2011 Rio Madre Rioja. Who's coming over tonight?

 

Mark

Looks like something wrong, going from "bourbon & Cast" to " Wine & Duct Tape"

You ok man ???

 

I am blown away by the craftsmanship you all showed in your swap tools.

 

Well, we are basically made of Awesome….lol

 

I'm not made of Awesome, i just drink liquid awesomeness and sometimes it escapes through the pores in my skin and drops onto my projects.. lol

 

So who's left? Seems there must be a couple who never posted there swap items.

 

Waiting on Fatandy2013 to get my package in Italy.

and one in Canada i think

 

Here is a better photo of the set Andy sent me.

 

Tracker says mine has been delivered. Just waiting to hear from LakeLover…

 

I haven't posted mine yet…just got the PC hooked up today. Will post soon…

You guys want to have another mallet swap? I know a lot of folks missed that one, and everyone could use another mallet!

 

I for one would like to get in on a swap. I do like the idea of something somewhat simpler to make, considering my meager skills at the moment. Experience comes with practice!

 

Ya, I missed the mallet swap. I didn't have any friends back then.

 

I missed the mallet swap too and I like the greasebox idea.

 

Pat, not sure my liver could take bourbon 7 nights a week

 

The cat arrived today. In a big box. Shockingly expensive shipping, even considering it was cross-border:

Full of recyclable material (nice eco-sensitive touch):

And three objets d'art:

A beam compass, a marking knife and a bonus item - a trivet. All intact, I might add.

The marking knife:

Don't immediately recognize the wood. Butternut, maybe? Very nice size, weight and balance in the hand. And sharp enough to cut my cast should the need arise. Flats sanded on two sides so it won't roll off the bench. This will get a lot of use.

The beam compass, maximum 11" radius:

Made of brass and wood. Nicely executed.

The heads are laminated blocks. Cherry, walnut, poplar. The wood between the poplar corners appears to walnut as well, but as the color is slightly redder than the walnut sandwiched between the cherry, I'm not 100% sure.

The points are geometrically precise. Very. Pat, did you thread the brass rod yourself?

And the bonus item, a trivet:

Wood is hickory?

Thank you, Pat/DaddyZ. Very nice work. And all will be very useful.

 

If Red builds a mallet, it is going to look like Thor's. And thanks to the camera angles he uses, we won't be able to tell that it was made to be hefted by a 4" toy Thor figurine. ;-)

 

Nice wood/metal combo! Well done DaddyZ!

 

Mark

I was surprised by the shipping also…

the marking knife is Osage Orange.

Not to take credit the design on the compass I saw in a magazine a few years ago & thought it was cool looking.

Center Wood in Blocks is durnifiknow - Grab Bag at woodcraft

Wood on Trivet - logfoundonroad wood - from a clearcut Milled myself from 12" Log 36" Long

& yes I did thread the brass rod myself..

Enjoy !!!!

 

Very nice Pat…...

 

I got it.

Between more blowing snow and a nasty 24 hour bug we had 3 packages to pick up.

I got this really long box, filled with lots of wrapped parts.

Candy made a set of winding sticks and a beam compass. There is a coupler also and set of wedges.

The winding sticks and beam are gnarly oak with Walnut and Maple trim.

Going to play with this to see how many to configure it. 2 steel tips and a pencil holder

And of course Candy personalised this coupler with a Monty Python quote.

Very nice finish. Candy sent a nice note, explaining that a trammel is possible.

Great job there Candy. Going to have to make a swap shelf, to keep those winding sticks from uneducated hands.

Lake Lover

 

Nice one Candy!!!

 

Nice work all around folks.

 

I am glad you finally got it LakeLover! The beam compass is inspired from an antique I found in a blog.
I was calling the oak curly, gnarly oak sounds more fitting! Hope you get some use out of it all!
Thanks Pat! Some kind of weird vibe going on? Two Oklahoma Lumberjocks made beam compasses that travelled to two Canadian Lumberjocks…?

 

Candy, now we can all wonder if it was a dumb luck or if it orchestrated by an sinister mastermind running the event.
Muahahha

Nice work Candy!

 

The Force is indeed strong with you Jordan that you were able to use your Jedi mind trick and convince Pat and I to take on the same tool! Beware of the dark side