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bighammer

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Did you also craft the plates/bowls and stuff I see in the background on the end table?

Yup, that's a small part of the stuff in here. I think I need to get a booth at a fair or something, and thin it out a bit.

Where did you learn the lacing (how to do it)?

We have this internet connection thing.... :cool:
http://www.hawkdancing.com/index.html

I ordered the rope and goat skin online, bought some steel locally, then bent and welded my own rings. I did a bunch of reading, then jumped into it. I took it in to the studio yesterday and learned one of the other DJ's is our local expert; sells the supplies, teaches djembe drumming, does repairs, etc. He said it was very good for a first one, but he offered some tips and I plan to do more in the future. I might even learn how to play one.

This one will be a donation in a local fundraiser silent auction April 21. I have a tough time pricing stuff, and galleries want 40-50%. I'd rather give my stuff away before giving half to somebody who didn't even get dusty.
 

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I took my best piece to the International Woodturning Symposium in Pittsburgh. It was a cherry stump that was a bit more rotten than I thought, so to keep it together, I had to inlay some 1/4" thick hardwood on both sides. Sort of like juggling grenades with loose pins.
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Here's my first hat. My son broke it while running the vacuum in our living room. :mad:

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I took my best piece to the International Woodturning Symposium in Pittsburgh. It was a cherry stump that was a bit more rotten than I thought, so to keep it together, I had to inlay some 1/4" thick hardwood on both sides. Sort of like juggling grenades with loose pins. View attachment 21390

Here's my first hat. My son broke it while running the vacuum in our living room. :mad:

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You've got some mad woodworking skills, my friend! :rockon:
 

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I guess I could show my currant project.
I bought this 2005 Audi S4, 6MT, AWD! with a blown up engine.
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Before I bought the car I located a engine that already had the cam timing
maintenance done.

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I thought it would be a big job, but, I had no idea! Even with the 22 pages of instructions I'm about 10 hrs. into getting the bad engine out!
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Should I get it running again. I plan on This!
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Nice project you have going, and I thought they stopped making that Chevy sort of a pick-up (you can't haul beans in that thing) but it has a tire-smoking loud pedal on the right, just under your foot <grin>
 
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