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flickr lounge: hand tools...from the kitchen. High speed hand blender will be using this week for whipped sweet potatoes.
Another photo from a few years ago that got buried by life, only to be rediscovered now.
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Keep Wales Tidy Received funding from Postcode Local Trust to help 2 schools to improve their school grounds for Biodiversity and for educational purposes. These pictures are about the part with Maendy Primary School in Cwmbran, Torfaen. This was planned and delivered by Chris Partridge and Thom Board.
The school were interested in having an orchard, some more wildflowers and they wanted access to their overgrown made safe by replacing the rotted fence. They were interested in building a SuDS platform which was based around their 0 and x's board we made the previous year, but they wanted to have a chessboard and this could be in a dark and very wet unused area of their school grounds near to the forest schools area and pond. We only do these types of activities with schools if the children are fully behind the planning and building of these so they have maximum ownership of everything.
We started with the pond fence, removal was too much for the children, so staff organised a parent's day. This was lovely seeing so many parents join in with their children and grandchildren to take down the fence, stack it carefully and then put in the new one. The old one was made of good sized wood but the ground is so wet that it had rotten away in around 10-12 years. The new fence is guaranteed for 20 years and expected to last 30-45.
Thom then planted some bluebells, snowdrops and wood anemone in and around the log circle area, while a start was made on the frame for the chessboard. The children had to measure the area of the plastic paving and see if the sleepers could fit around it. They then had to measure 2 of the sleepers, which were cut in half. These were then all placed in a square and the children screwed all of the frames together using a variety of cordless handtools. Over a few Thursdays, the children then filled up the insides of the frame with a sub-base by hand using wheelbarrows they assembled themselves. This was then leveled off. A group them marked on the sleepers the edge boundaries of the inner plastic chessboard, so that the chessboard would be in the center of the frame. A thin layer of stone was added to the sub-base and raked flat. The frame was then added onto the stones in the right place. Over 2 sessions, white and black stones were carefully added to each grid alternatively to give the chessboard effect. This was compacted down and on the last session all of the giant chess pieces were filled with stone, sealed and placed on the board for the final group of 8 pupil's had the privilege of the School's first game of chess. Lunchtime came and it ended in a draw. It was really lovely on the final session for the whole class to come out and see what they had all contributed to. It was very easy to see how proud everyone was of this achievement. It could have been done in 2-3 days with contractors and machines, but where's the fun and ownership in that? Mr. Morgan promised that when the weather improves, he'll teach them all how to play chess.
The School's Eco-Committee were given a list of fruit trees from us via the local Garden Centre and they selected 12 of them. These were purchased and delivered and on one Thursday, Thom and some of the pupils planted the orchard at the far end of the school with some peat free compost and nutrients to help them to grow.
The rain just didn't seem to lessen and we delayed and delayed the wildflower seed sowing. We decided that it would be best for Thom to do this part himself to limit the amount of damage to the adjacent grass which which be made by a load of children (see pond fence pics).
The school have a whole load of exciting books and equipment which will help them to explore, monitor and look after all the biodiversity improvements. All of this is thanks to the Postcode Local Trust and players of the Postcode Lottery.
I went camping this weekend, and brought some hand tools with the intention of making something usefull completely by hand.
in the morning i sat down after breakfast and made a mallet out of a smallish tree stump i found in the woods in the woods, then Kristen and i went to look for a fallen tree for the seat of my bench.
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Closer view of debris depicting what used to be intact asbestos floor tile, which has been pulverized to a powder using handtools. Generally considered "non-friable" when in good condition and intact, asbestos floor tile can become "friable", especially if subjected to excessive destructive forces.
This could perhaps serve as an example of how NOT to remove asbestos floor tile, especially without application of wetting-agent or without isolation of the work area or without using respiratory protection/PPE or without proper project "notification" or without worker exposure monitoring or ...
20mm and 25mm, the only two sizes i commonly use at the moment. makes the same width strap every time, no variance. made out of scrap wood blocks. uses olfa knife blade.
After a successful results day in school during which I took lots of lovely photos, none of which I can share with you, the evening got a bit more frustrating.
I've got a radio that I bought online from Cash Generators (classy, I know). It turned up, worked like a dream, configured beautifully then inexplicably died after an hour.
To try some diagnostics I need to get the bloody thing apart and it will not split!
I know how I THINK it should come apart but it seems to be defying my best efforts so far. I might just have to smash the bloody thing open, and that would make me sad.
Vintage True Temper shovel. They don't make them like they used too. That's why I like to restore old tools like this.
A top quality foot pump made by William Turner & Bro. Ltd., 44 Eyre Lane, Sheffield, England. The internal mechanism is quite complicated, with pistons inside pistons. As can be seen, the base is diecast metal and is very sturdy. If you are wondering what the device is in the middle of the rubber hose, it allows a pressure gauge to measure the air pressure in a tyre without disconnecting the pump from the tyre valve. This pump is as useful today as it was when it was made over 50 years ago. Some information on Kismet and other British made pumps is available at:
To make the housing groove, I first marked the outline with a knife, then pared the groove almost to depth with a chisel. Finished the depth to the gauge line with this homemade router plane.
See paulsellers.com/2012/03/poor-mans-router-it-works/ for details on the router. Made from a small hunk of maple from an old pallet.
