I guess some people just don’t appreciate the beauty in fine maple.
Made me want to cry. It was such beautiful wood. But it was a gift given and their cute little daughter needed a pink coat rack.
Korm Kormsen said:
i second, what rooster said.
it is seldom today, to find people, who actually make gifts themselves.
And perhaps it is the making which is more the gift than is the thing made.
Forrest Scott Wood said:
Korm Kormsen said:
i second, what rooster said.
it is seldom today, to find people, who actually make gifts themselves.
And perhaps it is the making which is more the gift than is the thing made.
This is exactly my experience. I have made some very simple projects and some very nice ones. Each is as appreciated as the other. And all have been the most appreciated gifts I have given. Not to mention it is therapy for the giver. Its a win win. People just like that you took the time to invest in something to give to them and make it personal.
So here are the next two
This is a copper sign for my brother-in-law. It is for my family gift exchange. I will have a simple frame to go with it. The design was made with the Cricut and I adhered the vinyl to the copper and then cut it on the machine. worked great no need to position fit the mask. I then used a combination of salt/ammonia solution and salt to force patina the copper. After about three hours this is what I got. Peel off the vinyl and presto.
We also do a white elephant exchange at my mom and dads. Here is my contribution. Another black walnut limb bowl. Its still wet with its last coat of lacquer.
Still have my daughters coat rack and my sister-in-law’s pendant light to make. Busy busy
That copper sign is really neat!
Ray Dunakin said:
That copper sign is really neat!
Thanks Ray. That was a fun project. I have never done anything like that before. The technique is rather easy but stinky. The phenomenon of the blue/green patina being heavy at the top and bottom and light in the middle was a complete accident that came out cool. My gas chamber is not big enough to hold the sheet flat so it bowed in the middle So the liquid ran to the center. As near as I can figure that meant more exposure to the oxygen. I have tried a smaller piece with less success and it lays perfectly flat so now I am wondering if I need to tilt it so the liquid runs off. The liquid might be only to dampen the salt so it sticks. HMMM I wonder.
Here are the next two presents
This is a shadow box with LED back lighting. It is etched glass using the Cricut to make the stencil. It is a silhouette of my son and his girlfriend. This is a present for her.
This is the light I made for my sister-in-law. Its an old well pulley and a couple whiskey bottles that I cut the bottom out of with my rock saw and install lights. I drilled through the cork to tun the wires. these are the coolest LED lights that do a pretty darn good at replicating the filament bulbs though in the picture they don’t show up so well. An if your a bourbon drinker I would recommend Tin Cup whiskey. I chose it for the bottle but the bourbon is not bad at all.
Dang Devon! Absolutely love that light. Very nice work, on everything. There are a bunch of lucky people out there to be on your gift list.
I’m just not going to tell my son that you are one of the top producing elves out there. It might really distort his view of an elf. (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Very creative, Devon. Love that light, too.
Randy Lehrian Jr. said:
Dang Devon! Absolutely love that light. Very nice work, on everything. There are a bunch of lucky people out there to be on your gift list.
I’m just not going to tell my son that you are one of the top producing elves out there. It might really distort his view of an elf. (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Hey if Will Ferrell can play an elf on the big screen then I can play one in my shop
The last gift to go is the coat rack. The pieces are cut our and milled. I tried my hand at wood burning (good excuse to buy a new soldering iron). Just need to sand assemble and finish.
Oh and get my homework done. This is my last four days of school then I will have earned my degree :-). Got that project finished Maynard
What project? Or, I mean, which project?
I got the Locolink installed on my HO module, and before I was rudely interrupted, I put DCC decoders in several HO locomotives, and got one carry tote all set up.
But right now I am sitting in a hotel room in York PA. Something about my boss wanting me here for the service meeting that starts at 08:30 tomorrow. Geesh, doesn’t he know that I have more important things going on?
David Maynard said:
What project? Or, I mean, which project?
The redesign/rebuild of that old worn down figure that resides in my house. I gave him an education to see if that improves his life. It took 6byears but I think he is ready to run. (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-tongue-out.gif)
I don’t need no education. (http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Well here is the last present. My daughters coat rack. Its black walnut (yeah there is a theme here I have a trees worth)
and here is a close up of the wood burning
Well thats it for this year Merry Christmas
Black Walnut. Gee, I wonder. How would it work as sleepers?
The ATSF planted a grove of Eucalyptus in Southern California, planning on using the wood because it doesn’t rot. The remnants of the grove are still standing with an exclusive town nestled in the man made oasis. Seems a tho’ Euc. grows with a spiral and they couldn’t split it into ties!
Ooops.
John
I don’t think walnut is very rot resistant. But I certainly have enough to experiment with