Making, Crafting, Creating... aka Whatcha workin' on?

[Wanderfound]

Sold another bowl:

Also heading to Florida, although not to the same buyer.

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Still working on the spoons:

Gotta get some more interesting looking green wood. The Pittosporum is okay for practice, but it doesn’t look like much.

[L0ki]

@Wanderfound

Which left me with a bowl with a messy base, chipped rim, and rubber skidmarks on the sides. Plus a slightly bruised and dazed Dad.

Fortunately, wood is forgiving

Is your dad?

[Wanderfound]

Lathe is broken. Poot.

Back to spoons.

[Sally_Mahoney]

Christmas craft

[Wanderfound]

Just sold this one to someone in Canada:

[Wanderfound]

…and now a dude in Australia has bought these two:

Looks like the Christmas rush has hit.

[L0ki]

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…)

[MrShiv]

Make a bigger version and then burn it!

[L0ki]

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.

Reindeer Fire

[Tamsin_Bailey]

My laptop is functioning again so I coloured this in Photoshop this afternoon while waiting in for parcels.

[Wanderfound]

@Wanderfound

Sold another bowl:

Feedback from a satisfied buyer:

[Wanderfound]

Lathe is out of action until late January.

Bugger.

[ArchStanton]

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.

[Faffenreffer]

Congratulations! Looks great, looking forward to the next update.

[Wanderfound]

Lathe is still broken, which is not good for my mental health.

But at least I just sold another bowl:

[FGD135]

Hang in there.

[Tamsin_Bailey]

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).

[Tamsin_Bailey]

Still drawing, day two. Another 25% scale digitally coloured, hand drawn image.

[RickMycroft]

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.

[ArchStanton]

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.