One Last Hike, Winter is here!

Shop Week

Hi all,

I've been working like the good little shop mouse i am. Chatting with Richard at East Rosebud Fly and Tackle about rod racks i decided i should build one. My sketches all looked like gun racks, then i had this idea... Needless to say i'm still stymied on how i want to proceed with this project. I wanted one done for sale by Christmas but the ideas aren't coming as fast as i want. 

My barrel trays are going well. They are fun to make and look beautiful when they are finished off.

For those of you that follow the projects on this blog these will look familiar. I built a coat rack that looked very similar about a year ago. I liked it so much that i am now building tow small tables that use the same leg layout.

Im planing on using old barrel tops for these.

I was puttering around the local ski swap and found these sweet old woodies. I love skis on the wall however it always frustrates me when people drill holes in them. As a skier you spend the majority of a skis life trying not to put holes in skis. To that effect i decided to put together a little display.

Glue takes all night to cure when its neg whatever outside...

The morning brought some sweet rack action!

A little stain and up on the wall they went, I'll be putting them up for sale soon.

Up next a dog couch project i have been toying with for a while.

Ill fill in more in the next post.

Shop Notes

The goings on in the shop.

Well i haven't gotten started any boats yet unless you count the new design i'm working on. (more on that in a later post) 

I was able to acquire an antique barrel from the barn of a friend of mine. The barrel itself was really degraded and had some strange features. For one the staves (body of the barrel) are cvg doug fir. Its my experience that most of these things were oak. One of the ends matched and was Doug Fir, the other is oak with one piece being yellow cedar, strange.

The Doug fir end has City of RL written on one side (see above). I have left it although it will on the underside of the finished table. The other end was pegged together with reeds in between the pieces. (see below)

I decided that the two ends will make beautiful tables. What follows are some snaps of the current state of their construction. 

 As for the Barrel Staves they are being turned into center pieces/serving trays. Once cleaned up they are gorgeous!

Over the summer i collected lots of flotsam from my various river trips. The two bits below ended up being out together for this sculpture. 

The tables as well as the trays, sculpture, and several paintings will be available on my Etsy store in the coming weeks. If any of you want in sooner just zip ma a note and well chat.

Cheers!