Members stormdevil Posted December 15, 2016 Members Report Posted December 15, 2016 (edited) So I've been busy making things for Xmas. Hope my family are happy Please give me feedback on my creations - I'm still a novice. (Hoping for some better tools for Xmas ) I'm not completely happy with the campaign stool top - maybe I was a bit ambitious with the carving and the antiquing didn't work as well as I'd hoped (watched the videos, but maybe the tooling is not up to scratch). I kind of regret leaving the circle natural - but you learn as you go. Got my husband working on the legs, will post a photo when the whole things is done. Edited December 15, 2016 by stormdevil Quote
Chief31794 Posted December 15, 2016 Report Posted December 15, 2016 Nice looking stuff, someone will have a Merry Christmas. Chief Quote "Life's too short to carry ugly leather"
Members bdpeters Posted December 15, 2016 Members Report Posted December 15, 2016 Looks to me like they turned out rather nice. the stool looks great to me. Quote
Members stormdevil Posted December 24, 2016 Author Members Report Posted December 24, 2016 And here's the completed stool with the legs on. It's very difficult to find tribolts in the uk. Tandy ones were too small, since I wanted 30mm legs. I tried to make a tribolt, but it broke as soon as I sat on the stool (ouch). I eventually found one, but relatively expensive. Quote
bikermutt07 Posted December 24, 2016 Report Posted December 24, 2016 It all looks great. But I gotta ask..... Is that a Batman and The Penguin inspired sporran? Quote I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with. Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day. From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Members cjartist Posted December 24, 2016 Members Report Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) Looks nice. I'm sure they will be thrilled! I made some using one eye bolt and one straight bolt. I don't think it folds together quite as nice as the tri-bolt but it is a lot cheaper. Edited December 24, 2016 by cjartist Quote Check out my Unique Marketing Strategy and see if it might also work for you to get paid for your art.
Mark Peters Posted December 25, 2016 Report Posted December 25, 2016 Found these from a Canadian firm. http://www.leevalley.com/US/hardware/page.aspx?p=72944&cat=53&ap=1 Quote
Members stormdevil Posted January 9, 2017 Author Members Report Posted January 9, 2017 On 24/12/2016 at 3:16 PM, bikermutt07 said: It all looks great. But I gotta ask..... Is that a Batman and The Penguin inspired sporran? It wasn't meant to be batman and the penguin, though I'll admit it does look like it :-) My son has a "penguin" email address, so we keep giving him things with penguins on. The other part was a flame motif that I put an arrow through, but it now looks like a bat! At least it will be unique. Quote
bikermutt07 Posted January 10, 2017 Report Posted January 10, 2017 Cool. Quote I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with. Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day. From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.
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