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Just downloaded this years gifts. The first is a gun rack made for my son. Hames serve as the frame, a horse shoe and roller chain are the bracing, spurs serve as the cradle, and deer hide from a deer my dad shot back in the 1960's serves as the projection for the gun. The spurs are show spurs, more fashion than working tools.
http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/...pslaqramrd.jpg
A second gun rack was made for a friend and it contains two historic guns. The top gun is a Henry 44 cal. lever action, used for hunting. The bottom gun is a Winchester 30/30 lever action made famous in the old west. This picture was added to show more detail of the gun rack, not to start a debate.
http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/...psz7c6japx.jpg
The next is the wagon wheel end table that was made for the wife. Hames serve as the legs, the ring from a wagon wheel hub supports the wagon wheel, and support for the bottom of the legs is provided by a choker chain.
http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/...psrzbbacs1.jpg
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A few recent creations. The boot scrapper in the upper right hand corner was for a client. The salt/pepper and napkin holder was a birthday gift for my sister, the gun rack in the lower left a birthday gift for my brother, and in the bottom right is a necklace holder and belt rack made for Valentines Day for my wife.
http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/...psrghabsds.jpg
The boot scraper was made from 1 in. angle iron, two horse shoes, 3/4 rod, and scrub brushes. The salt and pepper/napkin holder was made from a farriers rasp, four horse shoes and purchased salt and pepper shaker. The belt holder is a rake and horse shoe with a buckle from a Hames rig to attach it together. The gun racks are horse shoes, spurs, and a deer hide from the 1960"s.
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My brother actually got three sets of gun racks. This is the finished product for my dad. It is a crossbow/gun rack. Unable to shoot my re curve, long bow, or compound at this point in life, the cross bow is my favorite. It is an antique Barrnet Wildcat made of solid oak. Sorry it is not a good picture but the best this blind photographer can do.
http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2ffvsjl2.jpg
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This is not a Christmas gift, but instead a birthday gift. In the tumbleweed thread I talked about salvaging barn wood. This is a frame that I built from some of the barn wood.
http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/...psrklicsfb.jpg
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these are absolutely incredible
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Like it!!! What's the story behind the P-40s image??
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It is for my brother in law, a pilot and a WW II buff. My son is an artist so he was recruited to provide the picture. This is the first time money has been invested in this type of gift. It cost $ 8 for the glass (something I cannot do) and mating (something I did not want to do.) It was a gift for his 60th birthday from his mom and two sisters.
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Cool!! Your son has some great talent. A friend of mine who is a pharmacist does picture framing on the side as an artistic outlet. Yeah, I don't think I would have the patience or precision to do matting either.
I having a good sized rummage this Friday- Sat. AM as part of our second in the year "all-city" rummage sale. But after that, I think I'm going to go out to my eccentric organic farmer friend of mine place and take out a wall of an old farm house that is slowly falling down to get some distressed wood to sell. We did alright a couple of years ago selling some wood although this is later in the season so I don't know how successful it will be. I don't know many South Dakotans have distressed wood projects to do in the cold months??
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Patriot that's another great example of "out of the box" thinking you continue to add to this forum, always good stuff and advice from you, thank you!
I'm a aviation guy, like keeping up with the new aircraft but have always like the WWII birds. Some of my favorite "wall hangers" in my office are the drawings of aircraft my brothers has given me for Christmas presents over the years. My brother is a commercial artist, has done a lot of promotional work for corporations. His work for me was specially done for my love of aviation, he had them professionally framed and matted. Yours and your son's present is quality work, I like the "rustic" wood framing, goes with the era. I'm sure your brother in-law well put that picture "front and center" on the wall for all to see.
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Given the tight metal market, many gits this Christmas are made from scrap. Some are repeats of previous gifts, but a few new ones will be posted. For my mom and mother in law squirrel feeders were created. They like watching animals from the comfort of their homes. Notice the bale hook is home made and it is guessed made in the 1940's. Financially worth more than scrap metal, but emotionally it is where it belongs. Newattitude and Matador, this is what I use bale hooks for.
http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/...pslraslzld.jpg
http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/...psvnis2jnm.jpg
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In honor of the crappy scrap prices this year, the wife received a toilet paper holder. A plow horse shoe, curb bit, dowel, and lynch pins were used. It is heavy enough to mount on the wall or lay on the counter.
http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/...pslivukhug.jpg
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I had forgotten about this thread. Thanks for bringing it back.
I know you could make some money selling this stuff. Perhaps make some of them and hoard them in the out building.
