Your COVID19 responses (projects you’re doing), let’s see ‘em, and mine (86 splitback whittler mod)

glennbad said:
ISS, the wood carving is so neat, very artistic!
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Thanks, & it's abstract so only I know when I make a mistake! ;)
And great mask making efforts Glennbad, well done. :thumbsup:
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Progress so far, pictured with a nice little brass bodied olive scaled stiletto Cudeman.

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Seedlings doing well. None of my peppers panned out though...:confused: Tomatoes a little leggy but they are already looking better! The squash, zuchini and cucumbers are doing well. Beets, radish, lettuce, green beans and peas starting to sprout in the garden! I am carrying the Hartshead and The #77 Barlow's today. :cool:
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One of my daughters is working from her home during the pandemic disruption and wanted a standing desk. Some black pipe, fittings and a
12' 2"x8" from the big box store and I had a project for my morning. Pretty simple build, worse part was cleaning the pipe and removing all
the pricing and other stickers from all over each piece of pipe. After that it was just cutting, sanding and waxing the boards for a natural look,
then assembly. Here's a pic of it at my shop just before I delivered it to her.standing desk - 1.jpeg
 
JohnDF said:
That looks fantastic. It would sell for a fortune at Crate and Barrel. :cool::thumbsup:

Turned out great, Joshua. :cool::thumbsup:
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Thank you, John. I'll always appreciate you letting me have the chance to start with your Bullnose.
 
Love the table, Greg!

One of the things I am doing with a little extra time that I have is I have been trying to declutter my shop. One of things taking up space are a handful of wood machinist tool chests that I have. I buy them when I see them at a good price, and then rehab them to store knives in. This is I believe a somewhat older one, no markings that I can see. It was a bit of a jalopy, and not much at all like the Gerstners that are out there. This one was missing a door and some hardware also. It's kind of a special project, as my dad had offered to take it and work on it for me. Of course, he passed before he had chance to finish it, so I started working on it.

Here is a before pic...

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As you can see, it was missing knobs, had mismatched knobs, missing corner hardware and a handle. I found some suitable replacement hardware from Lee Valley and the Gerstner site. I still have to re-felt the drawers, and I probably won't make a new door for it (at least not right now), as I'll probably leave it open for quick access to knives anyway.

Here's the after, as it stands right now...

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It'll work nicely to store some knives in, once I get the drawers done.
 
After spending eight days carving the olive log I needed a break...... So this quick-n-dirty knife was made........

Out of the box of Stuff came this very old very bad condition carving knife.......

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......and some bits of wooden uprights from a corner shelf unit........

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.....that when cut & ground, glued & sanded with a wire wheel then rubbed with candle soot & oil made this!
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Reminds me of a knife from a film like the Ewan McGregor Jack & the beanstalk or something like.

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Very happy with how it turned out. :)
 
Bought what turned out to be an Ivory, Doctor's tongue depressor at a boot sale a while ago. Not having a use for such an item I carved it into these. I'd love to be able to tell you I whittled them out with my penknife, but I found my Dremel tool much more efficient. :)

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Just like to add I in no way condone the procurement or sale of modern ivory. This was an old object, the seller had no idea what it was made of and the objects I've produced from it are not for sale.:(;)
 
Enough sublimity. Here's some ridiculosity.
I cut this the end of winter two years ago, I think, set it aside, and forgot about it until I found it while looking for something else.
I had expected it to be a knob-headed stick, but it turned out to have grown from under a piece of downwood, since rotted. I thought the handle wouldn't be usable after my mattock work, but there's plenty left.
All I've done is whittle off the sharper mattock-leavings, cut the end off the handle, cut it to length, bang on a bit of copper, and stuff it in a furniture foot. My kind of project.
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I'mSoSharp said:
After spending eight days carving the olive log I needed a break...... So this quick-n-dirty knife was made........

Out of the box of Stuff came this very old very bad condition carving knife.......

FEPwr7U.jpg


......and some bits of wooden uprights from a corner shelf unit........

UKPLaUm.jpg


.....that when cut & ground, glued & sanded with a wire wheel then rubbed with candle soot & oil made this!
rkqHp0z.jpg


Reminds me of a knife from a film like the Ewan McGregor Jack & the beanstalk or something like.

NuWrF5x.jpg


Very happy with how it turned out. :)
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I love that.
 
Made a new sheath for the H20.
I really liked the CK clip sheath it came to me in, but being designed for pocket carry it didn't like the abuse it took living on my belt.
Plenty sturdy for living in a pocket though, and I still think their a great product.


I'm quite happy with how this sheath turned out, one of my best to date.

I just hope the thin keeper piece I skived down and stitched over the clip holds up.
 
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