Great work @excalbian. I missed the class. I wanted to do it too. How the Raspberry Pi class prep coming along? Let me know if you need help with 3D printing.
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I stalk the calendar lmao
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Wow! What kind of wood? Did you have to glue-up the panels too?
This one is mahogany. Typically his carved doors are either mahogany, Spanish cedar or walnut.
Fortunately the customer provides the panels cut moderately oversized and sanded. I start with the flat panels and cut the raised panel bevels and the necessary patterns on my CNC.
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We have some copper leaves. A couple of the guys decided that instead of leaves they wanted to make arrowheads is there more masculine I thought I was toast everyone’s faces and let everybody see what great work they
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It was very fun. We were originally going to use 28 gauge copper but ended up using 22 gauge because it was what was available. @Cairenn_Day was very helpful and taught us several techniques. She showed us some of her work on her phone and it was beautiful stuff.
I think most everyone enjoyed the class very much and time just flew by. The arrowhead idea was mine because I saw a slide show on the back wall in jewelry that inspired me to cut one from copper.
Mike Robbins and I went with the arrowheads. (Sorry Cairenn)
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One of the about teaching classes is the fact that my students may come up with a different idea than what I was thinking about. I really like the arrowhead idea and okay y’all I’m probably I’ve had men asking for something they could wear so now I’ve got an idea of one. I think the more ideas one can get is always a good it enhances everybody
Just a couple more attempts playing with scratch board and my CO2 laser. Made a change to the dpi which seemed to work out.
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Wow really nice work.
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thank you. I’m working on it.
Thank you for teaching. It stretched me. I want to finish with a patina on
my ginkgo leaf. I have ideas for more things. . .
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I am so happy that you want to do more. That’s what I really enjoy about teaching is getting other people excited about things I’ve enjoyed do it
I modified a Harbor Freight 3lb hand sledge to make a double diagonal pien hammer for use in Blacksmithing.
A double diagonal pien is handy for a couple of reasons. First, the diagonal pien means one can hold the hammer at a 45 degree angle to the length of the workpiece on order to lengthen:
The double diagonal allows one to simply rotate the handle to flip the head 180 degrees: switching from lengthening to widening.
I made the hammer by slicing corners off of the opposing faces, then grinding and smoothing with a grinding wheel and flap sander. I kept the head cool with frequent dipping in water to prevent losing the temper of the face.
Finally, I used a scraper to remove the factory varnish from the handle and gave it a quick torched finish. Some orange spraypaint was added like I do to all my hammers.
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2 months of work on 4 whiskey barrels, 550 rivets, 4 sets of soft closes drawer slides, an extra set of steel barrel bands and a dream was realized, 
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Great idea! Where’d you find the barrels?
Lol. 4 barrels of whiskey later, I finished it.
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Lol 
that’s the truth 
For about $100 you can get a barrel
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