127 days ago
by Will Mego |
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Well, I promised pictures last time, and I have some..I started on the spring pole lathe, which is my big project for this summer/fall, and I decided after much goings on to not make a treadle lathe, meaning in this case continuous motion, but a traditional spring pole lathe, where the piece rotates once or more (hopefully many more) times, then back again. Why? I was inspired by a couple things, like poverty and such, but also after doing months of research into it, it’s just what appe...
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242 days ago
by Craftsman on the lake |
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I thought some people might be interested in my drawknife. It never dulls. Ever.
This is a picture (below) of one of my draw knives. I have three but this one is special and very, very different. It was made around 1976 and has been used a lot. The thing is, I can’t dull it, and I can’t sharpen it. Now, I’ve never tried purposely to dull it. I’ve used it mostly to carve guitar necks in mahogany and maple. And I’ve used it on other things too but always respect...
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843 days ago
by Bob Babcock |
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A couple of pictures of glueing up the edges from last night and then todays lunch break. I didn’t even eat I want to finish this so bad.
Spooky night operation.
Edges glued up
Lunch break today.
The drawknife lets me remove material fast. Gotta be careful though, real easy to take too much.
It also can take a almost paper thin shaving.
After some sanding
and some more….the back
This little 3M sanding pad with their new sandpaper works really well.
I cam...
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955 days ago
by frank |
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Legs of Beauty
....and so the progress goes on, in the continuing saga of this one, who is coming forth from the heart of the tree, and doing as befits her ‘being’ of becoming set free….
—-having legs of beauty as formed from within, she soon was noticed as having likened wood skin, till from the shapely posture of her bijou stance, i knew their was more here then meets first glance….
—-what i saw in her legs was sweetness of desire, and from this ...
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