Wood Planning: photos

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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Nut bowl continued interior photos and assessment

Hi, Im back from lunch,

Well I took several photographs of the interior work but they dont seem to be in my camera. Not sure what happened to them. The last to photos did work and here they are:

The interior work went a lot faster than the exterior sections of the bowl and this completed the turning of the bowl. Its going to need finish sanding now and that should take several work sessions over the next couple of days. But all in all Im happy with the way it turned out.

Here is a photo of it on my coffee table:

The next time I will make it a little deeper and convention or not, Im going to turn a foot on the bottom-it makes the bowl look a little less bottom heavy. But this is a nice piece of work and it will work for its intended function- and that folks is what craft is all about.

Ill post the finish photos later this weekend.

Our next project involves making a fruit bowl that will be fan shaped and have very thin walls. This will present a new technical challenge for me and the wood shop, and Ill let you know when that project begins.

As always, thanks for dropping by the wood shop. See you soon,

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Mystery Tool Additional Photos and Thoughts

A few additional pictures of the mystery tool along with some new thoughts and observations. You can click on any picture for a larger view.

Full tool, with quarter for scale and a new angle on the "loop" to show thickness:

A close-up of the business end - note wear pattern inside opposite corners of the slot (which I think indicates it was used as some kind of wrench):

A close-up of the end of the threaded cap - showing what I previously took to be the initials "B.H." - although now I am not so sure:

My brother Josh thinks that this might have been some kind of sewing machine wrench for changing needles, which were stored in the compartment in the handle. I like that guess, but so far I have not found any supporting information.

What do you think?