It,s a girl
I am happy to announce the safe arrival of my very first grandchild.Her name is Olivia MarieShe was born July 23 rd at 5 pm and she weighed 8 lbs 14 ounces. I will post a few as soon as i can get one. thanksjohn
"This Old Mold House" #5: Hind sight is genius ! My crystal ball...
Of course, hindsight is genius. Duh. Let me take a minute to gloat. It was July 20 2006, when I first took a weekend and worked up plans, bids and did a comprehensive analysis of “This Old Mold House” and a possible offer. After extensive work I met with the owner’s son-in-law to present my findings and conclusions. I worked very hard to make the numbers work. That is, I really wanted to buy the house for remodeling and resale. However, because I didn’t have a ready buy...
old growth table
I’ve always been fascinated by large trees. I remember as a kid being amazed by them. I was 12 years old when my mother and I went out to visit my brother in Calif. We took a ride up to see the sequoia’s. What an amazing feeling to walk amongst them. I still carry it with me to this day. My daughters think i’m a little weird. My oldest daughter went to Salve Regina in Newport for awhile and during every visit I would walk the campus admiring the extraordinary tree collect...
Fall ScetchUp Challenge
Okay, I wrestled with this and wrestled with this. I must be resistant to change. I am not sure I know how to use SketchUp any better than I did. I think I have learned a few new words though. LOL. In all seriousness this was fun. Anyway here is the inspiration for my entry: And now for my table. It is simple in design and long on pride. The table is 4’ x 6’ with 36” legs.
Planning "Steps" for a Carved Story Stick, "The Gospel" Commissioned Walking Cane
My recent lumberjock postings of the walking cane work I have done recently has brought a lot of interest from folks wanting me to build them special, unique, elaborately detailed, walking canes and sticks. This new blog communicates the design process on one cane as I prepare to start the carving, and get approvals on the final design. The customer is a Youth Pastor, and needs to use a tall walking cane to support a bad knee. He and I have been designing this project for several weeks...
Local Finds
“The inner compasses of the mind must encircle the whole quantity of material beforehand” – medieval poet Geoffrey de Vinsauf. Here’s a few before shots, as in before I know what I want to make with them…. ..and… That’s a soda can in the middle for reference… • In the forefront are two old pieces of wood that I found next to a creek, they may be old bridge boards as they had several 20 penny nails in them, are almost 3 inches thick, almost 12 inches wide and...
Topographical Tree Study and Giving Kudos #1: "Waundering at Topographics in Forests of Woods" --by RusticWoodArt
Waundering at Topographic’s in Forests of Woods Note: The following places, names and locations have or may have been changed to protect the rights and continued life, of the individuals involved, along with their need to coexist within the forests of wooden glens they call home….having said that, I continue.If one was to come and visit me in the fall and winter months, one might be surprised at all the books I surround myself with, on woodlands and forest in the New England ar...
Favorite Old Tool(s) #7: Grandfathers' Tools
A Stanley 5 Jack planeA Board ScribeA Draw Knife Each is marked with my Paternal Grandfather’s initials. A neat side note is that I have the die stamps that he used to mark these tools! A Monster MalletA Smith-made draw knifeEggbeater Drill These belonged to my Maternal Grandfather A Stanley 5 jack planeA Stanley 4 smooth planeA Revenoc transitional smooth plane These also belong to my Maternal Grandfather When I get a lull in projects, I need to spend abo...
'This Old Crack House' #46: The Addition part one ...
Selling our existing house was the only major hurtle that had to be overcome before building an addition onto “This Old Crack House”. Coincidently, I’ve held a tool-sale every January in the stain shop. I would sell excess tools. These were refurnished tools that had been replaced with a newer model. Often various manufactures would ask me to test new models and give them feedback. For the most part, they would not expect the tool back at the end of the test and the tool was ours to d...
for all to see my work.......has taken me a long time
i would like to invite all wood and art buffs to view my work at www.mockmickey.comi hope you like it…mark mockmickey
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