Carving A Boomerang From Brazilian Ipe
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- Опубліковано 27 жов 2024
- Check out this boomerang I carved using Ipe. Ipe is a tropical wood from Brazil that is very dense and resilient to decay. This was my first attempt at making a boomerang and it didn't work as well as I'd like. Here are a few thoughts on what I think could be improved.
1. Ipe is probably too heavy of a wood, the boomerang weighs in at 4 ounces and should probably be more like 3 ounces. The extra weight is probably effecting how it flies.
2. There's an issue with wood movement because I made the boomerang from a solid piece of wood. It's likely to bow with humidity changes, which will effect how well it flies.
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It's all in the snap of the wrist. Using your full arm but keeping your wrist tight causes it to shoot flat and then straight up in a L shape. Make sure you got one of the toe ends filed down more so into a sharpish edge and have the other one thicker. This plays into what makes them fly really good: Bernoulli's Air Principle. The three armed boomerangs are the easiest to learn on in my opinion. Hope this helps! It gets really addicting when you get the hang of it!
I tried learning to throw a return boomerang several years ago. Threw the thing about 5000 times, went and fetched it about 4999 times. I'm still waiting for that last throw to return on its own.
KarlBunker they're a gimmick. And for those who say, you get what you pay for, not in this case. The expensive boomerangs are just made with different wood and cut more precise. but the overall effect if the same. YOUR throw is what really matters with getting it to cut the air to turn slightly.
KarlBunker
HAHA LOL
RBabik Ii they're not really a gimmick since they were used as actual hunting weapons by Australian aboriginies they've typically got enough power to kill a kangaroo
KarlBunker. Not all are gimmicks Logan broadbent is a U.S. Boomerang champion and he teaches how to throw... Patients is the problem with us people sometimes... ua-cam.com/video/kKkGfhklyrE/v-deo.html
Returning boomerangs were used to scare birds , like ducks , into nets that were slung across creeks or other waterways. Other non returning boomerangs that were much heavier and larger were used to hunt larger game like kangaroos or in warfare between different tribes .A returning boomerang is no gimmick ,if thrown correctly it will return to the thrower and s/he can catch it and throw again. the guy in the video is throwing it the wrong way around and at the wrong angle
Hey, don't feel bad, first time I tried I threw it wrong also !
Best one that I ever made was from quarter inch plywood, never had to take more than two steps to catch it.
It LOOKS great though !
Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍
I've been throwing returning boomerangs since I was a kid, and got into carving hunting boomerangs as well. Bro your throwing it all wrong. Excellent craftsmanship though, and legit amazing wood. Where did you get that wood?
Description of proper throwing?? Or maybe make a video on how to???
I was hoping this would fly a lot better any suggestions on how to improve the design are welcomed! Thanks Everybody
Andy Rawls its not the design, its how you throw it dude
ua-cam.com/video/jPj53n33F7Q/v-deo.html
Andy Rawls you don't need to make any changes to the boomerang, you just need to throw it out a bit wider, basically face one way then turn 90 degrees right and throw it , hope this works for you.
Hi Andy, check this out, it's the best video to understand how it works and how to throw it, thanks for sharing your work! ua-cam.com/video/ADJKsLEAOHo/v-deo.html
As everyone has already said you throw it wrong (Should be upright), but you also made it easier to be thrown left handed
It's supposed to be thrown the other way around (angle inside) - therefore leading and trailing edges are wrong :/
@@hellojohnhello89 haha he's right he is throwing it backwards, lmao it helps cut the wind like a propeller on an airplane, it's arrow dynamic, your geometry needs some work there John, lmao
Here about the guy who built a new boomerang, went crazy trying to throw the old one away! Nice wood working, nice looking boomerang! Really enjoy your videos.
Hey Andy, i'm from Brazil and i'm happy to see you're using our material to craft things. Keep up with the good work man!
Comentando isso faz parecer que o Brasil carece de atenção
@@joandrewart ai dento
This was an awesome build man, but you've got it all backwards. They should be thrown the opposite way, with the point you aren't holding, leading.
yes and with a hard flip of the wrist
Liam Jorgensen aren’t you supposed to throw it with vertical orientation also?
That looks like a lot of fun to make, great for scrap wood laying around. I might have to try that.
