I got this large sized rivet hammer a few weeks ago

(a bit over a pound at a guess)

Today I grabbed part of a busted sledge hammer handle and carved / 
fitted up a handle for it.

This is about maybe an hours work at most, and so far no sandpaper has 
touched it.

Drawknife, spokeshave, scraper.

If you knew how easy hickory wood scrapes you wouldn't resort to 
abrasives either.

I'll probably scrape a bit more and oil it. Maybe even varnish it.

But who knows? Sometimes I just leave them bare.

http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/oldtools/rivethammer1.JPG

http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/oldtools/rivethammer2.JPG

yours scott

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    Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca  96039
    scottg@s...
    http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/
    http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html

Very nice job.



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-------- Original message --------
From: scott grandstaff 
Date: 5/7/19 21:02 (GMT-05:00)
To: porch 
Subject: [OldTools] todays quickie

I got this large sized rivet hammer a few weeks ago

(a bit over a pound at a guess)

Today I grabbed part of a busted sledge hammer handle and carved /
fitted up a handle for it.

This is about maybe an hours work at most, and so far no sandpaper has
touched it.

Drawknife, spokeshave, scraper.

If you knew how easy hickory wood scrapes you wouldn't resort to
abrasives either.

I'll probably scrape a bit more and oil it. Maybe even varnish it.

But who knows? Sometimes I just leave them bare.

http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/oldtools/rivethammer1.JPG

http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/oldtools/rivethammer2.JPG

yours scott

--
*******************************
    Scott Grandstaff
    Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca  96039
    scottg@s...
    http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/
    http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html

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Looks just like it ought to

Ed Minch

Scott,

All that, and made from scrounged material, too!

Many people, unable to visualize the graceful rivet hammer handle held captive
inside, would have discarded the broken sledge handle as junk!

You are the Bricoleur Extraordinaire! 

John Ruth

John

Perfect use of a word I had not seen before

Ed Minch
Veni, Vidi, Velcro  -  I came, I saw, I stuck around

Ed,

Believe it or not, I learned the words “bricoleur” and “bricolage” right here on
the Porch!

I will return the compliment by saying that I like your “bon mot.”
> Veni, Vidi, Velcro  -  I came, I saw, I stuck around

We should all take a lesson from Scott.  Don’t make yourself sad by wishing you
could buy some “Nakashima-worthy” wood that you can’t afford.  Look around you,
at the broken sledge handles, the pallets, the firewood pile, tree trimmings,
etc.

Recall some of Scott’s rehabilitations of Perfect Handle screwdrivers using
“wild” wood.  Recall The Old Millrat’s nicely-made chisel handles.

Any old branch section can be a file handle that might save you from a painful
tang-stab.

One of the handsomest plane totes I ever saw was carved out of a junction
between two tree limbs.  The grain flowed beautifully around the piece; there
was no cross-grain on any part. And, this was a replacement on a Bailey!

Yesterday, I encountered a fellow with a beautiful walking cane made from a tree
limb.

Don’t lament lack of project wood; scrounge it! 

John Ruth
“Some people see things as the are, and ask ‘Why?’ 
I see things as they could be, and say ‘Hi! How’s it going?’ “

John

A friend gave me this:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/31757826784/in/album-72157671458169080/

and I turned it into this:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/31757826784/in/album-72157671458169080/

But I still wish I were more creative in using the things around me - Scott is a
muse, and amusing.

Ed Minch

Sorry

Here is the “after” picture

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/32197023420/in/album-72157671458169080/

Ed Minch

> Here is the “after” picture
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/32197023420/in/album-72157671458169080/
>
> Ed Minch

> Holy Gads Ed!! WoW what a beauty! I'm gobsmacked!
What did you use the firewood for? Was it the spruce top?
   yours scott

Scott

That is a piece of ash from a tree killed by the Emerald Ash Borer.  The entire
guitar came out of that log - top, back, sides, and neck.  It grew on top of the
mountain that John Henry died tunneling under in Talcott, WV, on my friend's
farm of 47 years.  John was the steel driving man, but I didn't know how to make
a steel guitar, and besides, no steel was growing on top of that mountain;

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/29074488905/in/album-72157671458169080/

Here is what it sounds like 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/33302521255/in/album-72157671458169080/

I think I posted this here about 3 years ago.  There were a lot of firsts for me
with this one -  1) A resonator, 2) A guitar made from wood I harvested, 3) A
guitar made entirely from the same log, which I have never seen before, 4) a
rosette around the cover plate of a resonator, which I have never seen before,
5) carved wooden grills, which I have never seen before, 6) using cross-grained
slices of the back for fretboard binding, which I have never seen before, 7)
carving my first neck, complete with Martin volute.

Ed Minch

Gorgeous



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-------- Original message --------
From: Ed Minch 
Date: 5/8/19 12:39 (GMT-05:00)
To: John Ruth 
Cc: porch 
Subject: Re: [OldTools] todays quickie

Sorry

Here is the “after” picture

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/32197023420/in/album-72157671458169080/

Ed Minch

> On May 8, 2019, at 11:26 AM, Ed Minch  wrote:
>
> John
>
> A friend gave me this:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/31757826784/in/album-72157671458169080/
>
> and I turned it into this:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/31757826784/in/album-72157671458169080/
>
> But I still wish I were more creative in using the things around me - Scott is
a muse, and amusing.
>
> Ed Minch
>
>
>
>
>> On May 8, 2019, at 10:50 AM, John Ruth  wrote:
>>
>> Ed,
>>
>> Believe it or not, I learned the words “bricoleur” and “bricolage” right here
on the Porch!
>>
>> I will return the compliment by saying that I like your “bon mot.”
>>> Veni, Vidi, Velcro  -  I came, I saw, I stuck around
>>
>> We should all take a lesson from Scott.  Don’t make yourself sad by wishing
you could buy some “Nakashima-worthy” wood that you can’t afford.  Look around
you, at the broken sledge handles, the pallets, the firewood pile, tree
trimmings, etc.
>>
>> Recall some of Scott’s rehabilitations of Perfect Handle screwdrivers using
“wild” wood.  Recall The Old Millrat’s nicely-made chisel handles.
>>
>> Any old branch section can be a file handle that might save you from a
painful tang-stab.
>>
>> One of the handsomest plane totes I ever saw was carved out of a junction
between two tree limbs.  The grain flowed beautifully around the piece; there
was no cross-grain on any part. And, this was a replacement on a Bailey!
>>
>> Yesterday, I encountered a fellow with a beautiful walking cane made from a
tree limb.
>>
>> Don’t lament lack of project wood; scrounge it!
>>
>> John Ruth
>> “Some people see things as the are, and ask ‘Why?’
>> I see things as they could be, and say ‘Hi! How’s it going?’ “
>
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