I need some ideas for weekend projects

[ewayne53]

Well the kids aren't coming till Easter but I wanted ideas so I could get started planning early. I think I'm going with wet molding a couple of sheaths. That was my first thought but I didn't think about having them molded before they got here.

As I said earlier I'm  definitely a novice so I've been trying a couple project of my own. Didn't take me long to get tired of having to  look for the right tool in the drawer and not having a safe place to lay it. So I decided I needed  a couple of tool racks for my hand tools and stamps. I'm also a woodworker so I got busy looking ideas and scrap wood in the shop. Below is what I came up with. Waiting for some warm weather and I'll get a couple coats of paint and it will be done.

The sheaths are a couple of my first projects. I also made the two wooden handle knives.

[Bigfoote]

Pretty good looking knives, well done!

[JD62]

I like that tool rack , and the sheaths are very nice!

[ewayne53]

Thanks I still have a long way to go on the leather work. I'm proud of what I've done so far but I know they could be much much better. I've recognized some of my errors and will not make those mistakes again. But of course I'll make different mistakes... lol

I took the idea of the tool rack from Tandy and made some modifications. If I were to do another one I would make some changes but you never know till it's done. Same with the stamp rack, I would put more angle to it. The larger holes were suppose to be 5/8 but in my haste I grabbed the wrong bit and made them 3/4" by the time I realized my error it was too late.