You mean made 100% with hand tools? No electricity at all - like Amish made stuff or what? What about stuff made with purchased or sawmill lumber? Most lumber processing equipment are power tools. Do you mean tree fallen with a axe and processed entirely of hand tools (like from standing tree to finished product) ?The first two weeks of July were way too busy and this announcement kept getting pushed back - well actually forgotten, but here it is:
Let us see all those projects you folks have been making with hand tools only
You mean made 100% with hand tools? No electricity at all - like Amish made stuff or what? What about stuff made with purchased or sawmill lumber? Most lumber processing equipment are power tools. Do you mean tree fallen with a axe and processed entirely of hand tools (like from standing tree to finished product) ?
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OK so these were made with hard maple sawmill scraps. I cut the maple tree down with a chainsaw, loaded on my trailer with my bobcat, pulled it home with my pickup truck, loaded it on my sawmill and made boards out of the log. I found some scraps that fell on the ground under the sawmill and said I'll carve something out of those scraps.Everybody gets some leeway here. Lets say your just getting started with some of grandpas tools. So you go buy some S4 lumber and then use your "new" hand tools to create the project - that works for me. Then again if you are like me and think a circular saw and a trim router are hand tools - that will not count
Mike I'm thinking about you being the spoon master and all... You should have no problems making a carved spoon without any power tools.If you read a lot of 19th century wood working books they almost always say get your stuff from the mill cut and planed to rough size. Stuff is what they called the wood lumber ready to make a project.
Since I am a hybrid wood worker, I have not made anything completely with hand tools only. I use power tools for the heavy work like ripping stock, planing rough stock, drilling multiple holes, etc. However, I use hand tools to fit joints, finish the surface of boards, and saw dovetails.
Since we have a few weeks to submit I will try to complete a small project without power tools. It will be a challenge.
This rose and leaves were made from shavings from my hand plane. The wood is basswood and it was stained with very thin acrylic paints. I used a sharpie for the leaf veins.
Steve
Wow Steve that rose is awesomeness. I'm curious who the stem and leaves are attached if you don't mind sharing.
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Perfect I have been trying to figure out haw to do this for some time. Your rose is perfect. Could this be demoed at the Klingspor show - Please ??