Paramount1973 

The brass backed dovetail saw is a Pete Taran Independence Tools saw made before he sold the business to Lie Nielsen. It is #187 out of several hundred saws that he manufactured. In truth I favor an antique Jackson dovetail saw that has a lovely narrow kerf and is easy to start.

MrK.

We inherited 1/2 of my family's beach house in New Hampshire a few years ago. I did some trading with family to get the other half as well. My grandfather built the house in 1950- 51. We had to evict a tenant (squatter) but were finally able to take possession. The house is only 1200 sq/ft but was a complete gut job. The tenant had several animals which she kept locked in the house for days on end. New paint everywhere, new floors throughout, new ceilings, all new furniture, mostly new appliances, everything but the stove , foundation issues fixed. Spent a ton of my retirement stash and there is still a lot to do but we have saved the house for future generations of my family. Here are a couple recent pics from basically the same spot of the "public" area of the house.

SJX426 

@Sonofamechanic - I twould have to be for a pre-64 M70 or Mauser 98 . There may be one or two Rem. 725's.

I Picked up a US bayonete from the war between the states that will fit my 1873 Trapdoor. with a little work. Not sure I am going to do that or not.

SJX426 

AND this is a west coast Jeep with absolutely no rust with the exception of what was captured here on the east coast since 2011. Rock chips from the gravel used instead of salt in the Portland area.

Sonofamechanic 

! I was following thru to Mauser (brother in law has an older one and my dad gave me a gorgeous Mauser actioned custom 300 (H&H now converted to 300 Remington?...). Anyway thanks for the update!

obrentharris 

Brilliant.
The wavy lines work so nicely with the wood grain!
Brent

iab

Thanks man!

You can see from the frames above the dresser I have been doing non-straight lines for quite some time now. I agree, with non-clear wood, which I prefer, I think a non-straight line works well. It is quite a bit more work, but worth it.

frozenscissor

Games absolutely

daka

Unfortunately, not being much of a woodworker, the cuts that I intend to be straight look a lot like your stylized ones

xiaoman1 

iab
nakashima
I like the dresser quite a lot, I like the way that you have let the wood "tell" you how it wants to be cut/formed.....much in the same way the sculptor looks into the stone in order to see what is within.
Best, Ben

tricky

Oof, such a clean square tail! Love the Alpina wheels too. Thanks for sharing. My current plan is to get it running and driving well and stop the hands of time by cleaning up some rust issues in the floor pans. That said, you know how projects can take on a mind of their own. Repainting it the original Fjord Blue would be so cool, but so much $$$.






Since I made my post, my car had to ride home on a flat bed. It seems like an ignition issue. This pic is giving me some motivation to start digging into it.

thumpism 

Our old VW camper and the almost-as-old big Dodge that is intended to be built out as its successor. Mechanical work to get it roadworthy recently completed (finally) two years after bringing it home on the day this photo was taken.

daka

That Dodge should make a pretty big camper. My wife and I have had at least one of each generation of VW camper ('64, '72, '74, '85, '93). Of all of them I think the Vanagon was my favorite to drive, though it was not the most reliable of the bunch. The one that logged the most trouble-free miles was the '74 which, incidentally, is the one that most "experts" said would be the worst - go figure.....

thumpism 

"Spacious" is what we had in mind. We've always found the Westy to be kind of cramped and long planned a tall van build but did not want to spend Sprinter/Transit/Promaster money. Cheap and funky appeals to us. Our Vanagon has been pretty reliable; the only breakdown gave us warning and I had a spare alternator aboard. Obligatory C&V content: After I swapped out the alternators in an Alabama parking lot my wife told me she'd never complain about my hoarding again.

thinktubes 

Lots of great ideas for a mid-life crisis here...

fleslider 

Other than some vintage RC Cars my other money sink is this.. 1967 Beetle

r0ckh0und

Mostly antique and collectible stuff. I like gnomes too.

tricky

I love Beetles. I owned a ‘67 as a teenager and a Beetle was on my short list of cars to buy but the 2002 won out. After seeing some of the prices for some of the rarer no longer manufactured parts, maybe I should have bought a Beetle!

iab

The matching tallboy is complete. I'm so done with large furniture for the time being.

BFisher 

@iab, custom made pulls or did you find those for sale? They're a great match. Nice work on both pieces.

fleslider 

I can understand that, i also have a Porsche 914 and the parts can be pricy for that car also.

jona5hon

Custom mechanical keyboards!

tricky

Ha, the car that had the most potential immediately before the 2002 was a rust free (no hell hole rust in particular) running yellow 914 that was outside Ellensburg but it wasn't roadworthy and the towing cost to bring it over Snoqualmie pass made it too expensive. Let's see a pic of your car.

orcas island 

Most of my non-bicycle free time and available cash goes into vintage motorcycles (mostly 1970’s), and rebuilding a 1984 Nissan 4x4 pickup

1977 Montesa Cota 348

1973 Hodaka Combat Wombat

‘74 Honda TL 125 and 1975 Yamaha TY175

Ratty 1984 Nissan pickup

iab

Custom. 0.375 x 1.0 bar stock and 0.75 round stock.