Draw knife

Here are the photo's of the drawknife I talked about back in July. I am almost done with it should have a photo up in the next few days.

Where has the time gone?

Geez here I am thinking that I will be keeping up with this and then my summer is over and gone in the blink of an eye and I haven't done a thing on here forever. No wonder no one is checking it out. Oh well. I am going to do my best to get back to work on it and see if anyone cares about it at all.

I will try my best if anyone does start to read great!! If not then I guess I will at least be able to see what I have been doing myself.

Draw Knife

I was searching in another barn for some decent wood to salvage and came across an old draw knife. It's rusted pretty bad but seems to be solid underneath still. I think I will work on it the weekend and see if I can save it and still use it or if it will become another old tool to hang on the wall and look at.

Milk Cart

Well after much delay and lots of Blacksmithing.  I finished the milk cart I was asked to refurbish.  I was asked if I could replace the wood on an old Milk Cart, and of course thought replace wood no problem.  then I went and picked up the old cart and realized just what I was in for.  I should have really said I need see it first. ( I never seem to remember to do that.)  But after going through and getting most of it straightened out it turned out pretty good I think.  I was almost finished when The client showed me a picture of one she found with a planter box on it to put flowers and pine boughs. 

The Fort Update

Just an update on Friday the 1st of July we had 85 to 95 mile an hour striaght lying winds come through.  The fort had a tree fall on it with only one two by six joist cracking under the pressure.  I will be fixing the joist and will have new pictures of it both with the tree on it and after cleaning it all up.  Thanks.

Bird Bench

I was asked if it would be possible for me to save an old bench for a freind that her Grandfather made when she was younger.  I said, " Sure no problem".  I should have looked at the bench first.  Not that it was too bad, just that it was almost all rotted out.  I keep some wood behind my barn so that it can grey from weather.  At first I stacked it back there because I hadn't made enough room in my barn for it and needed to pull all the old nails out of it.  Now, it turns out that having some wood on hand that's grey and weathered is a good thing to have for "repairing" projects like this.  I'm going to have to make a rack out back to store some wood occasionally and weather it.  But the rest needs to be put inside in some racks up in the hayloft now.  I finished the bench without too many problems.  All but the back rest and back legs had to be replaced.  She was very happy with the finished project.  I told her to let it sit out until this fall with her plants on it and I would come and get it and finish it with some linseed oil to preserve it.  It should all be the same shade of grey by this fall.

Door With a Star

So I finished the Barn door that my customer wanted a star cut into.  Man I wish all my jobs could be as easy as this one.  Took all of about 15 minutes, start to finish.  I had her find the exact star she wanted and printed it out to the size wanted.  Then I took the star and placed it on the door in about 6 different spots and took a picture of each position, and emailed her the photos and asked her to choose where she wanted it.  When I got the email back, I took the paper star and sprayed contact glue on the back and placed the star on the door.  I drilled five 3/8 inch holes at each inner point so that all I had to do was to cut each side of the stars without having to turn it on the jigsaw.  When I finsihed cutting it out, I took a router and gave the whole thing a slight round over and sanded the outer points to match.