Well i posted about 2 weeks back that i was interested in creating a replica of the Lombardi Trophy which is given to the super bowl winner every year in the NFL. I got abunch of great replies as to how i should tackle this with the limited amount of tools that i have. I chose to take the hard route of course. So courtesy of Hurricane Irene and a downed maple brach ive got my stock:
So i peeled the bark off with a Witherby drawknife once belonging to my grandfather.
Drew the outline of the correct diamter of an NFL football (8.95”) and a shaving i kept going.
Once i got it to the proper size i started tapering the ends by drawing consecutively smaller circles on the butt ends. Here is where it stands as of today. Still got quite a bit of work to do but im givin it hell with the hope that it might someday resemble the picture i have in my head.
-- "there aren’t many hand tools as awe-inspiring as the #8 jointer. I mean, it just reeks of cast iron heft and hubris" - Smitty
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flippedcracker
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#1 posted 622 days ago
this should be interesting.
chrisstef
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#2 posted 622 days ago
u betcha cracker .. how bout them chiefs gettin off the schnide this week. We actually looked like a football team. All it took was Haley calling Cassell a few inappropriate terms and he was a man on a mission.
-- "there aren’t many hand tools as awe-inspiring as the #8 jointer. I mean, it just reeks of cast iron heft and hubris" - Smitty
steviep
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#3 posted 622 days ago
Looking good chris, or as coach Haley wood say “Chris- you stupid M@#$!
F#$%@&, get your a$$ in gear and #$%##^#$%^##%&)^&##$^”or somethng like that.
-- StevieP ~ Micheal Tompkins - you were not here on earth long but left a giant mark on us. RIP Brother
Beginningwoodworker
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#4 posted 621 days ago
Looks good!
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spunwood
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#5 posted 621 days ago
lookin good….show the draw knife please.
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chrisstef
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#6 posted 621 days ago
Once i get home this evening ill get you a closer pic of that drawknife spun. It’s a TH Witherby, originally manufactured in winsted CT somewhere around 1912 i believe.
My hopes arent that high on this but you never know whats gonna happen. Its my first attempt at using a drawknife, making a cylindrical object, and using a spokeshave for fine tunings.
Thanks for the kind words all …
-- "there aren’t many hand tools as awe-inspiring as the #8 jointer. I mean, it just reeks of cast iron heft and hubris" - Smitty
489tad
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#7 posted 621 days ago
Its in there!
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chrisstef
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#8 posted 620 days ago
Here ya go spun
-- "there aren’t many hand tools as awe-inspiring as the #8 jointer. I mean, it just reeks of cast iron heft and hubris" - Smitty
Bertha
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#9 posted 620 days ago
It’s gonna be epic. Nice drawknife. THW boy here. Nice work!
-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog
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