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The Northmen Guild, completely handmade framing tools by the Northmen, displayed with a Land Rover. Source: The Northmens Guild

 

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At the August 2nd-4th (2013) in the far away of the Latvia (Latgale) couple of same minded friends came together on a hewing "Jam Session" with their families and helped to start rising a sheeps barn for one carpenter living and working in the self sufficient farm. Most of the hand tools and axes used were made by John Neeman Tools. We have been hewing also with some old Austrian and Latvian goosewing hewing axes. The timber we work with is spruce. Many thanks to all of the people who helped to organise this event. Source: Northmen Guild videos

 

got the first coat of finish on a picture frame i made for my wife, to frame some needlework she recently completed.  we have about 20 pieces she's made over the years.  all different!

Paying the price of working in the shop, on a Monday....just never learn..

15ppi handsaw, to cut the lid free from the box...after using a handplane to smooth the sides. 

All the way around....

But, I did make a bit of sawdust, today...

 

Man that building in the video looks like a lot of work. Got my flu shot today, HOW about you?

 

Got the scope mount on the Mosin and put a red dot on it . Made a cheek weld from a video I found and now to the range this week I hope.

 

Started on making spoons for Christmas and got 4 done except for the hollowing .

19 minutes ago, Gerald said:

Started on making spoons for Christmas

Ooohh, sure like to see those Gerald!

32 minutes ago, Gerald said:

Got my flu shot today, HOW about you?

Yup, all cleaned

 

7 hours ago, Gunny said:

Yup, all cleaned

We need to do that, we haven't had a sweep since we moved in, 20 yrs ago. How often do you have it done Gunny?

The Northmen Guild - an interesting web site.  For sure they are craftsmen

 

I got my flu shot a couple weeks ago while I was out, I am now good with all my shots - flu, pneumonia, shingles and tetanus

 

I finished up my remodel of the dining area yesterday and we got the furniture moved back around into their rightful places.  Still lack window treatments, still no word from the boss on what exactly she wants.  Told the boss that I did have a work around, it involves a couple of clamps and a blue tarp from HF... go Harbor Freight!  I think that may have shaken something loose

 

 

 

I will spend the rest of this week doing yard work.  Got a bunch of pruning to get done.  Supposed to get into the low 80's today, so today I plan to get the small pressure washer out and wash down the front porch, it needs it after having the miter saw out there for a few weeks.

 

Stunningly beautiful work, Cal!

Cal, I don't have the right words to describe that, it truly is nice!

7 hours ago, John Morris said:

We need to do that, we haven't had a sweep since we moved in, 20 yrs ago. How often do you have it done Gunny?

I'll bet you're past due!

Edited October 13, 20205 yr by Fred W. Hargis Jr

Nice job! I love the colors. I live in a 70 year old home. I can't fins a square corner in the joint. I am planning to wainscott(sp?) our dining room and the color you chose is what I think will look great. But the boss will make the final choice.

 

I am taking on the stained glass work with vigor. Unfortunately working with glass is an entirely different world from wood working. I made my first panel but consider it a throw away learning project. Then I was contacted by a long time customer to take on a design project where he terminated the people who started it. It is only a week to 10 day design but it took 3 weeks. One week to tear out what the previously done work which was concepted wrong from the start. Another week to re-concept it an design it and another week to get the shop drawings to the machine shop. I really didn't want to do it but the money was just too good to pass up and he was a good customer for years and a friend, so I suckered myself into it. Another friend of his saw my work and he called me to do a job for him. I am considering it but am worried that this will snowball and suck me back in to full time work. I was just beginning to relax and accept the retired lifestyle.       

 

Cal I don't normally spend any time on this type of post but today I'm glad I did cause I like what you have done to your house.

 Did your Arizona kin folks help any or was it a one man job?

Thanks, John, for the trip back to childhood on that farm.  

 

Derek, awesome job and congratulations.

 

Cal, awesome job and color scheme.  

 

Wishing everyone a great week.  Trying to stay hydrated.  Having problems.  

4 hours ago, Smallpatch said:

I don't normally spend any time on this type of post

Man, why say anything at all then? You know, I got feelings too. Just harassing ya Jess, nice to see ya here though.

1 hour ago, FlGatorwood said:

Thanks, John, for the trip back to childhood on that farm.  

Well you are most welcome! Would you like to explain a little about that childhood farm? I'd love to read about it.

Whatever we had, we had to either grow or make.  Trees would be felled, dragged to the site on the farm by mules, unhitched and then we removed all the bark to ensure that beetles did not get under the bark.  We harvested black oak and locust for making fence posts.  We raised our own animals and processed them in the late fall for the holidays and for food through the year.  We had a salt box.  Got the wood from a local sawmill.  Saltbox, you put about 2 to 3 inches of salt on the bottom, laid in a layer of meat, poured more salt on top of that layer and continued that until it was all in there.  Then we put a lid on it.  We made our gates from left over wire or boards or poles.  We always had 2 hogs from early spring until a cold frost November morning.  Then for about a month after we got the fresh meat, you didn't dare close a door as you couldn't turn the door knob.  We also had about 12 cows that I got to deliver a breach calf one cold January Sunday morning.  Ugh.  I never want to do that again.  Took me a week to get rid of that smell.  LOL  Harvesting hay and storing it in the barn, harvesting corn for the chickens and mules and storing it in a corn crib with the snakes.  I stepped on a rattle one morning while barefoot on my way to the spring to get water for washing clothes.  Still gives me the jitters.  You know something is wrong when something cool and slippery moves so smoothly under your bare feet.  Then when I was 7, we moved to a house that had a chicken house with 10K chickens.  Every 9 to 10 weeks, depending on market and conditions, we would sell them.  We put them on a tractor trailer for the processing center.  Oh, this has gotten too involved, but BTDT.  I remember when I was about 10, got my foot caught in the fork of an apple tree.  There I hung for about an hour.  

Hmmm...didn't get much done today...

Guess I could close the lid...

Really nice, Steve.

Seems I'll be going on a moose hunt on the last week of this month. Mixed feelings about being 'way up north, probably get snow around then. My son talked me into it. It'll be my first, and his last. @John Morris, cherish the time you spend with your son. You never know what tomorrow will bring!

John

Have a great time on the hunting trip, John...it'll be great even with a little snow!