Deschutes County Fair Theme Entry

Interesting. At first I thought it was a potato peeler.

-- --- It's the little tools that get you ---

Punster 1st class award. Nicely done!

-- Sawdust and shavings are therapeutic

Lee – You nailed the theme , juxtaposing several stirrup and related pieces creatively and with humor and whimsy. You are the one person, I know, that has a large and enviable collection of things and you put them to good use.
Well done!

-- Terry Ferguson, Bend Oregon

Just makes me smile.
MIKE

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What the heck??
You could only get away with that at the fair…..............

-- mike...............

I did not have a clue until the second photo!
Figured it had something to do with foot!

-- "ButI'mMuchBetterNow"

Congratulations – that is great.

I have to add that if there is ever a “Medieval Torture Devices” theme, you are all set.

-- "Too much hurry ruins the body. I'll sit easy … fan the spark" - I. Anderson

It reminds me of the one my grandma had…brings back childhood memories…

-- Every step of any project should be considered your masterpiece if you want the finished product to reflect the quality of your work. http://www.FineArtBoxes.com

it’s awesome ! I hope you get a lot of kudos for your project.

-- Steve - Wasilla, Alaska

Took me a couple of minutes to figure out all the stirrups, but your collection must be something else, thank
you for sharing, and I can see why the smiley face was added.

-- As ever, Gus-the 74 yr young apprentice carpenter

Nice piece, Lee! Congratulations.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

I have no idea what it is or does. Someone needs to tell me.

-- Tom Godfrey Landrum South Carolina (tom@thcww.com) 864-384-4938

Question: Lee, what in the world were you doing with an OB-GYN stirrup, or is that a question that I shouldn’t ask?
I looked at it and it looked neat. Then Miss Honey Ma’am looked and pointed out what the stirrup was and I just had to ask. LOL
No, seriously, that is a fantastic creation. No wonder it got first place and a smiley face. I love it!

Have a good’un
Joe

-- rejo55, East Texas If there were no trees, there wouldn't be much wood.

Hey Joe—Well, it goes like this. I frequent the local scrapyard (Swift & McCormick, Terrebonne, Oregon usa). It’s where I get away, get stuff, get inspired, get dusty and greasy, and smile constantly. Last year, for her birthday, I took my wife Linda there. On my previous trip I had found that exam-table stirrup and then misplaced it. I told her of my broken heart, and darned if she didn’t find that stirrup. It kicked (sorry) around my shop until I read the Fair theme this year. Bingo! I also had the English stirrup, and the shoe last, and the motorcycle peg, and was dismantling a bike at the time just to get a few parts from it, so the piece nearly built itself.

Here is a satellite view of the yard. It is impossible to grasp the immensity of it from above. Each of the piles is about 30’ high.

You weigh in, park, walk around, make your periodic piles of stuff and then drive back around and pick it up. $.30 per pound on the way out.

Hey! They’re open till noon on Saturday! What’re we waiting for!

Kindly,

Lee

-- "...in his brain, which is as dry as the remainder biscuit after a voyage, he hath strange places cramm'd with observation, the which he vents in mangled forms." --Shakespeare, "As You Like It"

I like it Lee, but really, what is it?

-- I came, I was conquered, I was born again. ἵνα ὦσιν ἓν