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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Hibbing, MN
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Let's see your homemade crafts!
There has to be some other people on here that make their own stuff. Post up some pictures of anything you made such as furniture, knives, stained glass, pottery, etc. I will start with the knife I just finished making. The handles are mahogany and the steel came from our scrap pile so I am not sure what type it is but it is definitely some hard steel.
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Build thread for my SWB 4x4 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=447938 ![]() 1968 Chevy K/10 short box fleetside (my project) 1969 Chevy Z/28 Camaro (my dad's project) 1968 Chevy C/20 long box fleetside (parts truck) |
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Location: canton ga
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Re: Let's see your homemade crafts!
Thats a neat knife ,all I make is messes .
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Re: Let's see your homemade crafts!
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I have made quite a few things in my lifetime. It seems like I always choose the hardest things to make so I usually only make one of them. I never use kits because I like to build things from scratch... It started when I was young. I used to build Crystal radios and balsa wood model planes when I was in my teens.. Some of the things I have made are: a tooled leather holster and belt, clocks (quite a few of these), stained glass, metal toys, a dry washer (for prospecting), A Dulcimer, a knife, did some metal casting, and a couple of display cases. Oh, and the wife and I built our house, from the ground up... Here are a couple of pictures of the dry washer and one of my grandson holding the Dulcimer. The Dulcimer was built from hand cut Cherry wood from my uncles farm in Indiana. The pictures are kind of small. LockDoc
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Leon Locksmith, Specializing In Antique Trucks, Automobiles, & Motorcycles (My Dually Pickup Project Thread) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=829820 - Last edited by LockDoc; 11-20-2013 at 10:50 PM. |
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Re: Let's see your homemade crafts!
A couple of my holsters.
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Re: Let's see your homemade crafts!
Leon I think you are one of those guys that hates to take the time to sleep ... cool stuff!
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Re: Let's see your homemade crafts!
Keep'em coming! It is fun and amazing to see what people have made with their own hands.
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Build thread for my SWB 4x4 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=447938 ![]() 1968 Chevy K/10 short box fleetside (my project) 1969 Chevy Z/28 Camaro (my dad's project) 1968 Chevy C/20 long box fleetside (parts truck) |
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Re: Let's see your homemade crafts!
I've dubbed around in the shop for a lot of years. Built boats for a while, then furniture, currently RC models. Had to build the cradles and hope chests for the grandkids. The sleigh and rocking horse was by request.
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Re: Let's see your homemade crafts!
Very nice ,, I like em all ,, I built a rocking horse for our first grandchild and he really loved it ... I used a couple marbles for the eyes and some thought they looked like real eyes ,, of course nice people say things like that..
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Re: Let's see your homemade crafts!
I make knives and tools .
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Re: Let's see your homemade crafts!
Continued
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Re: Let's see your homemade crafts!
That's nice workmanship.
Nowhere as nice but, they made the wife happy. A mix of custom black walnut kitchen spoons. The top one isn't symmetrical on purpose. The different radius on the bottom match the corner radius of her favorite sauce pans. The bottom one is several years older and accidentally made a trip through the dishwasher once.
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Re: Let's see your homemade crafts!
All of you guys are very talented ,nice work.
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Re: Let's see your homemade crafts!
I just got orders for 2 doll beds for granddaughters Christmas Presents. I'll post pics when I get them done. I would rather make them out of metal than wood though!!!
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Re: Let's see your homemade crafts!
I tried to weld wood once, couldn't get an arc struck....
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Re: Let's see your homemade crafts!
Too tired to find pics right now but my partial list
Duck decoys Boats Furniture Doors Most of my (cough-cough) skill were acquired due to the lack of money.
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Re: Let's see your homemade crafts!
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Man, you guys have made some excellent stuff... Here are pictures of a couple more things I made. First is a firetruck made out of metal. First picture shows the parts and the second shows it put together. It is 26" long so it is pretty good size. Second is the first and only knife I ever made. The metal is from a 1964 Chevy II leaf spring because it is the thinnest one I could find at the salvage yard. My hands about fell off before I got it ground down. As you can see in the one picture I still haven't finished polishing it. The piece of antler is from a road kill buck. It weighs about one pound. I'll dig out pictures of a couple more things later. LockDoc
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Leon Locksmith, Specializing In Antique Trucks, Automobiles, & Motorcycles (My Dually Pickup Project Thread) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=829820 - Last edited by LockDoc; 11-22-2013 at 12:20 PM. |
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Re: Let's see your homemade crafts!
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Build thread for my SWB 4x4 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=447938 ![]() 1968 Chevy K/10 short box fleetside (my project) 1969 Chevy Z/28 Camaro (my dad's project) 1968 Chevy C/20 long box fleetside (parts truck) |
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Re: Let's see your homemade crafts!
Here is a couple!
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Re: Let's see your homemade crafts!
Thank you Shortbox. It was one of my favorites.
An interesting thing about the mahogany box in the '33 Ford pickup is except for the bottom and the light trim, all of the parts; front, back, ends, top, and dark trim came from one magnificent board.
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Re: Let's see your homemade crafts!
I love the fire truck but the knife is cool too.
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Re: Let's see your homemade crafts!
Love the fire truck and knife Leon...The rest of this stuff is awesome too...keep posting guys...
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Re: Let's see your homemade crafts!
Leon, the fire truck is excellent! Where did you source the wheels and tires? Did you build the truck around them, or were you able to find them after the build?
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'68 Short C20 Flatbed Dually w/ 292 4bbl, Langdon cast headers, and WC T5 trans. '81 G10 Shorty Van "Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement." Will Rogers "Under promise, then over achieve." |
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Re: Let's see your homemade crafts!
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Thanks guys. slomotion: I used an original 1920's Turner Toys fire truck as a pattern for mine. Replacement wheels were available for the Turner Toys truck so I used them on that one. The ladders were available too but I decided to make my own. The company I bought them from was called Thomas Toys, Inc. Here are a couple of pictures of the first one I made and it is exactly like the original toy. I didn't know about the reproduction wheels and headlight buckets at that time so I used the wheels off of one of the kids small toy wagons on it.... ![]() LockDoc
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Leon Locksmith, Specializing In Antique Trucks, Automobiles, & Motorcycles (My Dually Pickup Project Thread) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=829820 - Last edited by LockDoc; 11-22-2013 at 12:47 PM. |
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Re: Let's see your homemade crafts!
Great thread!
Lockdoc.... you need to include a picture of your house, and... ![]()
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Re: Let's see your homemade crafts!
Had a 1/4 I bought from Steve@OldSub. (RIP) cut out what I needed and had much left over. I'm not done yet, but a Dragon fly is what it will be someday. Planned to grind off all the paint but Momma is happy with
"the look" as is. Needs a bit more trimmimg and a small amount of bending/twisting.
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