21 minutes ago, steven newman said:

TOOLSMITHS  by Goodell Pratt Co. of Greenfield, MASS. USA...No. 0477

Great rescue Bandit. Love it when one goes from trash to treasure.

It MIGHT be the one I brought back home from Wapak?   Been a while..

22 minutes ago, steven newman said:

It MIGHT be the one I brought back home from Wapak?   Been a while..

Yes it sure has. It was a great day with some really good food (& donuts) and just hanging out in Fred's shop.

I suppose the drill could have stowed away in your van while nobody was looking and we all were eating fried chicken.

14 hours ago, steven newman said:

It MIGHT be the one I brought back home from Wapak?   Been a while..

 Good time had by all!

10 minutes ago, DuckSoup said:

 Good time had by all!

It sure was Bob. Sorry you had to force us (6 or 12x) to partake of those treats your wife sent with you.

20 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

It sure was Bob. Sorry you had to force us (6 or 12x) to partake of those treats your wife sent with you.

 

 Better you guys than me, I'm watching my "girlish figure", with no luck mind you but still watching.

Gluing boxes. Thinking about the old Pennsylvania Stud  Lying peacefully in 14˚ warmth of my truck bed, thankfully sheltered by an A.R.E. cap. Near 2x4 full, c.1925, a little fire-scarred but thankfully not shat upon by ravens (the smell of one I can abide). 

 

Mebbie I'll hand-rip a few slats in a riftsawn manner; the grain is there. Then follow Steve Newman's Dovetail 101 lessons - still trying to make pins and tails out of the whole process - no fancy tools - just a rubber band with markings on it to measure straight 

 

 

BIL and I completed a Lichtenburg (fractal) burner, yesterday. Tried it out on several pieces of scrap and a wooden file/rasp holder. Got some neat designs. It's fun to do and, several future projects come to mind. BIL is a turner and, he's going to build another one when he gets back to IL. He plans to burn a few bowls and pens. He's already been experimenting with resin in his bowls. Resin filled fractal burning will add a new dimension to his work. 

Pics @Gene Howe, we need pics!!!

No pics, didn't happen

14 minutes ago, Cal said:

Pics @Gene Howe, we need pics!!!

 

Just now, frenchwwr said:

No pics, didn't happen

OK, but it's mostly just burnings on scrap. Hardly picture worthy. 

8 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

OK, but it's mostly just burnings on scrap. Hardly picture worthy. 

Love the process, though.

Spent some time building a couple lamps made from Whiskey Barrel Staves.

 

The one on the left has a center column from an old floor lamp

 

The one on the right is a test student Clarinet Lamp, I have a couple expensive clarinets but there are a couple of design issues I need to work on before I use those.

 

The toaster is one my neighbor wants me to build into a lamp. I'm still working on what to use as a base.

Currently on the bench..

Corner #4 was done, today...might as well do the glue up....

23 minutes ago, frenchwwr said:

Whiskey Barrel Staves.

Never realized they were so thick.

 

Taking an alternate to I-44, through Cuba Missouri for barbecue, I passed an area which claimed me make most of the whiskey barrels used in the state. 

18 minutes ago, Dovetail said:

Never realized they were so thick.

 

 

They are a full 1" thick

Well parts of this will be on my bench until it warms up outside so I can put it back together. 

I searched google and looked at all the pictures that I could find but I can not find the maker of this unit. No markings anywhere on the machine that I could find... Anyone have any idea on who made this?  Plane blade sharpener... 

I'm going to drop this here

 

The Odd Jobs are back in stock @Garrett Wade

 

https://garrettwade.com/product/historic-odd-job

31 minutes ago, Kevin Beitz said:

Anyone have any idea on who made this? 

I once saw a machine like this. In the basement of an ancient optometrist office.  We're talking really really ancient. They used it to grind lenses to fit, I think.

1 hour ago, frenchwwr said:

I'm going to drop this here

 

The Odd Jobs are back in stock @Garrett Wade

 

https://garrettwade.com/product/historic-odd-job

I could not see where this had anything to do with what I posted....