Is your dad? 
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Lathe is broken. Poot.
Back to spoons.
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Christmas craft
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I’m always impressed by the skill and artistry (and ambition) displayed here.
My own talents are more modest but I still enjoy faffing about with the odd project.
This is something I knocked together at my wife’s request. It’s essentially a prototype for a bigger version which I am supposed to make at some later date (so probably never…)
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Make a bigger version and then burn it!
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I could certainly see making a bigger version with the body and head out of something non-flammable and setting the antlers on fire.
Reindeer Fire by mostpato on DeviantArt.
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My laptop is functioning again so I coloured this in Photoshop this afternoon while waiting in for parcels.
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Lathe is out of action until late January.
Bugger.
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Big day for me. Today I finished the heat treatment on my first blade made from shop-made damascus. I started about two weeks ago with this lump, which is made from a bunch of spring steel rods (some of the rods are shown as well):
After much heating, pounding, and scraping, the lump began to take shape. Here it is with the groove being carved in:
And here it is today, right after being quenched and hardened:
Hopefully, it will polish nicely.
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Congratulations! Looks great, looking forward to the next update.
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Lathe is still broken, which is not good for my mental health.
But at least I just sold another bowl:
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Hang in there.
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I found myself with a little time on my hands today, so inspired by a conversation on here yesterday, here’s the 25% scale pic (digitally coloured, hand drawn).
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I finally got around to adding the square brass tubing to hold the PiCrate screen in place. The screws on the side have to go in a bit further, but the big-ass screwdriver is in the basement.
(The colors are actually Hack-a-day orange text on grey.)
Next thing to fix is nasty ground-loop feedback in the audio amp.
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Finished the lump today. I ended up with a quasi-tanto design. I used black leather instead of rayskin, and the silk cord is left from previous projects. Fittings are copper and stainless steel.
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