What did you make today?

Discussion in 'DIY (Do It Yourself)' started by Reno Lewis, Dec 23, 2017.

  1. C99c

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    That's awesome!
     
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    thanks!
     
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    last weekend was helping to host a hammer-in
    when i wasn't teaching, I made a small "whisky bowl" out of a ball bearing. holds about 1.25 oz safely, more if you're willing to spill some.
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    after most of the folks went home, I was handed a piece of mystery tool steel hex bar and told to make something -
    so I hammered this out, took it home, profiled and added bevels, then wrapped the handle before giving it back to the guy Sunday at breakfast.
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    this weekend i made a second, slightly larger drinking bowl out of a chunk of 3/4" mild bar around 3" long -- which gave me room for a sacrificial tang to hold onto while shaping.
    the first one nests inside it and the new one holds up to 2 oz/50mL

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    Modded this cold steel
     

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    made an axe - twice.
    started with a 6" chunk of leaf spring 3" wide by 3/4" thick.
    forged everything out by hand and was almost done with the cleanup grinding - when I found the cracks on both sides.
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    cut it down and made an ulu/herb knife out of the bit, then reforged the head into a smaller but similarly shaped head.
    went from 7x5.5 to 6x4.25 and half the weight.
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    ended up right at 40 oz with the overlong helve. (some super hard and really smelly S.A. hardwood)
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    38" to the bottom of the eye, 41" to the tip - REALLY slicey - cut down a couple of small nuisance locust trees with minimal effort.
    good height to use as a fokos
     
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    I really like my little Paki Mini-tracker, but the sheath is crap. So I crafted my own.

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    It is cheap, but sure is a lot of fun to play with!
     
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