Thanks for sharing your projects wether you succeed or fail. Seeing a maker you respect mess up makes it feel more okay when you mess up too. ♥️
This is amazing! And what a beautiful piece of Ipe!
I think because it’s heavy you need a longer thinner wing, that way one revolution generates more lift while keeping the wing weight to a minimum. Of course I’ve never even thrown a boomerang haha
I from Brazil.
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Best vídeos.
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Junior Carriel well this wood does come from your forests
I remember seeing a blueprint of a boomerang many years ago and it had a lot details on the edges and how many degrees everything was supposed to be at.
I think it might be more complicated than you think.
Beautiful Boomerang! Only need to learn to play!
Enjoyed watching this. The craftsmanship is excellent!
there's a guy I see about once a year who sells boomerangs. I've seen him do it expertly, and when I've thrown them I can at least get them to come back my way. The way he throws them is kindof like an overhand throw, kinda like you were throwing an axe, but turned at a diagonal maybe 45 degrees or so, basically playing with the angle helps determine how fast it will return. also he throws them with the pointy edge outward (also kinda like an axe), not sure if that makes a difference or not. Good luck, the boomerang looks great :)
also I found this other guys video and he does it more or less how I remember... ua-cam.com/video/jPj53n33F7Q/v-deo.html
As other suggested, the shape is not correct - it should resemble an airplane wing but most importantly you are throwing it wrong :)
googhalava no body asked for ur opinion
@@memeking1192 I did... I am the one who asked
Hey Andy... love your Chanel. I’m a ‘chippy’ (carpenter) from Australia, also hold a commercial pilots licence and love and understand the aeronautics behind the boomerang. Played with them lots as a kid, but have never had a crack at carving one, so well done.
Just a heads up about your throwing style. You are supposed to throw them the other way round. Concave away. Flat side against your palm and upright or perpendicular to the ground. Similar action to throwing a hatchet
Which I have seen you are very talented at.
Might give you a better result.
Well done though, Looks well balanced and beautifully made. The grains in that timber are gorgeous.
God bless... keep the videos coming.
This guy explains the technique very well.
ua-cam.com/video/jPj53n33F7Q/v-deo.html
I'm from Brazil and i love your work, thanks Andy Rawls.!
Oh my God. Watching you throw a boomerang was like watching a kid trying to reverse park.
Do u know what I love about the videos ? No music...just the sound of cutting wood :)
Nice video to make the hidden brazilians in the channel show themselves on the comments. BR CARAI
BR CARAI
I would think that there are quite a few boomers up his trees
I made one of these. I didn't like it so I threw it away, but it kept coming back. I wanted one like Andy's because I need the exercise. Lol.
Super cool project!!!
Even if it cannot return you could use it as a decoration it looks great!
Nice piece of work! Good job
Greetings from Brazil, Rio ! Love the channel !
Hey Andy, look up a UA-cam of some pros throwing boomerangs, if memory serves me as has been commented here:
1) throw the boomerang with the turn of the boomerang “into” the throw
2) don’t throw it flat, I believe at an angle just off vertical (and the arc of throw flattens out as it swings round)
Needs verifying but these two points were big aha moments memory still works.
I lov ur professional set up😋
it does not come back because you are throwing it backwards!
I don’t really know anything about boomerangs, except that I don’t have the skill set to be able to use one.
HOWEVER that is a beautiful piece of wood.
ANYONE can when the know HOW
Andy your videos are so relaxing, i always find myself browsing your channel when im stressed. Keep up the great work!! also, ipes are beautiful. I'm from Brasil and they're just everywhere :D
If you throw it at a 45 degree angle it'll work much better! Hope this helps! Love your videos
Won't beat a dead horse about your grip. I will say though that I'm a new subscriber brought over from Demo Ranch and OTR. I have to say I'm very impressed with your videos and skill. Great work and I look forward to your next video!
Super awesome! Great job! And it wasn't the Boomerang, it was the way you threw it. Don't feel bad though, it took me a long time to get it down.
Keep up the awesome work!
Look for Victor Poulin. You should throw it concave side facing front, slightly downwards, flat side away fron the wind (if any). A Victor design with your delicate finish could be a really good boomerang I think. Cheers!!!
