Bird feeder

Made this little tray feeder today

Started out by truing up some scrap wood

The laser guide on my circular saw helped alot on this step

Mitered some 1"x1" for a frame

Mocking it up

Gluing the frame down

Tried to bore out some little log pieces I had lying around. Ended up splitting all but one.

So, I had to cannibalize an old feeder I had made. Woodpeckers killed it anyways.

Laying it out.

Filled the logs with suet and the base with seed. Finished it off with some chain.

Shop stuff

Made this from an old belt.

Tried out the jointer/planer

If nothing else, it makes great tinder!

From file to knife

 Started with a file just like this one

Cut out a blank with an angle grinder

Roughed out my grind angle free hand on a bench grinder

Cut out scales of cherry

Cutting 1/8in brass rods for pins

Ready to glue scales to the knife

 Waitin for the epoxy to dry

Sanding down the scales with belt sander, rasp, and file

Rounding into shape

First coat of linseed oil

Polishing the blade with 2000 grit wet/dry paper

Shiny!

Two of my favorite knives

The knife that inspired my design, Horace Kephart's knife

Sigh, there goes my nice clean workshop. All this from just putting the scales on.

Virginia Kendall

Mysterious glyphs found along the trail, the meaning of which, may be lost to the eons.

What's new

First let me introduce you to "Maybellene", my 100lbs Vulcan anvil!

After delivering the anvil to it's new home, I decided the workshop needed some cleaning up.

It was a bit messy.

New Iphone can take panoramic pictures!

After the big cleaning, I realized I had room for more tools, yay!

Old craftsman planer/jointer. Needs some loving, but cant beat the price (free). Oh, and it works.

Delta 10"  28-160 Bandsaw.  Same guy sold me this for $45 because he couldn't get it to work (note the lack of an on/off switch.

Works now.

Now for some random photos of the shop setup.

From top to bottom:

New Rigid Drill and bit caddy I bodged up for my loose bits

A small puck of beeswax I made for treating metal and the extra wax still in its cauldron

I put a small steel plate on my bench that I could use for banging on stuff, don't wanna mar up the bench

Bow saw storage

More saws.

I love saws and hope to have many more!