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12 August 2018 at 11:03 pm #550138
All of the carving was done by hand over a period of about a month. Yes, the egg lights up from underneath by a small LED light. Yes, that is a foot at the bottom. I went on a weekend camping trip with friends to the beach a couple of weeks ago and knew my bad hip wasn’t going to like all the loose white sand. The night before the trip I had a last minute inspiration to make the foot for the base. It worked better than expected. The stick didn’t bog down at all and was a great help in getting around all those sand dunes. I beveled out the whole to act as a sort of primitive ankle so it flexes as I walk. It’s made from a big chunk of Phillipine mahogany. I’ve yet to finish carving it into a dragon’s foot, but the basic shape still suits its purpose.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.29 June 2016 at 3:54 pm #138154Great idea for a topic! 🙂 Here’s my entry
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You must be logged in to view attached files.29 April 2016 at 5:32 am #136796Thanks for the help 🙂 Guess, I’ll be getting a cookie sheet in the near future 🙂
7 April 2016 at 10:27 pm #136245That cabinet is absolutely GORGEOUS! Nice work! 🙂
I love/hate working with heart pine. My old house was destroyed during a hurricane twelve years ago. I salvaged the heart pine floor beams that were originally used in an old church to make my outside workbench. The three days I spent planing them down was a nightmare, but in a good way. 🙂 I had to develop a pattern of planing five or ten strokes, then oiling, then pausing to clean with mineral spirits after about 10 minutes. Got to be quite rhythmic after awhile.
Just lucked out again recently when my next door neighbor tore down her carport and gave me about 20 pieces of 2×10 heart pine. I’m saving these for something really special; just don’t know what yet 🙂
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You must be logged in to view attached files.19 March 2016 at 4:54 am #135769I don’t know, man. It’s the internet, what can I say? 🙂 After looking at the pics, I couldn’t tell them apart at all just by looking. I’ve seen these all around my area and was always told they were Doug. firs.
Here’s a quick sketch to show my idea for the boxes.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.17 March 2016 at 11:35 pm #135741I’m positive it’s not Leyland cypress. From what I just read, leyland cypress does not produce a strong aroma nor does it produce sap. These that I have REEK of “pine” scent and have sap oozing out the ends and sides.
“The most popular Christmas tree in the South-East, the Leyland Cypress is dark green – gray in color and has very little aroma. Because it is not in the Pine or Fir family, it does not produce sap, so that those with an allergy to sap can still enjoy a Leyland as their Christmas Tree.” – National Christmas Tree Association (realchristmastrees.org)
I’m not going to get boards from them. I’m going to whittle away the medium log until I get a kick-ass walking stick out of it 🙂 The other ones, I’m not sure the plans on them yet, but they definitely don’t involve making them into boards. 🙂
Thanks for the recommendation on Aldi. I’ll have to check them out. 🙂
17 March 2016 at 7:27 am #135723I saw those shelf mounts as well and decided to add them to a cabinet I made for my fiance. I varied the design a little bit, but the concept’s the same. 🙂
I made a .pdf that shows the dimensions I used to make mine.
In the first pic, I used a dovetail saw to cut the four segments, then chiseled the waste away at an angle. I used my router plane to channel out the slots for them to sit in the sides. After I fit the first two in, (the second pic) I realized the shelf wouldn’t sit in there without a better recess, so I chiseled across the piece to give room for the shelf to sit. After I did about six of those like that, I decided to break out my scroll saw and made quick work of the rest of them (24 in all).
The third pic shows the top half of the cabinet. I hadn’t made the lower half at this point. Now, I keep forgetting to take pics of the completed project. Maybe one day I will 🙂Hope this helps 🙂
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You must be logged in to view attached files.17 March 2016 at 6:42 am #135722@Maryp – I love the idea of a letter opener knife! Thanks 🙂
@mooncabbage – I know there’s not a lot of lumber there, but I wasn’t planning on using it to build furniture. I was hoping to make a custom walking stick/shillelagh out of the medium sized log. The big one I had plans of cutting roughly 8″-12″ lengths and making small treasure-chest-type boxes with them. I tried it once before years ago with some oak logs I had. It didn’t turn out too well then because I didn’t have the proper tools at all. I’d like to give it another go now that I’m a bit more “seasoned” and have a better arsenal. 🙂1 December 2015 at 3:35 pm #132797Keith – I’d like to see your knife, too. I’ve always found it interesting to see what folks can come up with when inspired by necessity and availability. 🙂
Scott – LOL 😀
Chem – I got the length by holding the unfinished blade in my hand, one end in the palm where it rests, and the other just slightly past my index fingertip. Actually, I was hoping for a little thicker handle, but it fits quite nicely and leaves a good mark.
Love your machete! With that kukri-esque blade, I bet the bushes do fear that thing! 🙂
11 November 2015 at 11:17 pm #132279Good eye, Mike 🙂 That was indeed one of the problems I was facing. After I posted last time, I went over the plane as a whole and looked for all the little discrepancies occurring.
1. I didn’t think far enough ahead while sharpening the blade originally and only flattened about 1/2″ up from the tip. It now sits evenly along the body and the wedge.
2. The width gauge wasn’t exactly square to the body. It was when I first cut the part, so maybe the fibers compressed unevenly once I started using it. I’ll keep an eye out and see if it starts riding crooked again.
3. I’m beginning to think that heart pine wasn’t the best choice for the body, because it seems to swell and shrink much more than I originally thought it would. It being so dense and sappy, I didn’t think that would be a problem, especially on such a short piece of wood. As I fit everything together for the final time, I noticed that the blade was a tad below the surface of the wood where when I first put it all together, it was indeed flush. I planed it flush once again today.
4. And now for the dumbest thing yet, I wasn’t tightening any of the gauge screws tight enough to hold them in place. They were good and snug, but not tight. The width gauge was sliding out of place by microns with each pass, making itself worse. The depth gauge bowed out right at the mouth giving the blade just enough room to wiggle.
5. FrankJ – I was using too much downward pressure while planing. I took note of that while I was testing earlier and after easing up and just using my “toe” hand to guide and using my “heel” hand to just push forward, my results got better almost immediately. I also made the mistake of starting to plane from the back to front, instead of planing at the front and working back.
So here’s a pic of my final results.
Thanks again for everyone’s advice. This is one of the best forums on the ‘net. 🙂
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