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Wiszard
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That's really cool, DC. I'm sure the grandkids love everything you make them.
My Dad worked for the Gas Company for 35 years and when I was a kid, I'd run out to his truck when he'd get home from work wondering what toys he found in the backyard of any abandoned house he had worked at during that day. These things you make them are probably really, really exciting to them.
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My Dad worked for the Gas Company for 35 years and when I was a kid, I'd run out to his truck when he'd get home from work wondering what toys he found in the backyard of any abandoned house he had worked at during that day. These things you make them are probably really, really exciting to them.
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They like them Wisz but at the age they are at, when they get them, they're mostly see them as just another toy. As they get older they seem to appreciate them more and put them on a shelf so they don't get lost or to damaged. I hope the really joy comes when they can let their kids play with them, at tell them about the grumpy old fart that made them, when they were little. ;-)
I've got grandkids from age 2 to 23, so I've got to enjoy them at many different stages in their lives.
TriState, in most cases, by the time the kids are old enough to build stuff with me, they have developed a love for the outdoors and they want to go fish or hunt, so the wood working get left to me, during the long winter nights. Thank goodness I've got that to do, I hate the nights from November through the end of March.
DC
I've got grandkids from age 2 to 23, so I've got to enjoy them at many different stages in their lives.
TriState, in most cases, by the time the kids are old enough to build stuff with me, they have developed a love for the outdoors and they want to go fish or hunt, so the wood working get left to me, during the long winter nights. Thank goodness I've got that to do, I hate the nights from November through the end of March.
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great work, good for you..
2lumpy
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LAST EDITED ON Apr-19-15 AT 09:25PM (MST)[p]Thanks again, here a little thing I did for a granddaughter who wanted to show her teacher something her Grandpa made for her.
This one was redwood Brain. It's the largest piece I could find east of the Sierra's.
Still wait'en on your stuff boy's. Give us look!
DC
This one was redwood Brain. It's the largest piece I could find east of the Sierra's.
Still wait'en on your stuff boy's. Give us look!
DC
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Very nice work 2lumpy. Those will be in the family for many generations.
My latest little project has a piece of Redwood burl incorporated into it. I've had the burl wood for over 40 years so it's good and dry.
The branch that the birds are on is actually one piece and grew that way naturally. It inspired the whole project. It begged to be made into something, so I did. All the birds are carved from Redwood.
As it neared completion, my wife thought it would be nice to give to my mother, so I did. She proudly displays it at the assisted living home where she lives now.
Eel
It's written in the good Book that we'll never be asked to take more than we can. Sounds like a good plan, so bring it on!
My latest little project has a piece of Redwood burl incorporated into it. I've had the burl wood for over 40 years so it's good and dry.
The branch that the birds are on is actually one piece and grew that way naturally. It inspired the whole project. It begged to be made into something, so I did. All the birds are carved from Redwood.As it neared completion, my wife thought it would be nice to give to my mother, so I did. She proudly displays it at the assisted living home where she lives now.
Eel
It's written in the good Book that we'll never be asked to take more than we can. Sounds like a good plan, so bring it on!
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Now we're talking! I knew you ole boys had some treasures hid up somewhere.
Eel, that is simply fantastic, I'll wager you Momma makes sure every person that walks in her room gets to hear about her wonderful and gifted son. The carvings are super and you've colored them up perfectly.
I can see you hate long winter night too. ;-)
That piece of RW burl is gorgeous, if I every get back to the north coast, in a pick up, I will be unable to get home without a fair sized slab of your California Redwood. Amazing wood.
Your tree branch display has inspired me too. I believe I'll be hunting a chunk of manzanita to carve some critters for. I'll have to be thinking about what to populate it with.
You got skills Boss. Bet you got more stuff................?
Thanks Eel........ come on boy's get the camera out and lets see it. There's not much going on on MM right now. If you ain't got a rack of significance, or a stringer of brookies, to show us, lets see your other talents.
DC
Eel, that is simply fantastic, I'll wager you Momma makes sure every person that walks in her room gets to hear about her wonderful and gifted son. The carvings are super and you've colored them up perfectly.
I can see you hate long winter night too. ;-)
That piece of RW burl is gorgeous, if I every get back to the north coast, in a pick up, I will be unable to get home without a fair sized slab of your California Redwood. Amazing wood.
Your tree branch display has inspired me too. I believe I'll be hunting a chunk of manzanita to carve some critters for. I'll have to be thinking about what to populate it with.
You got skills Boss. Bet you got more stuff................?
Thanks Eel........ come on boy's get the camera out and lets see it. There's not much going on on MM right now. If you ain't got a rack of significance, or a stringer of brookies, to show us, lets see your other talents.
DC
