162 days ago
by Dick, & Barb Cain |
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I spent about 3 1/2 hours carving out the background,
establishing the approximate depth to the relief.
Barb was busy taking pictures during the process.
The Mahogany is real easy carving, but it may be a little brittle when I start carving the details.
That remains to be seen.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here’s a video slideshow of the progression._The Music is from a free download Handmade Music, by “Kentucky Thunder” on the DIY ne...
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164 days ago
by Dick, & Barb Cain |
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I showed Barb this kit the other day, & immediately she said, ”I want one.”
When the Sweetie wants something, I usually comply to her wishes.
Besides, I can try making something I’ve never done before.
This is the kit I ordered, it's called a Reverie Harp..
One thing about this Harp is, anyone can play it because of the way it’s tuned.
It has a real soothing sound.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is a picture of the parts ...
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184 days ago
by Dick, & Barb Cain |
11 comments »
I glued down the tiles that I had made.
I’ll have to wait a few days before I can stain them.
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185 days ago
by Dick, & Barb Cain |
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I misjudged the amount of tiles I had, so I manufactured some more yesterday.
I guess I miscounted the bundles I had made up.
I couldn’t find any to buy, so I made some.
I made about 60 more tiles.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~This is the area I have left to do in one corner of the main shop area.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Here’s some views of the tiles I made.
I used some Black Ash instead of Oak, bu...
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190 days ago
by Dick, & Barb Cain |
16 comments »
One of the main reasons I put the new slatwall system in my shop,
was because my Son brought me some Parquet flooring he had salvaged from his job.
He couldn’t see throwing it in a dumpster,
so he brought it to his “Dumpster Dad”.
I couldn’t put down a fancy floor without doing something to the rest of the shop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I laid some out to see what it would look like.
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202 days ago
by Dick, & Barb Cain |
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We’ve been watching the Bear for over a week now, & the little birds haven’t shown up.
I think the bear didn’t meet the proper specifications, or the bird building code.
I also believe the Robins, & Squirrels may have scared them away.
It’s sitting too much out in the open, kind of low to the ground.
I’ve heard of birds starting a nest, & leaving it for a different location.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You ca...
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205 days ago
by Dick, & Barb Cain |
29 comments »
This is a continuation of #5 in this series.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I have the slat wall paneling completed.
Now, how am I going to arrange my tools?
This is the last wall, I ripped my boards in half to 1 5/8”. I like it better this way. There’s more slots for arranging tools. The space between the slats is 5/16”. The furring is 1/4” x 1 1/8” ~~~~~~~~~~~~...
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209 days ago
by Dick, & Barb Cain |
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This old Bear carving is being put to some good use, Maybe a Birdhouse.
The other day I heard a pecking noise, & discovered a Chickadee pecking on our Bear.
At first I thought he was eating ants, but I soon found out he was building a new birdhouse
inside the Bear. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He could see it was hollow, by peeking in a hole up above..
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Here he turned around &...
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233 days ago
by Dick, & Barb Cain |
7 comments »
I started on this shop building project shortly after I retired.
I’d like to show you what I’ve accomplished so far.
My garage measures 20 X 24 feet, & I wanted to partition out a shop area.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~In order to have a shop 8 feet wide, I had to resize my garage door from 12’ to 9 ‘
Notice the car hiding under a warm blanket of snow.
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This...
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261 days ago
by Dick, & Barb Cain |
12 comments »
The same friend I had made the Gavel for, dropped by the other day.
He asked me if I would carve Old Rusty’s name on this cross for him.
Old Rusty had passed away one year ago on this very day, & he was missing his old buddy.
It was quite a coincidence, Rusty died on my birthday in 2008.
After I got started on it, I thought it would be nice to do a relief carving of Rusty.
He was a Golden Retriever, so I asked my friend if he had any good pictures of Rusty.
He didn...
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