Tasmanian Woodworking... #9: For lovers...

I thought they were reindeer until I read it :-)) Who is the little guy at the back? Can’t be Santa looking for his sleigh is they are rabbits, unless…..........

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

Thanks Larry.

Topamax I thought they were cookies. :)

-- Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I can imagine Mads salivating as we speak. Good post, Larry. I wonder if I could do the rabbits thing with boxes. Probably if I started with one a mile wide,lol.

-- Martyn -- Boxologist, Pattern Juggler and Candyman of the visually challenging. http://www.theartofboxes.com

A lot of those old tools looked like they were for dressing logs and cutting then to boards and /or building heavy timber buildings. It’s a great piece of woodworking culture from the past and it also gives us an appreciation for the machines which do the heavy work for us today.

-- Mike, American in Norway

Those Rabbits have been busy, as rabbits are!!

-- Matt Garcia Wannabe Period Furniture Maker, Houston TX

Those are some nice hand tools.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Here a fact, did you know that the old expression ” Coping with the situation” come from using the coping saw…BC

Very interesting tools. I can relate to few only.

I can’t help but wonder what the fence pliers are doing iin there? Are loggers using barbed wire to fence out the tree huggers :-))

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

It was always said that the rabbits could multiply. Now they are doing is in wood!!

That is a real neat collection of old tools. I’ll bet that all still do the job, too!

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!