tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220548632024-03-07T14:56:59.794-08:00WOOD AND CRAFTINGThomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-87601358010167061362009-09-17T13:31:00.001-07:002009-09-17T13:31:35.087-07:00Fall SCORE | Caribbean Blue | Medium Green | Patterns | Flamenco Fire - Sent using Google Toolbar<a href="http://www.spectrumglass.com/email/public/Pub090709.html" target="_blank">Fall SCORE | Caribbean Blue | Medium Green | Patterns | Flamenco Fire</a><br><br><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-family: serif; font-size: 20px;"> <table><tbody><tr style="background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" bgcolor="#999999"><td style="padding: 1px;" valign="middle" height="25"><span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">_</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Free Patterns </span></td> </tr> <tr style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="middle" height="18"> <td style="padding: 1px;" height="101"><p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px;"><img src="http://www.spectrumglass.com/TempImages/Email/CatScallywag.jpg" align="right" width="267" height="195">Three new patterns are now available online. Pick up the Anchor Emblem, Emperor Penguin Family, and the playfull Scallywag kitty patterns today!</p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16.6667px;"><a style="color: rgb(102, 153, 204);" href="http://www.spectrumglass.com/stained-glass/patterns/patterns.asp" target="_blank"><b>CLICK HERE</b></a> to go to our Free Patterns collection.</p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> Thomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-4666773784800986422009-09-17T12:36:00.001-07:002009-09-17T12:36:47.770-07:00added posts to gmail, forwarded to hotmail.Thomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-39621770969500413282009-09-17T12:26:00.001-07:002009-09-17T12:26:51.585-07:00test<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZT_PEHSjMgvU1u6KmPxLcsi3klrUahy3KIGNQDM6kFXcYIpmCMjfqJwKtsQYlMcDZxXJMkmq19UWlrbEZZrUCteffkslEmrDd-4krGsdc07Wpcq_LxW2LcY5pRqNpQIlRtRD1g/s1600-h/dr1-711586.gif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZT_PEHSjMgvU1u6KmPxLcsi3klrUahy3KIGNQDM6kFXcYIpmCMjfqJwKtsQYlMcDZxXJMkmq19UWlrbEZZrUCteffkslEmrDd-4krGsdc07Wpcq_LxW2LcY5pRqNpQIlRtRD1g/s400/dr1-711586.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382520072170536354" /></a></p>try 1<p>-- <br>Thomas PerrinThomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-60077920800872829692007-06-12T10:48:00.000-07:002007-06-12T10:48:32.762-07:00Santa study stick - Google Docs & Spreadsheets<a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfqrzzrt_2fpdg82">Santa study stick - Google Docs & Spreadsheets</a>Thomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-1147961733090454562006-05-18T06:51:00.000-07:002006-10-13T15:24:47.657-07:00tonights results..<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3961/2238/1600/cook%20003.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3961/2238/320/cook%20003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3961/2238/1600/cook%20004.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3961/2238/320/cook%20004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3961/2238/1600/cook%20001.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3961/2238/320/cook%20001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Little excited last night I guess, worked on the cook all night or from 10pm till 9am cramped hands for my Efforts is what i recieved..<br />wore my gloves and new thumb protector wrapped with veltrap, and am amazed no sore spots even where the back of the blade rubs mt index finger usualy its sore and feeling abused from 11 hours of carving.<br />i didnt get as much done as i expected. played on the computer for a break several times so it wasent a full 11 hour session..<br />results// in photosThomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-1147933681236222202006-05-17T23:07:00.000-07:002006-10-13T15:24:47.586-07:00Chuckwagon cook Underway....<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3961/2238/1600/image0.2.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="155" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3961/2238/320/image0.1.jpg" width="258" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3961/2238/1600/image1.1.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3961/2238/320/image1.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3961/2238/1600/image2.0.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3961/2238/320/image2.0.jpg" border="0" /></a>Finely on the way to getting stated, </div><div align="justify">I got the blank cut out, as it was 3 inch stock, my scroll saw max is 2.5:"</div><div align="justify"> went to a cabinet shop-mill right who had a bandsaw only cost $5.00 to have it half-assed job sawing it out, but it will make it somewhat faster than hogging it off with a chip knife. </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">his better bandsaw was on the fritz and he had a 1 inch blade in the saw he used so he was really limited as to what he could do as to removing all the tight areas he could.</div>Thomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-1147582246433938722006-05-13T21:50:00.000-07:002006-10-13T15:24:47.307-07:00<a href="http://outwestwoodcarving.blogspot.com/" target="ext"><img class="phostImg" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/400/OUT%20WEST%20WOODCARVING%205%2013%202006%2011%2045%2046%20PM.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />new carving instructional web blog, Lynn Droughty is teaching how to carve a chuck wagon cook and related accessories come see...Thomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-1147395283609126132006-05-11T17:54:00.000-07:002006-10-13T15:24:47.235-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/1024/my%20ji007.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/400/my%20ji007.jpg'></a><br />1long train 3 box card 2 tank cars 2 flat cars 1 gondola engine & coal car and caboose. 1/2"x1/2"x12"Thomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-1147395141832138522006-05-11T17:52:00.000-07:002006-10-13T15:24:47.165-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/1024/my%20ji008.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/400/my%20ji008.jpg'></a><br />2Thomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-1147395102484183342006-05-11T17:51:00.001-07:002006-10-13T15:24:47.094-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/1024/my%20ji009.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/400/my%20ji009.jpg'></a><br />3Thomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-1147395066988781212006-05-11T17:51:00.000-07:002006-10-13T15:24:47.024-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/1024/my%20ji010.