This is so AWESOME
I'm from Brazil, very good your videos
Hey mate that’s a great project & would of been perfect for you to have eucalyptus, when ya throwing them hold it 180 degrees to what you have it & start your trajectory out right & the bugger will circle around & should come back to within 5 metres of your location, Boomerang a genius Koori invention cobber 👍
You have excellent tools there with you, to improve and a lot, make a wider escape and near the tip of the boomerang, and a larger angle in the attack, but all this will depend a lot on the material that you use and the thickness as well. .. hugs and good luck any doubt ask ...
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Nicely done!!!
Amazing boomerang
The shop is very organized
You should throw it like you are throwing knife. Vertical. And you will see the magic. Later you make small tunings. Did you try it later then this video ? Its really magical thing. You should see it.
As a beginner woodworker who struggles with sharpening tools you mind giving some tips?
Covfefe the Feared not Andy, but check out crimson guitars channel fir some sharpening vids
Also Matt Estlea or Rob Cosman channels
How can you make it so right, and throw it so wrong?
Dude: It supposed to come back to me right
Me: you're throwing it the wrong way
Amazing Work! Well done!
This is a good job
I've been watching the channel for well over a year and one thing is missing in my opinion, a skateboard/longboard. I think that it would look cool for you to try your hand in a new section of woodworking and seeing the process on how its made! Anyways, you keep doing you and if you have the time, make a longboard. Love your videos
It's all about the thick/thin ratio - imagine an airplane wing. So: aim for thin being one fifth or less than thick. Also: throwing a b is a skill you need to develop; first time always sucks.
Learn proper technique BEFORE throwing and you might surprise yourself!
Throwing a boomerang and getting it to come back to you takes a lot of practice. I never figured it out before the thing got stuck on the roof of the house then I got a regular stick and trained my dog to fetch it that was way easyer.
I’m pretty sure you throw it ‘open side’ first. Had one as a kid. Could purely depend on how it was originally shaped.
Great videos, love from Australia
Looks nice throwing it backwards though 👌 also might help trim down the leading ends,
Throw it straight ahead like a karate chop coming down Also make sure the trailing edge conforms more to the sweeping slope of the top camber of an airfoil. looks great! Remember, Karate chop Haiiiiyaahh! lol
Hi Andy it looks good but you made something that looks like a boomerang but that's it. There are in fact many shapes and uses some are designed to come back some are just to knock birds from flight and provide food they have a little more weight like yours. Come to Australia sometime for a holiday and meet the cleaver old fellas who carve them by hand with sharp rocks I bet you would love it. Man you sure have a nice work shop kind regards Mike.
I believe it's supposed to be thrown with the end facing outwards (opposite to how you threw it) 🙌
Hey Andy,
First off I’m a fan of your videos. They definitely have the Hill Country vibe. I found you on UA-cam awhile back and only noticed we lived in the same town by a Cibolo Creek brewery sticker on a piece of your equipment! Do you recommend any local mills or lumber yards for quality wood? Besides the back yard full of live oak stumps of course. Also, would love to see you create something out of our pesty cedar. Or ashe juniper rather. Anyway, keep up the good work. Maybe I’ll see you around town!
-Christian
When throwing a boomerang you should throw it at a 45° angle up from the ground and it should be perpendicular to the ground, once you correct your angles, it will level out and then start the return and dissent.
Quem é do Brasil da like !!!!
Eu
Eu sou bumeranguistas , ensino a fazer e sou brasileiro !
Eu tive mó trabalhão pra escrever isso em inglês "Crafting boomerang" sendo que a poha do baglh tem Brazilian no nome Dx
beautiful wood 😊 👍
Andy, this is awesome and hilarious. Keep it up. I thought the whole time you were a boomerang jedi.
Nice vídeo man, love it 👍
How's your throwing now?? Succeed?
Um salve aqui do Brasil ! Muito bonito seu bumerangue . Você só errou na hora do arremesso , tem que ser feito com o bumerangue em pé e não deitado . Abraço .
Richard Hammond did a show, on which is an episode that contains boomerangs and shows the correct boomerang, and the correct throw for a returning boomerang.
Try throwing it with the boomerang facing like an upside down L. The end of the boomerang should pointing in the direction you’re going to throw it. Also since you’re right handed have the flat face of it away from you and throw it normal like a baseball. Hope this helps!
Congrats from Brazil. Have you ever seen a wood called Jacaranda?
Nothing against you, did you checked how beautiful are the Brazilian ipe tree?
