Portrait

Here is a photo of me that I found from a 'Service day' project my work team participated in in 2018.  We are mostly IT folks, but I was allowed on the 'Red Team' (The power tools users) since I have handyman experience.  Someone took this photo of me with my back towards them, near the end of the day, while I was helping one of our guys put together a play structure.

We had worked most of the day, so my hands are dirty, everything is grubby and we were all tired.  I was totally in my comfort Zen zone at that point. I really like this photo because of that. 

Working on some Christmas Trees

A couple of request jobs...

Check out the cool stool - used MC pillion seat on a swivel

I drew a grid on the welding table to line up the project.  I do that to help with alignment.  If  you look at the table, you can see the 'golden spiral' I used on the previous weld up.

Tree 1 - Steel Horse shoes (used)

'small' horseshoes tree - After ornaments added

Welding project layout

Laying out the next welding project :

UPDATE - FEB 2020  - Completed Project:

Walnut base, glass orb and welded sculpture, ready to hang.  (Custom bracket included)

I created a custom hanger - once bracket is mounted to wall, art can be rehung any direction without removing the bracket from the wall.  Simply lift off the art piece, rotate and rehang.

Lamp Ideas

A couple of new lamps.

 

 

Noodle Soup

Somedays, nothing hits the spot like a hot bowl of Noodle soup.  I needed to upgrade my bowl with some accessories.

First - Check out the AMAZING Bowl cozy that Callie May made for her pa!!   Beautiful craftsmanship!!!  (and the color is super!)

Noodles were hot an delicious, and I was able to get them back to my desk without BURNING MY FINGERS OFF !!!  THANKS CALLIE !!!

Second - I made a walnut lid for the bowl on the lathe - this way the noodles stay hot longer, and less likely to slosh out. 

Vintage Bed Restore - 2

Finally have the veneer glued down, used Bondo to fill the gouges and rough spots, and getting some primer sprayed on.

 

BTW; my 'Spray Booth" is actually a bunch of plastic hung in the garage.  Kind of a pain to put up - takes about an hour to set up.

Home made paint booth

Tiki Hive

No real reason why . . . but had to make a Tiki Hive.

Colony of Carniolans in it, busy making honey!

Vintage Bed restore

I am working on putting back together a vintage bed frame.  The veneer is badly damaged.  The plan is to repair what I can, and paint it white.  This bed was owned by Grandparents or Great Grandparents, and will be used by Grand kids. . . 5 or 6 generations of use there.

The first step is to replace the previous repair of a broken foot post.  Not perfect, but my first attempt at trying to replicate anything on the lathe.

Originals Left Side

Repair (removed) and replacement attached

 

Kiln Adventure - Chapter 2

During the initial move process for the kiln, I tweaked the original stand out of alignment.  I am not sure it is repairable.  Looks Pretty bad.  You can even see it in the background of the earlier photo of the Prius.

So, I decided to make a replacement.  While I am at it, I considered adding wheels, so I can move the kiln around the garage, , , , I mean the Old Raven Workshop.  So utilizing some salvaged bed frame (always a great day when I can score some curbside bed frame - "Po' man's angle iron" !) and some casters from Bo, I put together this stand.

 I am not sure how well the wheels will hold up to the heat.  they are hard rubber, and are not directly under the kiln.  If I find they are melting, I may have to replace with steel, but for now, it sure makes it easy to move the kiln around.  I also hade a spare can of cool purple spray paint. 

Kinda looks like R2D2 a little bit.

Now to get some power lined up.  (that might be a couple of months yet)

Epoxy Floor

Sprayed the walls and ceiling white, and put Epoxy floor coat down in the laundry room.

 

Board Game Frames

Custom Order - Wall frames for games.

Pallet Coffee Table

Finally got done with the Pallet Coffee table.

After:

Before:

Golf Club Coat Hook

I have been planning on making one of these for a long time.  I suspect they will be better seller than the 'shift knob' coat hooks I made (which are all sold now.)   :)

https://www.etsy.com/listing/676403397/golf-club-coat-rack-coat-hooks?ref=shop_home_active_1