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2 hours ago, Mjolnir said:

Should be a fun weekend. total experimentation. hinged, brassed, an opening that is a surprise for me and you if I can pull it off. A leveraged lock. Attached to a 360 pivot!? WHAT!!??

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Ooh...purty. 
Is that some walnut I see there?
What an interesting design. I'm sure you'll keep us posted about how much fun you're having working it all out!

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Not walnut. I'll go with the some walnut soon though. I stained some of the parts. Giving them a light sanding for an antiqued look. Got a late start this weekend, stain dry's slow in the cold.

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Sweet, 

just curious how much movement you get in the wood after it cools down from being steamed? Am thinking about trying that out with some mango wood, i made myself a pony a couple years ago out of mango and like your clam better than the clamp i made,,, just curious if i need to way over bend to get final curves or if it sits pretty good.

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On ‎12‎/‎18‎/‎2017 at 9:57 PM, Kulafarmer said:

Sweet, 

just curious how much movement you get in the wood after it cools down from being steamed? Am thinking about trying that out with some mango wood, i made myself a pony a couple years ago out of mango and like your clam better than the clamp i made,,, just curious if i need to way over bend to get final curves or if it sits pretty good.

sorry Kulafarmer I replied to your post and it's not here. Anyway. So apparently Mango is a hardwood so I would go for it. After you bend it let it cool to room temp and it should be set. I would go ahead and let it dry mostly or all the way but the cooling is what is important. Also if you have to steam a bit more for a fix. It will straighten out and it also dry's the wood which can cause tiny splits along the grain. Good Luck, I want to see pics!

PS I took a thought break from my Clam 2 project, but I started back today and vacation starts tomorrow afternoon. Clam 3 is already planned.

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Just to give an idea or were I'm going with this, I'm adding a bent piece to both sides to accentuate the mouth of the clam. I may be crazy but I can make it work... I hope. Definitely going towards the sculptured look. I spent the whole week looking at it everyday and telling myself to 'keep it simple stupid' before reminding myself I could have scraped that one and built another by now! Time to go for it!

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"Clam 3 is already planned"...If I had a nickel for every time I've had occasion to say that!

So much leather...so little time.

 

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I'm halfway done. I'm discarding ideas left and right. keeping it simple lol. I decided this should still be proof of concept. Should be finished by Christmas :)

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1 minute ago, Mjolnir said:

I'm halfway done. I'm discarding ideas left and right. keeping it simple lol. I decided this should still be proof of concept. Should be finished by Christmas :)

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It is looking fabulous.

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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