Nice video as always. Here is some wisdom from my wife. Anything can be a boomerang if you throw it straight up.
Greetings from Brasil !!!
Make a chair for like a desk! It would be awesome to see how u do it
From experience, if you make it from a straight piece of wood it will break along the grain. If you can find slabs that have a natural bend in the grain it makes it virtually indestructible!
I’ll give you a quick run down on how to throw. 1. Establish where the wind is and the direction it’s blowing from.
2. Face body directly into wind
3. Imagine a 12 hand clock, picture the 12 directly in front of you.
4. Now picture the 1-2 o’clock hands.
5. Throw overhand but not to hard, just firm into the 1-2 o’clock hand area.
6. Slowly start finding the sweet spot and soon enough it should/may come back to you.
p.s. don’t throw under arm that’s for duck hunting and there will be no chance of that boomerang coming back
I had one of the late 1950 plywood boomerangs it flew ok but seems the wings were wider then yours weight had to be 5-6 oz.
Mine had very even wings and it flew and returned to within 25 yards.
Hey great job and beautiful looking boomerang but you are throwing it wrong. You don't throw it laying over to the side - that is why the flight patter is off. You throw it more vertical and it should fly out and lay over on its own and come back. With that being said I have been throwing boomerangs for about 20 years and have made a few. Even though I have gotten them to work for some reason the ones I have made have never been as good of fliers as the ones professional boomerang makers make. The balance is very very important and I believe the smallest amount off can have a huge effect. Again though awesome looking boomerang!
I hope you didn't throw it away. You can make it work by adding airfoils, which are what makes boomerangs come back. From what I saw, your boomerang didn't have any. Nice vid anyway
beautiful wood. Was that BLO you rubbed on it?
😍😍😍👏👏👏 experimenta arremessar com a abertura para frente e à 90° com a face chata contra o vento... 😉
it's so sad seeing it not come back
You are very lucky by getting this piece of ipê. Even here I'm Brazil it's forbidden to cut this tree and get this wood, unless you get a license.
The last video you had 186K subs, now you have 191K subs. Keep up the good work☺. Maybe use an even lighter kind of wood?
You have some balls throwing it around all those trees
It is used by TAMIL civilians 4000 years ago as a weapon in war,,,and its actual name was VALARI
It was actually used by the Australian Aboriginal people, they are know as the oldest living civilisation at 65000 years ago. It was known that they had different kinds of boomerang for different circumstances.
@@cameronhunter6792 Nope..!! U r wrong Tamil civilation and Tamil language is the world oldest.. If u have doubt u can search in google.. And boomerang its coped from valari which made by Tamil civilations
@@jamespandi82people who rely on Google and can't spell civilization tend to lose credibility. People have been using "rabbit sticks" as long as there have been rabbits and sticks. It predates civilization. So to claim that the boomerang was used by a certain people and called a certain thing is only a guess. At best, they were the first credited and recorded users to refine it and give it a name.
I think you’re throwing it wrong. I remember throwing it the opposite way ie it’s elbow face toward you and a leading end facing your target!
Hollywood's going to get Joaquen Phoenix to play you in the movies.
The moment i saw you sawing it from a _straight_ piece of wood i had no high hopes for the video. Didn't pay much attention which edges got which shape, but you hold the boomerang the wrong way. The middle part must point towards you while throwing. Keep it vertically in a ~30 degree angle and throw it into the wind
A one piece hockey stick would be awesome!
some say that Andy is still in the field throwing that thing.
El boomerang se lanza de forma vertical no en horizontal como lo hace en el video
It might not be the boomerang that's bad but the way you throw it, it's supposed to be thrown overhanded not sidearmed
Ótimo trabalho!
I think you're supposed to hold it at a 45 degree angle and then throw it straight and it should slightly curve up an make a horisonal 360
I feel like the end of the video missed a good moment to incorporate some yakety sax!
வளரி இது தமிழனின் பண்டைய ஆயுதம்.
Nannum tamilathan
தமிழன் டா
😂😂
Maraviyoso
You have to hold it above your should like close to the side of your head ears height. Then throw it end over end kinda like a dart throw snapping arm straight out in front of you . The grip is thumb towards the end and the face side is to you . It's a lot like a axe throw but where the boomerang will go counterclockwise in a blond sweeping circle
Good job .