Christmas Gift from Scrap

Originally Posted by Metalbestos

Is the harnes used for the wine rack also a horse collar ? I have a few of them that could find a new life . Love the pictures
You have a beautiful home

The wine rack in post #1 is actually four Hames welded upside down. In post # 12 the collar mirror shows the Hames as they were used on the collar by draft horses. The original Hames were made of wood and hard to come by. The horse collar mirror was not an original idea, but one borrowed from others. A horse collar mirror with wooden Hames goes for as much as $ 1,500 on ebay.

Disclaimer: I do not claim to be the originator of any of these gifts, many of these ideas were borrowed from others. In the old days farmers and ranchers did not have T.V. and would spend their evenings creating such things for practical and artistic reasons.

This is the cabin mailbox made out of an old water pump handle and the weather vane on top can be barely seen against the back drop of the hills. The next picture shows the outline of the weather vane against the cabin. A plasma cutter and computer program was used to make the weather vane. The machine shop allows me to borrow their equipment for special projects.

The mailbox itself was covered by a professional with pictures of the family and our favorite horses.

The other mailbox in the picture was abandoned by neighbors several years ago.

Some simple projects early in the tradition included hat racks and belt racks. The first picture shows the basic horseshoe design for gun racks, curtain rods, coat hooks and hat racks.



The next two pictures shows hat racks made from horseshoes and rebar.





Next simple design for cap rack because you never have enough room to hang your cap.





And last a belt rack using horseshoes and regular rivets, nothing fancy but serves the purpose.