Make boomerangi, it is possible from a simple and affordable material - plywood. And with the help of jigsaw and sandpaper, you can easily make a boomerang with your own hands. But how to make a boomerang from natural wood, few people wondered. However, from the natural tree, the boomerang will be most exciting and beautiful. In addition, it is a creative process, an excellent way to remove the stress of everyday life!
What wood use
First of all, for these purposes, it is necessary to choose a suitable piece of wood curved under 90-100 degrees ("knee"). The most suitable will be solid wood, such as oak, linden or birch.
Going up in the underlying forest or forest belt, and proceed to finding the optimal piece of wood, if possible, look for a dry branch. Just do not forget to grab your hacksaw or ax. It is advisable to choose branches with a diameter of 10 cm. To be able to make several boomerangs from one piece.
Fresh wood is not suitable for processing directly
You must dry it. To accelerate the drying process, it is necessary to remove the bore with the help of a knife and shock the ends with wax. This prevents a tree from too fast drying, which can entail cracks. For good drying it will take a year. It is necessary to store it in a well ventilated place. Do not put it under the right sunlight or on the radiator. The slower he will dry, the better.
Can be processed
To begin with, it is necessary to cut the side parts so that the "knee" was flat and the thickness was equally the same. For these purposes, a circular or electrical planer is suitable. But do not forget that to process such a knee on the circular is not very convenient and dangerous, it is extremely attentive.Side sides cut into a minimum so that we have the opportunity to make several boomerangs from one piece.
Clamping "knee" in vice, and we saw, into several identical blanks with the help of a manual hacksaw (on a circular).
We have 3 identical blanks, about 10 mm thick.
We proceed to markup
In the manufacture of boomerang, there are no clear limitations in shape. For this, show fantasy and outline the face of your imaginary boomeranga.
Unfront cut the jigsaw or sharp machine.
Give profile wings of boomeranga
What you want to melt shadow the marker.
If you have difficulty how to make the correct markup, use the boomeranga drawing, you can print it on the printer and stick to the workpiece. Red dots indicate the thickness of the boomeranga in these places.
We take large sandpaper or grinding machine and proceed to the processing of the edges of the boomeranga, give them the desired profile. Processing is performed only on one side (facial), the back side remains smooth and smooth, with the exception of the end of the boomeranga that are indicated on the drawing of the dotted line. Here the main thing is not to hurry.
At the final stage, it processes the boomerang small emery paper so that there are no traces left (scratches) from the major sandpaper.
It remains only to open it with varnish to protect against atmospheric influences and give a pleasant appearance. Boomerang made with your own hands ready, now proceed to testing its flight qualities.
Attention!!! Flying boomerang is a danger not only for the thrown, but also for others. It is best to run it on a large, open area or lawn, removing viewers for a greater distance.