When you finally get to the retirement time of your life you could sell on ebay and travel around to interior decorating firms in the big cities. Mike
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Hopefully everyone here had a great Christmas and looking forward to a positive New Year. Mine was great spending time with the family, great food, snow and the rare full moon at Christmas. The last time this happened was in 1977 and the next one is not expected until 2034. Some of us will not be able to enjoy the next one so this lousy picture is to remind me of this great experience.
http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/...psb33cl8zm.jpg
Sometimes I create things for a special purpose. Many times the wife has a different idea in mind. This was created to be a belt rack for all of her western belts. For those whose wife has to many shoes, imagine a different belt for every pair of shoes. This is the result of a belt rack.
http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/...psjp5fbmrc.jpg
We started two new traditions this year. The first was the Christmas Jars mentioned in another thread. The second one was the brain child of my wife. We use to string popcorn and cran berries to put on the tree on Christmas Eve. This year we made lights out of shot gun shells. This was not our idea but something we saw in catalogs. With the number of shot gun shells laying around and the cost of commercial strings, this was a no brainer. Sorry, no pictures, just an idea for others out there.
Happy New Year.
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Forgot about this thread until I found pictures of Christmas gifts last year. The woodwork here is cedar taken from the old watertank project.
https://www.scrapmetalforum.com/scra...ht=water+tanks
Many on the forum talk about better than scrap value. I am to impatient to sell on line, but I do sell or give to friends and neighbors. Better than scrap value for me is repurposing items, as seen in the previous posts. The cedar was taken from the pump house of the water district before I tore it down and is still being used in different projects. I hope to encourage others to look at scrap from another perspective.
This is a cedar shower that has been redone several times because of water leaks in the old ranch house.
http://i.imgur.com/Z3WPYH9.jpg
An old door latch was used to cover a mistake in cutting the shower head.
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This is the wall next to the shower.
http://i.imgur.com/c7uQWPG.jpg
The towel rack is made of horseshoes and rebar.
The sink area is redone with cedar, the racks on the walls are old coke crates, and sliding shelves were built with cedar and wheels found on various jobs. My kids give me crap when I reuse nails.
http://i.imgur.com/BuoqD9s.jpg
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I also use barn wood for remodeling the house. I tear down old sheds and barns and instead of selling it, use it for my own projects. This barn door was built using the hangers from an old grain bin, barn wood that is plained to retain a rustic look without the bugs and dirt, and a mirror I found on one of my escapades. It is the door to the laundry room.
http://i.imgur.com/o2ZnCfl.jpg
Inside the laundry room, recycled barn hangers were used to create these cut off barn doors that cover the laundry room shelves. The entire laundry room is remodeled in Cedar.
http://i.imgur.com/reOjEzq.jpg
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The center part of this picture is a heating vent that stuck out into a hallway. The linen closets are made from cedar and the mirror was a scrapping find. the bottom of the right cabinet is not complete because a heater vent is under it and I need to build a metal duct and trim it out. The hinges are antique and recycled and the railroad ties are great for hanging wet clothes. At the top are hay hooks welded to horseshoes that usually hold cowboy hats.
http://i.imgur.com/PTrMJGO.jpg
On the main floor that same heater duct stuck out in the kitchen and a pantry was built out of old barn wood, recycled hinges, and railroad spikes. At the top of the picture is a turkey feather keychain that my wife made from a turkey she shot. To the right of the picture is an oak file cabinet that was rebuilt and refinished from several compliments of a local school district.
http://i.imgur.com/ga3ahOW.jpg
It is never to late to start thinking about Christmas and this is evidence I have to much time on my hands during the blizzards we have.
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All you need is more snow, eh? Love the sliding doors. Thanks for sharing, 73, Mike
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Happy New Year to all. This years gift was meant to be a coffee table for the cabin, but the wife thought it was a bench for the creek on our property in the hills. Instead of correcting her, I just explained it was not finished yet and now I have to add a back to it. The pictures of the grain cart (from a farm cleanout were to large to download, so a picture of the wheels with the wooden axle removed is provided. In the back ground you can see the bed frame that repurposed to serve as the frame for the table, I mean bench.
http://www.imgurupload.com/images/20...111_171716.jpg
To make sure the table, I mean bench did not roll, lug nuts from an old vehicle were welded on the bottom. The wood is a leaf from a maple table that was part of a cleanout. Good thing I have another leaf and bed frame to make a back support. It was interesting trying to weld the bed frame to the cast iron wheels. The design required the maple leaf to be in the frame when it was welded to the wheels. Nickle welding rod was used. Trying not burn the wood while welding was also a challenge. Sand was used to keep the cast from cooling to quickly and to keep the wood from burning. The hubs for the wooden axle are under the table in the first picture.
http://www.imgurupload.com/images/20...101_080405.jpg
http://www.imgurupload.com/images/20...101_080442.jpg
I will try to show the transition from a coffee table to a bench when the project is complete.
