There, the small organizational bin I made from an orange crate is complete, painted and filled with my wife's stuff. A project like this is a great starter project for kids. If you like folk art this would also be a good item to paint, more useful and cheaper than buying items from China at the craft store. Actually I chose the light green paint just in case a grand daughter wanted to paint flowers for her Oma.
I am a wood junkie, but I am also a bibliophile. ( an a bit over board as a collector of knives too). Anyway I have shelves of history, art and wood working books.
This book fits into all three categories. Tools - Rare and Ingenious, is a wonderful coffee table book. Even people that are not interested in tools will love to flip through the pages of this book. Maybe you can give it as a Mother's Day gift?
There are hundreds of glossy photos showing the art of the tool making as well as their cleverness .
What a great dual purpose saw.
Finally spring has sprung here in the north. We spent the morning working in the yard and now I am going to spend the afternoon letting my feeble old back recover.
Thanks to Clive for the loan of the wonderful book. I will return it....soon...
cheers, ianw
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