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here's a 3 legged stool I have made, from oak, pine and sapele wedges, the design is by Paul Sellers from his book 'Working with Wood 1&2' the finish is dewaxed shellac.
My Dad has a barn at the family ranch. The barn has a tool bay. This is a detail on the actual tool bay. In the big scheme of things, this particular photo represents a spec of the actual tools in this place. I'm talking if the barn was the universe and it had to be laid out in planets and galaxies, this would be Pluto. If you are a guy, you will acknowledge the greatness of having a tool bay like this with the understanding that it all belongs to you.
Anyway, If you are viewing this and feel like a challenge, name 4 tools in this photo.
These are hand planes used to square the white oak keel stock used for building two 21-foot Whitehalls for the BBC. The coffin plane in the foreground is student-built, and uses a Hock blade.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is contracting with the School for the construction of three traditionally-built Whitehalls to be built as replicas of the boats used by John Wesley Powell and his group of explorers during their first-ever descent of the Colorado River in 1869. The BBC will film a reenactment of the voyage later in 2013.
The School is building one 16-foot Whitehall, the "Scout Boat", and two 21-foot Whitehalls. Though Powell launched four Whitehalls onto the river in 1869, one was lost in rapids shortly after the descent began.
Whitehalls are the iconic American pulling boat.
They emerged in New York City and, possibly, shortly thereafter in Boston in the 1830's. It is thought the name derives from Whitehall Street in New York City, though no one is sure. By the mid-19th century, they could be found anywhere there was a sizeable body of water - the East Coast, the Great Lakes, and the Pacific Coast at San Francisco all boasted boatbuilders turning out Whitehalls.
The boats were usually used under oars and occasionally sail as fast harbor ferries and the boat used to take harbor pilots out to meet inbound sailing ships. They have a fine reputation as fast, easy-rowing vessels that are capable of carrying a great deal of weight.
Nearly all Whitehalls were carvel-built with white cedar planking on an oak backbone with oak frames. (Carvel planking means that the planks butted up against each other, edge to edge, which results in a smooth hull). The finer boats were highlighted with a bright sheer plank (the top plank) varnished to catch one's eye.
There is surprisingly little known about the boats used by the 1869 Powell Expedition, the first to descend the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. We do know that the Powell Expedition boats were built in Chicago IL to Powell's specifications.
It's known that the "Scout Boat" as Powell called it was 16 feet long and planked in white pine, that the remaining boats were 21 feet long and planked in white oak with twice the number of frames and doubled stems and stern posts.
There are no complete descriptions of the boats themselves, no pictures, and only a few scattered references made to the boats in the surviving journals and records of the Expedition.
The three boats we are building for the BBC are being constructed to the best information available, using the general scantlings provided by John Gardner's historical work, extent plans, our significant experience in building Whitehalls over our 32 years, and the historical data available to us.
The boats will be completed by mid-July, 2013.
The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding is located in Port Hadlock WA and is an accredited, non-profit vocational school. You can find us on the web at www.nwboatschool.org .
Our mission is to teach and preserve the fine art of wooden boatbuilding and traditional maritime crafts.
We build both commissioned and speculative boats for sale while teaching students boatbuilding the skills they need to work in the marine trades. If you're interested in our building a boat for you, please feel free to give us a call.
You can reach us via e-mail at info@nwboatschool.org or by calling us at 360-385-4948.
Photo courtesy Mark Stuber.
Carving Axe. Robin Wood Edition.
Overall length: 365mm (14.3")
Blade length: 126mm (5")
Head height: 135mm (5.3")
Head weight: 500 grams (1.1 lbs)
Blade hardness: HRC 59.
Bohler K460 steel for the edge.
Elm handle. Cow hide leather sheath.
Nothing on reverse.
A fantastic photograph of pioniere from Elsässisches Pionier-Bataillon Nr.15 (39th Division) outside their digs. The pionier axe and shovel usually seen in their haversacks is on display here.
The Division began World War I fighting in the Battle of the Frontiers, and then fought in the Race to the Sea, culminating in the Battle of the Yser. The Division remained on the Yser front until January 1916, when it was transferred to the vicinity of Verdun.
It then fought in the Battle of Verdun and also saw action in the later phases of the Battle of the Somme. It spent the first half of 1917 in the trenches of the Champagne and served in the Second Battle of the Aisne, also known as the Third Battle of Champagne (and to the Germans as the Double Battle Aisne-Champagne).
It then moved to Flanders and saw action in the Battle of Passchendaele. In 1918, it fought in the German Spring Offensive and remained in the Flanders region during the subsequent Allied offensives. Allied intelligence rated the Division as second class.
My Shaker Style Weather Station, completed and hung on the wall of my workshop, finished with 5 layers of de-waxed shellac, then a layer of clear wax.
I found this in a charity shop and it's a great saw, says fitswilliam JT&S on the side, I tried to keep as much of the original patina as possible. The handle was cleaned up with pure turpentine and 0000 steel wool, wiped down, then I applied a couple of layers of de-waxed shellac for protection.
Here is a tool that a fellow coworker let me borrow from his toolbox. This crate opener belonged to his father. He estimates that the tool is 60+ years old. He would like to find out more information about it. If anybody knows anything about this tool or the company, please contact me or leave a comment