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/400/my%20ji010.jpg'></a><br />4Thomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-1147338422642405892006-05-11T02:07:00.000-07:002006-10-13T15:24:46.948-07:00Entree into WCI Jinga Block Challange<strong>This little train was carved from 3/8"x5/8"x6"Scrap of basswood</strong><br /> the wheels were the hardest thing to accomplish, here not painted yet,<br /> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><em>difficulties arose when using a soldering iron type woodburner wilt a loose nib very hard to control as it would take off in its own direction</em></span><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/1024/my%20ji015.jpg"><img class="phostImg" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/400/my%20ji015.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />jinga train2 southboundThomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-1147338195881396502006-05-11T02:03:00.000-07:002006-10-13T15:24:46.859-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/1024/my%20ji013.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/400/my%20ji013.0.jpg'></a><br />jinga train2 northboundThomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-1147336813294591432006-05-11T01:40:00.000-07:002006-10-13T15:24:46.787-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/1024/my%20ji012.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/400/my%20ji012.jpg'></a><br />jinga train SouthboundThomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-1147336730322721322006-05-11T01:38:00.000-07:002006-10-13T15:24:46.717-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/1024/my%20ji011.0.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/400/my%20ji011.1.jpg'></a><br />jinga train northboundThomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-1144985456970489832006-04-13T20:30:00.001-07:002006-10-13T15:24:46.499-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/320/image0-1.2.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/400/image0-1.2.jpg'></a><br />finished power hone, for use in electric drillThomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-1144985404460910832006-04-13T20:30:00.000-07:002006-10-13T15:24:46.429-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/320/image0.2.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/400/image0.2.jpg'></a><br />New construction items for powerhone to sharpen carving tools.Thomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-1144625490826192492006-04-09T16:31:00.000-07:002006-10-13T15:24:46.359-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/320/image01.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/400/image01.jpg'></a><br />Louisiana Welcome basket. the wife makes one of these every several years for folks that visit from out of state.Thomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-1144625322516687992006-04-09T16:28:00.000-07:002006-10-13T15:24:46.287-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/320/image0-1.1.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/400/image0-1.1.jpg'></a><br />frontThomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-1144625092775326272006-04-09T16:24:00.000-07:002006-10-13T15:24:46.127-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/320/image3.0.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/400/image3.0.jpg'></a><br />frontThomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-1144425254469675392006-04-07T08:54:00.000-07:002006-10-13T15:24:45.912-07:00Experiments & New starts<a href="http://thompblog3.blogspot.com/">Experiments & New starts</a><br /><br />Starting a new blog for restarting charters on this blog above.Thomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-1143611825064724792006-03-28T21:57:00.000-08:002006-10-13T15:24:45.670-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/320/lod%20h001.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/400/lod%20h001.jpg'></a><br />LOD COWPONYThomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-1143215539145751632006-03-24T07:06:00.000-08:002006-10-13T15:24:45.601-07:00Guess I'm HORSE THEIF! or pattern shape theif<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3961/2238/1024/image4.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: all; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3961/2238/400/image4.jpg" border="0" /></a> Patterned in the likeness of lynn o droughtys horse, in the open wide vet and horse. carving he produced ....<br /><br />Still pretty much in the rough , i needed to practice making animals, and Lynn's turn on animals among other old west charters tickle me..<br /><br />Well lynn hasent got a thing to worry about me taking his job or over using his pattern, this one was tough to reproduce,,,,,,,<br /><br />still not finished<br /><br />cut from a quick growth slash pine 2x4 to carve out a pony.<br /><br />the delicate legs somehow i managed to break the front right leg under the knee while trying to carve the hoof. but its all glued back and clamped<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3961/2238/1024/image2.1.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: all; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3961/2238/400/image2.1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3961/2238/1024/image3.1.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: all; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3961/2238/400/image3.1.jpg" border="0" /></a> Most of the work was done with power tools, i cut out the shape with a scrollsaw. then worked the block over with a power rotory carver with a small sandpaper drum, just to work shape,<br />then on to the knife, to work detail into the carving....<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3961/2238/1024/image8.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: all; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3961/2238/400/image8.jpg" border="0" /></a> The corse grain of slash pine makes it one of the most hated woods to carve by me, as i usualy get hurt more often as the grain splits and my knife or gouge will follow the split........<br /><br />The wood is fragile. dry and will split break off or just be difficult as possible <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; moz-background-clip: initial; moz-background-origin: initial; moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a>Thomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-1142971562778166522006-03-21T12:06:00.000-08:002006-10-13T15:24:45.527-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/320/000008.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/400/000008.jpg'></a><br />Smithy shop other views....Thomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22054863.post-1142971507775072822006-03-21T12:05:00.000-08:002006-10-13T15:24:45.444-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/320/dockyard%20micro%20gouges.jpg'><img border='0' class='phostImg' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/41/9727/400/dockyard%20micro%20gouges.jpg'></a><br />dockyard micro gouges arrived... Hopefull better details will result, small "U" gouges 5mm down to 1.5mm for close quarters.Thomphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11310147397680985482noreply@blogger.com0