradually, otherwise the sticks may crack. Cutting wood is best done with a hacksaw, as elderberry is quite fragile. Also, before drying, foamy cellulose must be removed from the column, it can be picked out with a screwdriver or cleaned with a nail head.

If we talk about numbers, then the author's floats are obtained from a length of 15 to 30 cm, and in diameter about 15-25 mm.



Step Three We make caps for holes

While the workpieces are dry, you can make caps for floats, they are needed to clog the upper and lower holes. In addition, a loop is installed in the bottom plug, which allows you to attach the float to the fishing line.To create a stub, any wood can be used, the main thing is that it be soft and easy to process with a knife. A drill hole must be drilled through the bottom plug to install the hinge. As for the upper one, if an additional pole will be attached to the float, then there will also need to be a hole.



Step Four Collect the bobber
When the workpieces have dried, the float can be collected. First, you need to insert a loop into the bottom plug; the author makes it from pins. On the other side of the cork, the wire must be bent so that it is securely fixed in the float. The wire itself needs to be greased with glue to ensure good tightness. Well, then the corks with glue are installed in a tube of elderberry. As an adhesive, the author uses epoxy resin.










Step Five Final work
After assembling the float, you can come to grinding it. For these purposes, you will need sandpaper. With the help of it, the float needs to be made even and smooth, at this stage it is prepared for painting. Also, sandpaper needs to give a rounded shape to the upper part of the float and the bottom, this will make it more aesthetic. After processing, you can start painting.




Painting a float consists of several stages. The most important thing in this is to reliably protect the wood from getting wet, otherwise the float will quickly deteriorate and begin to sink. As for coloring, here everyone already chooses to their taste. According to the classics, to make the float clearly visible when fishing, it is painted with alternating red and yellow colors. When the paint dries, the float must be opened with several layers of colorless varnish. This will reliably protect it from exposure to water.

According to the author, the floats have pretty good characteristics, but they are a bit heavier than those made of balsa wood. The float, which can be seen in the photo, is 17 cm in length and 16 in diameter, as a result, its weight is 17 grams together with varnish and paint. The density of the material is about 0.5 grams per cubic centimeter, this suggests that the float does not have very high buoyancy, which means that it will require a small weight, and you can catch it only on light and medium baits. If heavier baits will be used, then a similar float can be made from balsa, its buoyancy will be three times higher.
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Dmitrij,
I also never had fractures, pah pah. Well, except that nose fractures a couple of times ... This is generally a most amusing story ... They wanted to catapult the ball with the help of rocking chairs. Countdown: 3 ... 2 ... THE BALL IS FALLING ... I bend to pick it up ... 1 ... I flew up because on the other hand the boy was jumping ... The lower tooth was chopped a bit ... Then my mother decided that my nose was bent the other way ... When it was straightened it was more painful!
Author
Yes, there were a lot of injuries, the frames broke, the brakes failed ... combed knees, hands, wounds. But I haven’t received a fracture in my life, pah pah ... and no, I'm not fat, bony, apparently the bones are strong))

He even shot down two people, but without injuries, which is interesting. Although at a breakneck speed. However, not my fault, they themselves jump under the wheels.

There are more chances to kill than on a car. And parents think let the child ride a bicycle, what's so bad .... yeah ... better buy a car right away))
And I only have a bike ride ... We drove with a friend from a hill at such a speed that I couldn’t pedal already ... I know this place, I rode many times ... I wanted to spectacularly turn to the column, as I always do ... Slowed down, but friend not ...He crashed from behind, we fell on our left side and we were inertia, or rather, a friend dragged along my native land with stones ... The joke is that I did not reach the ground, crashed into a half-dug tire! And my legs only drove forward ... But my friend was not lucky: my hands were scratched, especially my palms, my head, even my fifth point was scratched through my jeans ... It’s good that we reached the column, and the wounds were washed ...: crazy:
But here I have: After the blow, my chest hurt a little, Boska a little more! There was still a small scar on my knee ... The tire from this did not save me! Although ... If I drove 20 cm to the right, then the blow would have come in the face ...
Now, when we ride with him, I’m all afraid that he’s behind in # #% I
Author
your man) Yes, there are those who are scratched and are already afraid to approach the technique. And sometimes fractures, arms, legs tear off, and still sits)

But I was not injured, the car is strong, GAZ69A)) Tank. They called a tractor, turned it over, started it, drove home on its own. Oil and gasoline a little leaked. Although there could have been one drummer in the temple and that’s all ... But for a couple of hours the truth was shaking hands, but not so much out of pity as from what would fly in me)))
Dmitrij,
In my youth, on a motorcycle, Sileo “tumbled” ... Everyone who came to the hospital to me for some reason was sure that I wouldn’t ride a motorcycle anymore!)))) ...
... Naive ....)))) ... After discharge, on the very first day I redid the rear brakes from the "right foot" to the steering wheel, instead of the front (you can ride without it ...), and added two brackets for crutches .....))))))
Dmitrij,
Yes, my desire disappeared only temporarily, I just want to take everything for the crossbow in a normal way, and there are parts for the flamethrower ... There’s nothing to say about the bug! Only rings would buy ...
Author
wow, what a new citation system) For a long time I did not write in the comments.

And to do .... he wants to, he will let him go. This will not stop the present inventor) Although you will be more careful in the future. I, too, once poured so much plastic into my hands ...)) Burns, cuts, this is the norm. Once poured gasoline by the fire by accident, turned the bottle over and the whole caught fire: biggrin:
I tumbled by car, well, nothing, all the rules, I'm not afraid of anything, no equipment. But no, I'm lying ... I'm afraid of a dental machine.
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Author
yes, yes, I understand you, sulfur hit my head, Iodine sniffed there as well) you should rest, do not strain, the patient needs peace)

The etymology was given, in principle, correct, but quite modern. We need to go further and deeper =). “Open” - a word containing, in fact, two prefixes - “c” and “c”. The root “cover” has not changed its meaning and it is familiar to everyone - “pour, lay”. Prefixes only specify. “C” is the movement from top to bottom, and “B” is the movement inward. That is, it turns out that the meaning of the phrase “open with varnish” is “pour / put this varnish on the surface and inward / inward”. And always from top to bottom =). It turns out that in this phrase immediately two of the above-mentioned concepts were combined - application with simultaneous etching. Well, +, of course, emotional color - open / reveal the beauty of a tree =).
When the paint dries, the float must be several layers of colorless varnish.

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